The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-27

many las the writer sleep out during
the whole yer. There are not five davs
IN the wholt year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part Of the day. at
least. out OF doors. In this climate in
iuries and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mud. There has been no epidemic, ex-
ccpt IN whooping cough, for years.
THE winter months, from the middle
OF September TO the first of MAY, arc in
this locality the finest in the world. Ono
bright sunshiuy day succeeds another
the nights are cool and exhlarating; the
whole country green with the richest
vcrdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
II IL n JOY TO live.
Al present have never known per
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages 81 pulmonary disease andlocating
III the altitude suited to their particular
case that did not get well. nor have
known of one in the second stage that
did not improve. But | cannot refrain
from raising my voice against the out
rage sf sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
crs."
Dir. II W. Fenner, OF Tucson. Surgeon
OF the Southern Paci6c K. X. says
Tucson is city Of 10, 600 inhabitants,
on the main line OF the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,4O0 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the oldest
settlements male by the Spanish con-
qucrors 1t is now the commercial and
railroad center of Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing,
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yearly minimum and ma Kimum being
26o and So respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
red on. The water supply is excellent
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree Of humid
ity makes the clear warmth toIerable,
and the most healthful part OF the year
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown The climate of Tucson has
been found hy experience to be particul-
ariy beneficial 10 most cases of pulmon-
AIRY phthisis. especially those Of the
earlier or pre-tubcrcular periods.
DR. Mark A. Rogers. Of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor life in the
treatment al pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live con,in-
uousiy IN the open air for period OF sew
eral months, or. for thnt matter, for n
year, or several years, n climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest APP
proach to ii IL Arizona.
Physicians rare'r send their paints
to the arid -eS.ors curing SIMMER t7d
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patients should be sent TO the arid re-
gions So soon as there is evidence Of in
lection from the fubercle bacillus. and
should he made tn remain there until
they are well, or until it is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
Many physicians in the east order
patients 10 California for the winter.
apparently with view of sending them
to dry climate, The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
in some instances greater, than that of
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians III California regularly send
their tui,ercular and asthmatic patients
TO Tucson. California Is a beautiful
country. but the fogs winch come IN
rom the sea. and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisicni patients. think IT may be
assumed as a 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 10 an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
"The citv of Tucson has, in my opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere iii
North America. know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree OF relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. Ii is no longer considered
imperative TO send tubercuiar patients
To an nltIt ude Of ; 600 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to DC
sent to an altitude OF less, rather than
more than 3 600 feet. Tho altitude ot
1 Tucson IS . 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all bnt the most cx-
ccptional cases The city IS situated IN
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. TO the
north is the Santa Catalina range, to
the east. the Rincon. to the south, the
Santa Rita; aud on tho west, the Tue
son, Each of these ranges has an Hlti-
tutIc of !. 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 900 feet, and
Mount WrEhtson III the Santa Rttas.
reaches an altitude of nearly 11,ooo
feet.
"Thc scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhc III the Rocky noun
tains, and he gorgeous suuriSe-nnd sum
set bcggar description.
During the nine months, October to
/ June. inclusive. lS9t5, there were but
/ twenty-five cloudy days, and nue OF
these were IN one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midday,
and with the unaidcd eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees cast
Of the sr:i.