NOTES ON HISTORY AND CLIMATE OF NEW MEXICO. 339 



Aggregate 15, 313 



List of cases of consumption and of diseases of the respiratory organs treated during the ten 

 years from January 1, 1867, to December 31, 1876, at Hanta Fe, N. Mex. 



Aggregate 821 



Many persons do well at home in summer who need in winter a milder 

 climate. 



Europeans are wont to seek Naples, Malaga, Egypt, Algiers, Rome, 

 Florence, Mentone, or the West Indies. Kecently the west coast of Ire- 

 laud, made warm by the influence of the Gulf Stream, has been recom- 

 mended. For patients threatened with phthisis, Mentone, Malaga, and 

 Algiers are preferable. If they go to Jamaica, they should arrive in 

 December and go up at once to the hills. Such as are affected with 

 irritable bronchitis, asthma, and pleuritic tendencies, are recommended 

 to Madeira, and in the spring to Pau. (London Med. Times and Ga- 

 zette, November 4, 187G, p. 519.) 



When the railroad shall have made this region (of New Mexico) of 

 easy access, the invalid may find a genial and proper climate. For 

 the weakest invalids the Mesilla Valley should be first resorted to, and 



