The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-04-30
Why Albuquerque'S Climate
Is Finest in the World for
Sufferers From tuberculosis
Chamber Of Commerce Manager Complies Data Showing Every
Condition Of Climate Here Meets Maximum Require
ment Of Scientific Investigators and
tuberculosis Specialists.

inches. Colorado Springs, l2A in
chos; Tucson. iO2 inches.
sun l. Great Anti-cptic
New Mexico Is known IA the
Sunshine state" and The Land q,
iie Turquoise Sales" one finds here
more DAYS OF actual sunshine than
In any other state. Winters and
summers a be spent pleasantly Ia
the open air.
rnr suu ~ the great ~antiseptic.
II shines nearly every day,
The government. In locating san
atoria for tuberculosis. selected
three former army posts
north OF Albuquerque, another
southwest. and another southeast
Two ct them Ia New Mexico and the
other iu southeastern Colorado.
Conclusions OF Scicncc
Here are the conclusions Of med
ical science regarding the climate
uf Albuquerque Us NJ effects sur
tcrors from tuberculosis
%"lncreas. OF Hcmglohin and
Blood Count This meat au in
crease boo the number OF red cells
in the blood and occur On re- great
minority OF eases coming from 90
low to IL high altitude
Increase m - m%phocytes -
These ur, the germ d~estroycrs va
th, blood. and they attack and de-
I strut the uuhDrulc bacillus 40 can
thur g., seen that with un iuervl=,
Boo the number OF these NmuhuuNtra
the patient b. Boo % better condition
Co overcome disease
Increase Mo'ahulIsms n Is mo-
tiucd that o. patient az altitude aH-
Stimulates lrut,iu matter Boo Co lrpt.
go amount than ai sen level Thus
lH the damaged tissue ot the body
more rnIidiy repaired
Multitude Great Factor
Statistics ui cures show that tho
percentage increases with every
thousand feet of ultitId, mp Co five
thousand feet Between five thou.
sand and seven t|huu4lul i,,t thor,
4 mo- apparent Increase 300 th, cures
showing ~coupIuSi,uly that Albu-
qu'rguc's altitude is th, thurIputi,
limit
uigh'r attitudes lu,r,as" tho
strain upon tho heart without
%LcueNUur the uuaa uI tnr patient
beyond the benefits 1o.ruIus go
5000 feet.
Some of th, other advantage col,
altltud, Hr. THAT THE JUIiuHt., uI
moistur" from the lungs is l|g.ufrf-
at"d and with tho breathing uf
more rurilied uir comics greater boo.
f%lntiou of the lungs with % rorrr-.
punding greater supply of uN,aru
to the blood.
As % result OF the high altitude
and low humidity night sw.uts aa1u
cease as "a rule and flesh .s pat
ON ana lower temperature uf the
patient shows that the pruEress OF
the disease rs checked
Problem of Whole Country
Tho people Of Albuquerque nrs
kindly and hospitHhle. That is "a
characteristic OF the west Iut the
people without means should not
come Co Albuquerque withIut first
arranging with uruuuiNitinns
az home 20 drfray expenses.
More than Ala 900 has beech ea-
pended ly the Chamber OF Com.
myrCe alone In relieving INDECENT
tubercular patients from actua'
suffering They come here from
'Nory part Of the United States ir
thu hop" that ,hev ram u"d cr.
iiuN mcnt nat will enable them Ia
pas their necessary vNpcusc-
This j. a mistake There IL q
limit Co employment iu "a small city.
even Tor we'll people.
While Alhuqucrque's climate
SHOULD be available To every suffer.
ers from the whit plugue, 10 MAX,
o. so IL the concern OF she Who'll,
country Every cousumptivc who
comes here removes a menace from
the community IN which he lives
Tuberculosis h. "a highly infectious
diseas" The germ quickly dici
when exposed 20 the sun Of "a hlgi
and dry climate.
\ large percentage. IN fact p 'io
majority, OF the people Of Albu