Arizona daily citizen. (Tucson, Ariz. Territory [i.e. Ariz.]) 1884-1901, 1901-02-08

i'ANNl mat luC patient may i've cOnIln
uously in the open air for period ofsev
eral months, or, for that matter, for {
year, or several years, climate is re
CURED which is continuously warm ane
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest APP
proach to it is Arizona.
physicians rarely send their patient:
to the atid regions during summer, anC
this l consider a great mistake. The
patients should be sent to the arid re
glons so soon as there is evidence of in
lection from the tubercle bacillus, anG
/ 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 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
from the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may De
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 to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together
1.-THE city of Tucson has. in my opiu-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such a low degree of relative humid
lty are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercuiar patients
to an altitude of 5. 900 feet, or over. in
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
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 bat the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated in
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
DIV 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. Each of these ranges has an slti-
tude OF 5. 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon, ths highest peak of the Cataiinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly Ii ,OO0
feet.
1.-THE scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set bcggar description.
During the nine months, October to
June, inclusive, 1894-5, there were but
cloudy days, and nine of
these were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when | state that, ct midday,
and witt the nnaided eye, have seen
Venus when 1t was but ten degrees east
of the SUM-"
DIR. n, H. Matas, n Physician of II
years practice in this City, says
Since consumptivcs must depend on the
forces of nature for the cure of
their disease, it is evident that an carly
selection of good winter climate is the
most important factor for their cure and
future welfare.
They need a warm, dry climate in
winter. free from fogs, heavy frosts,
storms, chilling winds aud sudden at
changes, a climate where
there Is q 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
good foundation upon which to build
The system. We must remember that
nature alone cures. and where there is
no nature there is no ;iope. Physicians
and climate can only help nature, and
hey can do no good when nature is
iestroycd.
The official weather reports and sur
revors of the United States, as we'll as
he scsentific biologists, admit that
Tucson is the center of the most favor.
ible zone in the southwest for the i'm.
,rovcnfcnt and maintenance OF life OF
in the United States, If
Tot In the world
DR.. w. b. Purcell, County Physician,
bbseryes:-it is an ti;id;spsted fact that
Proper climatic conditions give the
,reatest relief to those affected with or
laying tendency to phthisis.
When phthisieal tendency exists
,reat care should be exercised to prevent
10 development. As humidity is such an
important factor IN the cause of COM
those affected with or having
prcdisposition to lung disease should
Immediately seek the proper climate fav-
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