Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-20
Albuquerque s Climate Ideal
For Tuberculosis Treatment
Contributed BY an gxpcrt.)

Contributed !
II, HAT Albuquerque possesses an
Ideal climate for the treatment
OF persons afflicted with mbcr-
eulosis. and that lts altitude 50 nearly
idcu in this respect ia the opinion
81 Is qualified expert on the subject
IL has been suggested time and
again that Albuquerque could we'll
afford to make @ bid for those per-
sons afflicted with tuberculosis, who
now 10 to other parts Of the country
ANA 10 Colorado, where the climate Ia
Far more severe IN winter This city
has several splendldly equipped sana
iciiums, ana has numerous ideal sites
for more
II is proven Tint The average cy-
pendurc of hcalthseeker per
month ls 500. ana that they stay
from a year 70 tive years. Thus can
readily De seen the return derived
from pach healthscekor who comes to
Albuquerque TO reside, either tempo
rarily or permanently That the city
could advertise ita climatic adyan-
tagos throughout the country at cosl
Of from $500 TO $500 per month and
secure effective results, has been
learned from figures secured by other
communities making q bid far health
seekers
The following ~ an interesting arr
ticle on tho subject of climate and iB
effect on tuberculosis which strength
ous the argument that Albuquerque
should make the most Of ls advan-
nees in this respect
Before the time oi Christ as far
bach as the days Of lIippocratcs, thc
open air treatment OF tuberculosis /
Bas hcralded us possible cure and
Che high attitudes were considered /
the most favorable OF all climates To /
restore tho unfortunate censumptlNeI
10 health some sage in those far off (
days wisely remarked ~ you would I
gct well 81 consumption, go into the
ana live on the fruit Of the /
cow"
THIS advice tempered by some
what moro scientific knowledge of
.hc disease, has been changed bat lit
le n our own era. True, Che home
nj any climate Is advocated
ly many but this is due largely to
be establishment of state sanatoria
u many of the northern and eastern
Fair results are OBJ
aimed. and because OF this, the pen
iulum has swung far toward tho cry
IF the home treatment enthusiast
There WAS time In this samo coun-
rs when tho patients were an sen,
west. and this without duo regard TO
finances ana without knowledge Of
he conditions as they existed ina the
escorts TO which they were advised 10
20. Some were made well aud rec
others died of hardship IN
strange lan1, while many chased
will-O'- the wisp from one resort 90
mother nntl death relieved them of
hcr misery ID
rhcn came tho home treatment
With proper care. which produced re-
ulls that were amazing, ana people
we're easily lei 10 believe that climate
lluyrd little part in the cure Of tai
icreuosis In fact, statistics show thas
he homo treatment under sanntorlum !
eglmo VIII give about the same per-
cntago Of cures as the climatic trent
ncnt without supervision And now
o the climate. and the sanatorium. and
he percentage Of cures 10 far in ex-
css OF anything seen In less favor
Die cllmatcs
As proof Of this statement one can
olow the reports Of the various nn-
torla from the eastern scahonrd to
he west. and Il will be found that the
orceulaec of cures increases with
very 200 feet of altitude and up
. certain limits In other words
he question Of climate is question
altitude.
Heretofore the question OF climatic f,
roatment of tuberculosis was empiri.
aL Today tt Is scientific fact AL
tude workers have proven beyond a I,
nostipn the real value Of the elcva
ous and sunlight In the treatment
I this disonao.
n has hoon demonstrated by VIII ,
anus Of London. that there Is a ,
,Aikod expansion of the thorax in
NJ directions causing nn increase in !
circumference ut various levels of /,
roma ONE 10 three inches or more and Z
d increased mobility Of the Ghost
ads This causes q greater physio-
.cleal activity of the lungs thereby y
lsurlng "a greater amount of oxygen I
mtent m the blood
Webb and williams have proven =
bat with residence in % hieh altitude +,
lc liphocytes 81 tbe blood are In
lrased to marked oNtent These
90 the white crlls that Doctor Opie 7,
the Rockefeller Institute proved
b have the ability to dissolve tn
WN cuatng OF the tuherole bacillus =.
nd then tmoueh "a process of diees-
bona Go destroy the Invading organism |
hereby rlddlng thc body of most
hnoNlous euost
fhnt the ham0g Iohu content OF thu
loaa Is Increased With altitude has
ran % recognized 61tt for years. but .
remained Cor an English commits
.on working With AmpuDu couahor. /
tors 20 prove Chat thls was ucmal i
ut relative and the rei cells were
Increased ns high Us 40 per cont
heso observations were made in the /.
Wlss Alps and la our own Rocky
iomtHius at elevations of from 6.000
/. I40nn feet.
br T. s. Peters has shown that viii, !,
os.denee Ia hieh attitudes The blood +
fcssure Us increased $50 that the pres