Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-07-18
THE GREATEST HEALTH
RESORT ON EARTH.

answer question of the most absorb
ing interest to many thousands of our
suffering fellow men. The. question
that is despairingly propounded so
many, msRy times Of show shall re-
gain my lost health" is SO assuringly
answered by quscks, both medical and
non-medical, to be found almost every
where, that it affords us no surprise
that the great majority, who fall a prey
TO these impostors, should sink into
scspticism on the subject OF obtaining
relief from any source. Ii this ques-
ton concerning health has reference TO
any species of lung affection, our
answer is at once brief, explicit, and the
most assuring; and withal based upon
satisfactory experience, as well as in
disputable scientific facts and data, 1t
is simply, "Come to Tucson, Arizona"
The testimony Of both the invalid and
the physician concur in the fact that
this climate, for all lung troubles, is at
once the most agreeable and health re-
storing of any thus far known in the
world. This assertion may create sur
prise in some, and derision in others,
but it will not in the least affect its
validity.
We will give a few statistics, from
which the inquirer may draw his
own conclusions. First: The altitude
of our city is about 24O0 #. above the
sea. The great Santa Cruz valley, in
the heart of which Tucson is situated,
embraces an area o: 1000 square miles,
and is almost enclosed by the Santa Ca
taIna, Santa Rita and Rincon noun
tains, which seem to form barrier to
violent storms, and tend to maintain
the equilibrium Of a semi-tropic8l at
mosphere.
The latitude of Tucson is 81 deg.
min, and the longitude lilo deg. 50 min.
The yearly average rainfall of Tucson
as shown by the U. S. Signal Service
reports, covering nearly twenty years,
is LAG inches. The dryness of climate.
as all know, depends upon the amount
Of rainfall and dew, the rapidity OF
evaporation, and porosity Of the soil.
The dryuess of climate, however, can
not be determined from the quantity of
dew and rainfall any more than can
the effect OF certain degree of heat
be estimated in a dry climate
by the effects of the same
degree of temperature in a humid at
mosphere. In an atmosphere IN which
there is but slight evaporation, or in re-
gion where. there is almost no porosity of
the soil, a minimum rainfall would make
a decidedly damp climate. Evaporation
is so rapid in our rainy season, and the
porosIty of the soil SO great ain st
as soon as the storm is over, so soon has
the atmosphere gained its moral condI-
ton, being dry and clean. Consequently
fogs are rare, except in the latter part
of the summer, when there is an usually
heavy rain storm.
The temperature of the summer
months average about IS degrees, but
on account Of the small per cent of HUI
midity in the atmosphere, the heat is not
so oppressive as 20 degrees lower tenn
perature would be in any of the cities of
the Atlantic sea board. In fact the
heat is seldom oppressive in the least,
as perspiration is free, and sunstrokes
are practically unknown to our people.
DR.. John Trail Green, resident physi-
clan of the highest standard, has made
diseases Of the lungs his special study,
as we'll as the HYGIENE influences of
many different climates, with view to
attaining the highest success in his pro-
fession. He has in the course of his ca
reer furnished some valuable papers on
these subjects for the advancement of
scientific knowledge. He asserts what
is known fact that every day furnishes
new iproofs OF the beneficial effects Of
this climate on invalids, who have come
here with serious affection of the lungs,
and have either been cured or greatly
relieved. One difficulty he thinks is
that many inTalids labor under the
mistaken notion that this climate is to
be sought simply to escape the vigors Of
tie winters of other parts Of the world,
and that the summers are to be avoided;
whereas the real truth is that, on ac-
count of the extreme dryness of our
summer months it is quite as desirable to
remain here during this time of the year
as at any other, and thus many leave
before cure is thoroughly accomplish
ed. The extreme variety Of our
atmosphere at all seasons is the
great factor that effects more for
the invalid than all the remedies which
the combined skill and science of man
can apply in the more humid districts
of other parts OF the world. Even IN
the two months when the mercury rises
so high, our atmosphere never becomes
sultry, nor losses any of its bracing ef-
efcts. To use the language of the
Doctor above named. much has been
said of the heat and dust of Arizona,
and much exaggerated: In the cities of
all dry climates there is much dust at
times; in the foot hills, on the high me-
sas and In the mountains, there is none.
The so-called dangerous dust storms
and 'whirl winds are novelties OF the
rRrest type, and last but few hours
at most. Many eastern cities excel US
in these phenomenon. No attempt will
be made to draw conclusions from these
remarks on our climate. Physicians
easily draw their own, and invalids have
but to join US to soon regain their
strength and to draw one for them
selves"
From a private letter to DIR. Green we
are permitted to quote the words of E.