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after having placed him in the care o£ an experienced, efficient 

 and intelligent nurse. (') The difference in respect to the prog- 

 nostic before and after the falíilment of this condition. The 

 patient wether free or isolated and under the Medical care 

 i£ the condition is identical. 



More so it is without doubt that under similar circumstan- 

 ces chmatic influences would be most satisfactory, and a Sa- 

 nitarium would receive the beuefit o£ such advantage. No 

 person can imagine that the same results would be obtained in 

 a Sanitarium established iu Mérida. Veracruz or New Or- 

 leans equal to one established in México, Zacatecas or Den- 

 ver. We will proceedto make a rapid comparison betwen the 

 conditions and advantages of the Sanitariums which are al- 

 ready established and one that might be built ia the heights of 

 the Valley of México. 



With the exception of the himalayan regions, the cordille- 

 ras of Indo-China, and those of the Andes of Chile, Perú and 

 Bolivia, there is no other región known which possesses the 

 softness and uniformity of seasons, which the climate of Mé- 

 xico rejoices in. 



The European Sanatoriums, without having the height 

 above the sea of our valleys, are uninhabitable during the 

 winter f or a multitude of delicate invalids, for whom it is ve- 

 ry dangerous or inipossible te bear the cold of such regions. 

 In Davos (1550 meters, al ti tu de) in spite of its, being one of 

 the most famous stations in Europe for its good climate, and 

 the good results obtained there iu the cure of tuberculosis, 

 there is great cold. This is so intense that the thermometer 

 descends some times to — 25° and — 30° centigrades (Fahren- 

 heit — 13° and — 22°). Itsnows at all seasons, August being 

 the month when the less snow is observed. From November 



(1) Edward O. Otia M. D, Boston. Transactions of. th,e American 

 Climatological Association Vol 12, — 1896— p. 25. 



