Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-28

without the t that Is Is IS found IN
Col K. f. Twitchers autograph-is
nevertheless q distant cousin OF the
santa Fe attorney. Or. Twichell said
he had been told that his great-grand-
father was impartial as 60 the ~
sometimes using It and sometimes
emitting il.
Here is what he had "a say about
THIS city and the Sunshine State"
TO anyone who has worked among
the tuberculous for q period of years
end 20 many Of those who are afflict-
ed with this disease. there is dis
tnct feeling that from a clinical
standpoint there is no bottom to the
tuberculosis problem due TO the re-
lapsing nature Of the disease The
present methods of treatment are
rather like trying 10 carry water in
a sieve. The regime Of fresh air.
good food graduated exercise, tuber-
culln and artificial pnnum0thOraN
treatment stop up some Of the holes
in the sieve. In Washington i'm 1905.
We heard Robert Koch say that the
prevention campaign as now carried
out would ultimately solve the pro-
blem OF human tuberculosis. Later.
in conversation with DIT. Trudeau. he
said that ne took exception to Kochs
statement and that in his Judgment
the problem could not be solved until
q means of artificial immunization
was discovered,
Putting aside the whole question
of prevention, let us consider only the
clinical aspects of the problem as
they stand at present and il is OF
these aspects that / feel it can be
said, there is no bottom to the pro-
blem.
1t is time for forward movement
IN the consideration Of this problem.
To put Il in a few words. to the re-
gime of rest fresh air, good food and
graduated exercise should be added.
occupation. mental and physical, with
emphasis on the mental. in the con-
sideration of each and every case. An
these factors have their proper place
and time for each case.
"One other element is also certain
~ of great Importance. permanent
residence in a favorable climate, There
Is no doubt that incipient tuberculo-
sis can be cured under practically any
climatic conditions by a proper re-
become advanced or semi-chronic.
the question of permanent residence
in a favorable climate is a most im-
portant factor
New Mexico is unique for health
conditions A combination which is
present here-altitude (the lowest
point in the state is 5000 feeN, low
humidity, a maximum of sunshine
the year round, produces these Condi-
lions The educational facilities Of
the state are to be mentioned. The
university at Albuquerque. with clas-
steal and scientific departments, and
the College of Agriculture and Me-
Chanic Arts at Las Cruces, with a bus
mess college at Albuquerque, offer
chances Of education 10 young people
Of impaired health
zone Of these points mentioned
bears discussion. The early history
of medicine has shown an age-long
controversy as to the value of altitude
in the treatment of tuberculosis Ga
len, in goo A. d., advocated life in
the higher attitudes for his cousump-
tive patients, Dr. Theodore Williams
who for forty years was at the head
OF the Brompton Road hospital for
the cOnsumptives in London. England
said in Philadelphia in 1908:
"'Of all my statistics of consump-
tive patients the high altitude cases
yield most favorable results and what
is more important, the fewest re-
lapses.'
Albuquerque has the markings of
a unique health resort. Its advant-
ages are. A favorable climate all the
year round; a strategic position on
the main line of the railroad, good
hotels; well equipped sanatoriurns
moderate cost of Lying as compared
with other health resorts. good troll
ley, jtney ana taxi service, allowing
the easy spreading out of the pOpu-
lation and preventing congestion of
healthseekers i'm the center of town.
ana large business interests outside
the interests connected with the care
of healthseekers.
Albuquerque immediate needs as
a health resort would seem to be
identifying of the city. as Captain
Reid so clearly pointed out at the
Com fercial club banquet, a free bu
reau of Information; small attractive,
well equipped furnished bungalows
designed for the healthseeker, and
modern furnished apartment house
Win Edit dlldNnlitHA utnlElAeu Abl Nllt
healthseeker of means who does not
need orecare to be in a sanatorium
The greatest asset a health resort
can have in the way of advertising is
the reputation Of the community for
fair dealing from both a commercial
and social standpoint with the
healthsccker.
THE modern treatment of tubercu-
losis should include the regime of
rest fresh air. good food graduated
exercised occupation, mental and
physical and residence in a favorable
each of these elements to
successful treatment being applied al
the proper time and place and suited
to the individual case As DR.. John
Il. Halves OF Boston has well pointed
out, it is a matter Of treating a tn
berculous human being, not merely a