Arizona daily citizen., 1901-02-15


erai months or, for that matter, for
year, or several years, climate is re-
| CURED w'ich rs continuously warm and
dry. Such u climate the United States
Goes not possess. but the nearest APP
I preach to II Is Arizona.
| Physici"ns rare'" send their pa 'nts
to tsic ar.i 2.-ai ,rri-g u!-.e. Id
TINS l consider a STS-I STAKE. he
patients should be sent to the arid re
gioils so soon as there is evidence of in.
lection from the tubercle 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
| IN southern California is as great, and
IN some instances greater. than that Of
| the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
| physicians IN California regularly send
their tub rcnar and asthmatic patients
! to Tucson. California is beautiful
! country, but the fogs which come in
/ from the sea, and the emanations from
/ the vas. irrigated regions, make 1t far
/ interior to tho inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may be
/ assumed as general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is Il 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 a health resort
which can not be equalied 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. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercuiar patients
/ to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
1 more frequently patients required to b.
/ seat to an altitude or less, rather than
/ more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson Is 2 400 feet. and that seems to
! he amply high for all but the most ex-
1 ceptionai cases. The city is situated in
I n basin near the underground Santa
1 Cruz river. 1t Is completely walled in
1 BY massive mountain ranges. To the
! north is the Santa Catalina range; to
I the east, the Rincon; to the south. the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
! son. Each Of thesr ranges has an titi-
/ tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Lee
I mon, tht highest peak of the Cataiinas,
1 has an elevation OF 10000 seet, and
I Mount Nrightson III the Santa Ritas.
| reaches an altitude OF nearly IL ,0O9
1 feet.
The scenery at Tucson is as Impres-
/ siye as anywhere in the Rocky noun
| taIns and The gorgeous sunrise and sun
] set bcggar description.
During the nine months, October to
| June Inclusive. 1s94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine Of
4 theSe were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
I've had when state that, at midday
and with the nnaiied eye. have seen
| Venus when II was but ten degrees east
4 OF the sum-"
/ DIR. n, II. Matas, a Physician OF II
years practice in this City. SAYS
Since cousunptives must depend ON the
! resisting fore OF nature for the cure OF
i tlseir disease, it is evident that an carly
selection oil good winter climate is ths
most important factor for their cure and
future welfare.
"fhcy need warm. dry climate il
winter, free from fogs. heavy frosts
storms, chilling winds and sudden al
niospiscii &c changes. climate whert
there is a constant sunshine and plenty
i Ut pure air, aud where they can havs
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment a.
syeii as 81 mate must be undertaken
early 10 do good when there is yet a
good Foundations upon wink h tn butlf
The system. We ulnst remember thai
nature alone cures. and where there Il
no nature there Is no hope. phesicians
and climate can oniy help nature. and
! they can do no good when natare is
! destroyed.
The official wee Their reports and sur.
yeyors OF the United States, as we'll as
The scientific ciimatoiogists. admit that
Tucson is the ceIster of the most favor
able gone ia the southwest for he i'm.
proyement an 1 maintenance of life oi
consumpiives in The United States, il
not iu the world
/ DIR. w. h. Purcell. County Physician
0bseryes:--"it rs an undtsputed fact that
proper climatic conditions give tho
greatest relief to those affected with OF
having tendency to phthisis
hen a DhIhisicai tendency exists
great care should be exercised to prevent
it's development. As humidity is such an
important factor in the cause of com,
sumption. those affected with or having
a predispositiun TO lung disc ase should
Immediately seek the proper climate fay,
orabic to their condition.
THE climate of Colorado has been re,
commended for its beneficial effects for
consump tion; my long residence there