EL TRATAMIENTO DE LA TUBERCULOSIS 
POR LOS CLIMAS DE ALTITUD. 
OPINIONES DE AUTORES NACIONALES Y EXTRANJEROS 
RECOPILADAS 
POR EL PROFESOR A. L. HERRERA 
y el Dr. D. Vergara Lope, M. S, A.' 
Según el Dr, Toner: 
“The apprehension that high elevations, because of the les- 
sened barometrie pressure, may induce hemmorhages where 
the lungs are weakened by disease, has not so far as Í am in- 
formed, proved to be well founded. (?) Hemmorhages often oc- 
cur in this class of diseases in every locality, but they do not 
seem to be more frequent in the elevated portion of our country, 
to which this class of patients have been sent than elsewhere. 
1 Este artículo forma parte de la obra “La vie sur les hauts plateaux,” 
presentada al Concurso Hodgkins y premiada con medalla de plata y diplo- 
ma hon orífico. 
Memorias [1898-99.] T, XII-—23. 
