The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . h cannever be acquired in a climate where tubercular diseases aremore common and one which favors the causes that lead, totubercular disease. It is generally conceded by writers upon bacteriology thatclimatic conditions play a most conspicuous part in both de-velopment and retardation of microbic life. Epidemic diseaseswhich have for their vehicles certain conditions of the atmos-phere, such as heat and moisture, constantly demonstratetheir powe-* of spreading contagion, the moisture contained i
The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . h cannever be acquired in a climate where tubercular diseases aremore common and one which favors the causes that lead, totubercular disease. It is generally conceded by writers upon bacteriology thatclimatic conditions play a most conspicuous part in both de-velopment and retardation of microbic life. Epidemic diseaseswhich have for their vehicles certain conditions of the atmos-phere, such as heat and moisture, constantly demonstratetheir powe-* of spreading contagion, the moisture contained inthe air being the chief factor of preserving the vitality of thegerm. To any one familiar with the extreme climatic differencebetween the Atlantic coast states and the Southwest, the greatrole played by the climate in each locality named, will at oncebecome strikingly apparent to the most indifferent , such as la grippe, so fatal and destructive in theirtrain of sequelae, are unknown in New Mexico. This is ratherremarkable, in view of the fact that the bulk of the ESPIRITU SANTO LAKE. IN THE SANTA FE RANGE. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 107 about three fourths, are native people, who hve in a humbleand primitive state scarcely ever employing any modern sani-tary precautions to guard against epidemic invasions. Theclimatic conditions existing throughout the Territory and inthe mountain regions more especially, the rarity and purityof the atmosphere, together with the almost constant directrays of the sun. are the most powerful bactericides known toscience today. A climate where discarded animal and vege-table substances undergo prompt and rapid desiccation afterbrief exposure to the atmosphere, without the least manifes-tation of decomposition, argues most strongly against bacte-rial development. The tuberculus bacilli lose their infectivepower in a very short tima after exposure to the suns raysin the arid atmosphere. This clearly explains the curativeef
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