Arizona daily citizen., 1901-01-25

VI al months, Or lot t1laJ matter, Tor a
year, or several years, climate IS re-
quiffd which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
I does not possess. but the nearest APP
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rarely send their patients
to the arid regions during summer, and
this | consider a great mistake. The
patients should be sent to the arid re-
gions so soon as there is evidence of in
lection from the tubcrcle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are well, or until it is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
Many physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter,
apparently with view of sending them
To dry climate. The relative humidity
i'll southern California is as great, and
IN some instances greater, than that of
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians i'll California regularly send
their tubtrcular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
from the sea, and the cmanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthlSlcal patients. think it may be
assumed as general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is high
degree OF relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together
The city of Tucson has, in my opin-
ION, advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. | know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such a low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercuiar patients
to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. In
tact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required TO bc
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude of
Tucson is 2 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
cept1onal cases The city is situated in
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
ov MASSIVE mountain ranges. To the
north IS the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; to the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Zach of these ranges has an elti-
tude OF 1000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon, Tho highest peak of the Catalinas,
mas an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL, ,0O0
feet.
THE scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
taIns, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
June inclusive, 1s945, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine of
these were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
he had when state that, at midday,
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
OF the SUM-"
DR.. n, II. Matas, a Physician of II
years practice in this City, says
Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces OF nature for the cure OF
thrir disease, it is evident that an early
selection OF good winter climate is the
most important factor for their cure and
future welfare.
"They need warm, dry climate in
winter, free from fogs, heavy frosts
storms, chilling winds and sudden at.
mosphetic changes, climate where
there is constant sunshine and plenty
of pure air, and where they can have
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment as
well as climate must be undertaken
early to do good when there is yet a
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the system. We must remember that
nature alone cures, and where there is
no nature there is no hope. Physicians
and climate can only help nature, and
they can do no good when nasarc is
destroyed.
"The official weather reports and sur
veyors of the United States, as well as
the scientific climatologists, admit that
Tucson is the center of the most favor.
able zone in the southwest for the i'm
provcment and maintenance of life oi
in the United States, if
not in the world.
DIR. w. b. Purcell, County Physician,
Observes:-"It is an undispnted fact that
proper-climatic conditions give the
greatest relief to those affected with or
having tendency to phthisis.
When a phthisicai tendency exists
great care should be exercised to prevent
it's development. As humidity is such an
important factor in the cause of com
those affected with or having
a predisposition to lung disease should
immediately seek the proper climate tav-
orable to their condition.
The climate of Colorado has been re-
commended for its beneficial effects for
my long residence there
gave me ample and sufficient opport-
unity of Judging climatic conditions
here existing during the summer months
The mountainous portions of Colorado
have a beneficial effect on
tuberculosis subjects, but cannot re-
commend Colorado during the fall and
winter, as the changes are often severe,
becoming raw and cold within few
hours, and as these are atm ospheric con-
iitions to be avoided, it would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
Those having a peculiar type of consti-
.ution with a hereditary tendency to
would do we'll to avail
themselves of an opportunity and come
iere and remain exempt from disease.
ut is fact that those born here of
parents seldom ever have
he disease develop, SO long as they re-
main in this climate. 1t is my opinion
hat there is no other section of the
United States which will compare favor
lble with that in and about Tucson for
he relief Of pulmonary affections.
DR.. ]. Y. Gaff, ex-Surgeon of the S P. |
Railroad, says:-"Men IKE Sampson,
Davis and Methuseiah owed much of
heir strength, vigor and longevity to