Arizona daily citizen., 1901-11-04

''''iS = ~ HlRHlS tI tut year ana SptHU
3G5 days i'll perpetual Sunshine 1t is Il
progressive and prosperous CITY in which
a man may not only find health but "A
means of livelihood and live i'll com
or.
Dir. II. w. Fcnncr. nf Tucson. Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific r. H.. says
Tucson Is Il city 81 10000 inhabitants
on the main line ot the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude = 400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the oldest
settlements made hy the Spanish con
qucrors. 1t u now tic commercial and
railroad center Oi Sout bern Arizona. The
climate IS exceedingly dry and braciug,
he humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
20 and 80 rcSpc, lively. he rainfall
rs small and but httle irrigation rs car
rcd on The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long. the thermometer
ranges high. but the low degree o. humid
tty makes the clear warmth tolcrable,
and the most healthful part OF the year.
Snnstrnkes aud heat prostrations are
unknown, he climate OF Tucson has
been found bv experience to be particul-
arIy beneficial To most cases Of pnlmon-
AIRY phthisis. especially those OF the
earlier OF pre-tubercuiar PERIODS.
DR. Mark A. Rogers, ui Tucson, SAYS:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor life IN the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously III the open air for q period Of sew
eral months. or. for that matter, for
year, or several years, a climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
docs not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach to IL is Arizona.
"Phy slcians rar@'~ send their pa 'nts
to the aid ~ cE Iri.2 ,m-t- I'd
this | consider a Ggt ( ;:istake. he
patients should he sent To the arid re-
gions SO soon as tllere is evidence Of in.
lection from the tubercle bacillus. and
should be made 10 remain there until
they are well. or until ii is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians in the cast order
patients TO 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 vi
the Atlantic coast, and many Of the best
physicians III California regularly send
their tubtrCuar and aSthmatic patients
TO Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come i'll
rom the sea and the nations from
The vast irrigated regions, make il far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
PHI hlsicai patients, ! think il may he
assumed as general rule that wher-
ever there rs irrigation thcrc is high
degree OF relative humidity, and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never hc sent 10 an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some OF the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria Z" together.
The city oi Tucson has, i'll my opin-
ION, advantages as health resort
which can not be equaled anywhere in
North America. | know OF no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such low degree OF relative humid
itv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. Ii is 10 longer considered
imperative 20 send tuhcrculaf patients
10 an altitude oi > 900 tcet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to bc
sent to an altitude or less rather tham
more than 3 900 feet. The altitude of
Tucson Is > 400 feet. and that seems to
bc amply high for all but the most ex-
ccptional cases, The city is situated i'll
BASIN near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled III
bv 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 TIC
son. Each Of these ranges has an slti-
tude of > 900 feet at least Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Cataiinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 iect, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL 200
feet.
THE scenery at Tucson is as impress
sivc as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set hcggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iune, inclusive, 1S945, there were but
| twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these were in one month Some idea ot
/ the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midday,
| and with the unaided eye, have seen
| venus WHICH IL Wds Dhl lSH oSstSNS Vast
| of the sun.
| DR.. n, II. Matas, a Physician of II
wears practice in this City, says
Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces at naturc.for the cure. o.
their disease, it is evident HAat an early
selection of a good winter climate is the
most important factor for tiieir cure and
| future welfare.
"They need warm, dry ctiipate in
winter, free from fogs, s,'<heavs strosts,
storms, chilling winds aud Sudden at
mospheric changes CLIMATE where
there is constant'sunshife ana 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
good foundation upon winch to build
the system. We must remember that
nature alone cures, and where there H.
no nature there is,no hope, Physicians
and climate can only help nature, and
they can do no good whcnnatnre y
destroyed.
"The Official weather reports and stlr-S
yeyors OF the United States, as MtH ~
the scientific ciimatol0gists, admit thai
/ Tucson is the center of the most Mv0rs
able zone in the southwest for the iSIls
provcment aud maintenance Of Nk 9l
cousuunptives ia the United States