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Show UTAH HAS MANY ADVANTAGES Doctors Discuss Them at Conference. Climatic Conditions Exhaustively Exhaus-tively and Ably Presented by Dr. M. A. Hughes. Dr. Stauffcr Talks of Mineral Springs and Dr. Niles of Local Conditions. Utah's advantages from varied and manifold standpoints were discussed Inst night at the meeting of the Salt Lako County Medical society. Tho report of Dr. M. A. Hughes dealt exhaustively and ably with climatic conditions, that of Dr Fred Stauffer was devoted exclusively to a consideration of tho State's mineral springs, while Dr. H. D. NUea set forth the numerniis advantages which general local conditions offer to the health-seeker. health-seeker. Papers All Seholculy. All of the papers wero scholarly, com-pieto com-pieto und interesting to an unusual degree. de-gree. Dr. Hughes sei ."it the demonstration demonstra-tion that from the earliest times, in fa t. as fai back as 1 . . tho wonderful climatic cli-matic conditions of the region that Is now rtah had been marvelled at by explorers and 1 1 api" rs lb- clmv.'.-il tho . u. in la I effect of tho mountains that gird the- valley val-ley on three sides, the Invigorating effect Of tho great Inlf.nel si-a. the influence of which extends over a radius of more than fifty miles from the shore, and tho uniform uni-form dryness of tln atmosphere, combined com-bined with only a healthful variation of temperature. . ''It Is not the cold of winter win-ter nr the heat of summer that trb B the health," he said, "but the sudden and extreme ex-treme changes of lemperuturo. common to tho East, but almost unknown In this valley. In conclusion, Dr Hughes said: Three Hundred Days of Sunshine. "In brief, wc have here nearly 300 days that are char In each year, tho smallest variability of temperature of any altitude region In the United States, a very low relutlve degree of moisture the velocity of the wind but six miles an hour. Throughout the- summer tho nights are cool and without elew, showers periodically periodi-cally throughout tho summer season hut no rainy season. Dust storms rarely experienced ex-perienced Proximity to Great Salt lake makes bathing a delight during the summer sum-mer months, and with the additional advantage ad-vantage that will come when the modern sanitarium will pipe tho water from tho lak. making a salt water hath a probability prob-ability throughout the entire year, this City should become the mecca for tho health-seeker as well as tho homc-sccker." homc-sccker." Stauffcr on Mineral Spiings. Dr. Fred Stauffcr. who devoted his tlmo to a consideration of the mineral springs and th.-ir health-giving qualities, showed, how 1 tab Is richly supplied with springs that, In curative powers, rival those of the most famous health resorts of the world He analyzed the effect of tho various waters from the standpoint of tho scientific physician, and Insisted that the wonderful advantages: of the region from this viewpoint were by no means so well understood as they should be and closed with a glowing and beautiful de-scrlptlon de-scrlptlon of the worth of the Great Salt lake as a health resort. Dr. Niles c-n Local Conditions. Dr H D. Niles, who considered the local lo-cal conditions as to their advantages to the health-seeker, spoke of the opportunities opportuni-ties for the recreations of fishing and hunting, tho opportunities for tho man who is regaining his strength to become at the tame time a bread-winner, and the manifold attractions of the city over any place of the same size In the world Dr. Niles further commended the great attractiveness at-tractiveness of tho city for Its excellent clubs. Its water systems and ltn wonderful wonder-ful streets The Medical society received many congratulations con-gratulations for its work la taking up topics ef such general Interest rather than devoting all Its tlmo to tin- consideration consid-eration of those subjects Interesting to the practitioner of medicine. |
