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berculosisinhiglilands. O Thus the conoentration of theblood, 

 continúes with all its vigor in unión with a uniform tem- 

 perature, tempered by this rains during the Summer, aided 

 by an unequalled luminosity. In the midst of landscapes splen- 

 did even the most splendid in the world, and in a country in 

 which individual guarantees are so observed, is found cióse 

 by a large city provided with all the elfements o£ life, con- 

 nected with this spot by an easy and secure railway in the 

 short space o£ 1 hour and 30 minutes. 



With the foregoing details lam convinced that the esta- 

 blisment of Sanatoriums for the curing of phthisis in the Val- 

 ley of México is far more advantageous than EstabUshments 

 built in any other locality. 



It is saddening to know that up to date there is not 

 one small house dedicated for the curing of this class of in- 

 firmities when it is well authenticated that the climate is so 

 favourable for their cure-and which would produce so many 

 benefits to suífering humaniiy and in accordance to proofs, de- 

 mónstrate that it is the only mean of obtaining better results 

 in the treatment of tubercle deseases. 



(1 ) See *'La vi es sur les hants plateaux" — Work awarded a prize by 

 thé Smith — sonian Institution of Washington D. C. — Hogdkins Compe- 

 tition — Edition in French by Prof. A. L. Herrera M. S. A. and Doctor 

 Vergara Lope M. S. A. México, 1898. 



