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Carlsbad Current and New Mexico Sun, 1908-09-25

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ranean. Ilie malaria iniesteu twanipt ol Honda, the hot muggy southern states, humid and loggy Southern California, Oregon witli its streaming rain storms; the cold clear air of Montana, (the latter highly beneficial in in incipient - cipient incipient caet who do not mind a long tevere winter.) Irom Switzerland, I'oland, Ger Germany, - many, Germany, Pram e, Spain and from almost every ttate in the Union comes records showing benefits bettowed upon tulfering consumptives. But nowhre it it found potsible to equal the real health-giving atmosphere of the Nation's Sanitarium, the Pecos Valley of New Mex Mexico. - ico. Mexico. WilliamThornton Parker, M. D.,of Roston, an eminent physician who spent yeart in the study of climatology with especial reference to tuberculosis, taw the advantagei of this valley and wrote a lengthy article in the Philadelphia 1 mies and Register on the climatic advantages of the I'ecot Valley in general and Carlsbad in particular; he said in part: "I fere is a section upon which the climalo climalo-logisl - logisl climalo-logisl can bestow his praises without stint, and prophesy, health and out of door pleasures without fear of contradiction. I lere we have moderate elevation, dryness, pure air, pure water, dry toil, and last but not least, a cer certain - tain certain "something" in the atmosphere curative of diseased lung tissues, present everywhere throughout this glorious territory, although more particular)' so in some favored localities. A summer and a winter climate unsurpassed. The ideal climate for the location of the best anti-tuhercular remedy, the "Sanitarium ol New Mexico." In the tyie article, speaking of the ad advantage! - vantage! advantage! of Carlsbad for the tuberculosis suileret. Dr. I'arker tayt; "My theory for the .Climate Cure is not merely that the pa patient - tient patient should bask in the genial sunshine, which it almost constant in Carlsbad, but that he should have actual occupation in the often air. It w ill be potsible in Carlsbad for hun hundreds - dreds hundreds of men and women to engage in light and profitable occupations, the raiting of fruitt, gardening, raiting How en, conducting poultry farms and apairiet. It it in such mental and bodily occupations that I have found here many actual cures, and these elfortt have been begun toon after the arrival of the patients who had been practically given up by their physicians in the l.att." All perquisites of the perfect Climate Cure are found at Carlsbad. I he town fiat an elevation of 3, 1 00 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, H0O milet to the toulheasl. The temperature rarely falls below 1 5 degteet above zero in the winter, or riset above or even reaches 100 degieet in the summer. The average mean winter temperature it 62 degrees and the average mean tumnier tem- Iierature is 78 degreet. I he atmosphere it ight. drv and ranlied. and absolutely pure; its tonic and remarkably agteeable character is readily lealied by oh.' who brealhrs it. Tor .4 J 3 days in the year tlir rays of ll.e run arc ahsnh.icly uiul:tiu ti d; the summer da)t aie warm and the night cool ami reiesliifiy. The winters are diy, mild a id full of sunshine. In fact tl Hi settle a combines rvry reuaic. requisite of altitude; equal temperature, ah-

Praises Without Stint or Pear of Con Contradiction. - tradiction. Contradiction. Many wondrilul curet and methods ol handling disease! are being discovered practically every d.iy and ailmenlt which a jew years ago were considered fatal are now treated successfully. In the case of tuberculosis however, not notwithstanding - withstanding notwithstanding the numeroui treatments, the main dependence is plated in CLIMAIL which often benefits when all else fails. I he next question is w here shall the patient go) The physician has a thousand placet recom recommended, - mended, recommended, the chill borders of the Mediter Mediter-.1 - .1 Mediter-.1 i i i i

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