Arizona daily citizen. (Tucson, Ariz. Territory [i.e. Ariz.]) 1884-1901, 1901-03-15

order that the patient may live contiu
uously IN the open air for a period ofseV
eral months, or, for that matter, for {
year, or several years, n climate is re
CURED which is continuously warm anC
dry. Such a climate the United State,
does not possess, but the nearest ap
proach to 1t is Arizona.
Physicians rare'v send their pa+' mt,
to the avid -eg.ons sILsri1g :rm:1er II
this l consider a STea< -ristake. = h
patients should be sent to the arid re
glons so soon as there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, ant
should be made to remain there unit
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 a 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 in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatie patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
I
the vast irrigated regions. make it far
/ inferior to the inland desert regions for
! phthisical patients. think ii may be
assumed as a general rule that wher-
! ever there is irrigation there is a 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
h., IL
/ and malaria go together
The city OF Tucson has. in my opin-
| ion. advantages as a 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 iatit ude
and altitude. II is no longer considered
imperative 10 send tubercniaT patients
tn an altitude OF 8 900 feet, or over. In
TACT, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required TO b.
sent to an altitude or iess, rather than
more than 1000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson IS 2 400 feet. and that seems to
he amply high for all but the most ex-
eeptiorai cases. The city is situated in
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. l: is completely walled in
bs massive mountain ranges. To the
north N tho Santa Catalina range. to
the east, the RIncon: TO the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the TUG
sosis Each 81 these ranges has an aiii-
tusle oi 5000 feet at least. Mount lie
tnon, ths highest peak OF tho Catalinas,
has au elevation vi 10000 ieet, and
Mount Arightson III the Santa kitas.
reaches an altitude OF nearly III GOO
tref
he scenery at Tucson is as impres-
sase AS anywhere IN the Rocky noun
taIsis, and the gorgeous sssn=:se assA sszrs-
MI beggar description.
During The ntne months, October to
june. inclusive, 1895. there were ssat
t@eni y ~tSc cloudy DAYS, and uine @a
these were in one sssonth. Soale idea OF
t5e transparency Of The atmosphere may
ss 18sd " hen stair that, at midday,
and with lhe nnaided eye, have seen
seasa wae7 IL WAS but ten degrees east
OF thE suu.'
iDT. x. IL. Masas. Physician of IT
wears IsFacssr IN this Ctiy, SAWS
ssssse oaasMnpsaFes rnnss dctscnd on tho
resisting susack al nafurv for the carc OF
th~ir disease, IL issgsxaent that an carly
seaexfson ot coed wsnser climate is the
nsass important facsoT for tsacif cure and
fHturc welfare.
They need a warxu. dry climate in
aiasez, frrr from tngs, heavy trusts,
storms. chsIliag assssss and saddcn al
sasesMpsscgn changes, climate where
thrfw ~ constant SMASHING and tsssafy
of parg mir, md whcne they can hayR
outdoor exercise Aasls Trcatmrsss as
xral rs eiasuate nanss be untarrtaken
early 40 do good Wlcu there Is yet a
good Foundation uJsoa which TO busid
the ~vstrsss. We raugs TenaembcT thai
nature aItanc cures. and where there ia
no aatnre th~se 10 no hopx PhsEscians
and gismsaie can oniy help nature, aad
ihss can do 40 good when nature Is
s'Tte asasciai weather reports and sur
ssxuss Of the Initet States, as w~Il az
tAe ssarntifsc siisna, oiogssts, admit that
Tmcss ~ il tho center af the most faxur
aids ssnc in tho southwest for the iws.
pravrnsesss aai maintenance of Hik oi
coasnmpgsers in 1he United States, II
NOT In the wurld.''
Dr. ". n. Pswoeai. Coanty Physician,
OhseTvex;-''I II 10 an ssad5ssatrd fact that
proper climatic conditions gsEr the
greatest reiiei to tlaose aisaefrd with at
haysng tendency To ;sasshisis.
~ ben n phthasirai sradeaacy EXISTS
great CARE should sse exercised 10 pxesent
It's development. rs humsiits 10 sach an
important factor IN tho easzsc of esssa-
snmptsou. those nfsrSted with or haYing
a preissposition to lung disease shoaid
seek the proper climate tas-
oratie to their condition.
"Thc climate ol Colorado has hoen rs-
for lie henefsriai effects Cor
my long residence there
gavr rsr ample and sufficient opport-
unity of jndgsng climatic conditions
there existing during the summer months
The mountainous portions OF Colorado
undoubtedly have a beneficial effect on
subjects, bet cannot re-
commend Colorado during the fall and
winter, as thr changes arc often severe.
becoming raw and cold within "A lew
hours, and as these are atmospheric con-
ditions to be avoided, II would not be
advisable to spcnd these seasons there.
Those having peculiar type OF constr
tuition with a hereditary tendency TO
would do well TO avail
themselves of au opportunity and come
here and reniain exempt from disease.
ait is a TACT that those born here of
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
1 ne dsss.n =. dexsJnR a, lone as they re-