Arizona daily citizen. (Tucson, Ariz. Territory [i.e. Ariz.]) 1884-1901, 1901-03-16

of0eT LnaT the patient may 1--we contln
uously in the open air for a period of sew
eral months, or, for that matter, for G
year, or several years, a climates re
quired which 10 continuously warm ant
dry. Such climate the United State.
does not possess, but the nearest ap
Proach to it IS Arizona.
| "Physicians rare'w send their pa .rlts
to the arid &c -oas .ari1g sam1er I'd
this l consider Slsas EisIake. he
patients should be sent to the arid re.
| gions SO soon as there is evidence of in.
| fiction from the tubercle bacillus, and
| should be made to remain there until
! they are well, or until it is apparent tina
the case is hopeless.
/ MANY physicians in the east order
/ patients to California for the winter,
apparently with view of sending them
/ 10 dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
IN some instances greater, than that uj
the Atlantic coast, and me- nv of the best
fpbYsic;aus in California regularly send
their tub.fcular and asthmasic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
from the sea, and the emanations from
the vas irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisicai patients. / think it may be
assumed as a general tnie that wher-
ever there is irTigat ION there is high
degree of relative humidity, and patients
suffering from, pulmonary phthisis
should never De sent 10 an irrigated dis
! trict. Indeed, some of the California
physicians hav declared that irrigation
and malaria 20 together
| The city of Tucson has. in my opin-
/ ion, advantages as a. health resort
| which can moi be cGnalled anywhere i'm
North America. | know of no locality
where sueh moderate winter climate
and sEef, a low degree of relative humid
| ity are combined with ne same latitude
and aItitudc. Il is no longer considered
| imperative 10 send taaeTralas patients
/ 10 an ailitute OF 5000 Feet, Or over. In
/ tact, CLINICAL experience has proven that
| more frequently patients required to be
sent to an altitude or less. rather than
more Than 1900 feet. The altitude oil
Tucson - 2. 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all bat The rnost ex.
I eepiiouai cases. The city 10 situated in
a basin near the uudere found Santa
1 Cgaz river. II IL completely walled in
| b. massive mountain ranges. To the
/
no. III is the Santa satalsna range. 10
the east, the Rineon. 10 the south. the
S nta Rita. and on the west, the Tue
s.s.,. Each of these ranges has an alti-
tuae of 5000 azEt al least. Mount lie
mon, th< highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an eirxation OF 10000 .eet, and
Mount Nrightspn N the Santa Ritas.
reaches All altitude OF nearly IL ,000
ftaet
nc scenery al lneson "a as impres-
ssve as anxHhefe IN the ROCKY noun
tasns and the gorgeous SUNRISE aun sui
set oegGar g seitption.
Onting fne ntne months, octoner 20
Jsls'e. i'sah>iss. IeSo, tns.s "sse pu.
twensy-hse Stenay GAYS, ana afhe OF
the = transparency OF me atmosphere may
DC naa w'aem STATE .hat, az MIDDAY,
ana with Inc nnaided eye, nave seen
Venus when 1t was bat ten degrees east
OF lie sun.
Dr. y, II. Matass fhxsaesan OF ~
years pactcs IA TINS LILY. SAYS
Since eoasurnptives must depend ON the
resisting ior.es OF nature Tor the cure OF
their sfsease.at n eyiaent mat an carry
selection OF a good winter climate IS the
most important factor fof their cure ana
future welfare.
they need warm, dry climate IN
winter, tree from logs, heavy irosts,
storms, chilling WINDS anu sudden at
mosplie. &c changes, a climate where
there - constant sunshine and plenty
OF pure arr, and where they can have
outdoor exercise daily. treatment as
well as climate must be undertaken
early TO 90 good when there IS yet a
good foundation upon WINCH TO onisd
the system. We must remember that
nature alone cures. and where there Is
no nature there iseno nope. Phys'cians
ana climate can ontS neip nature, ana
they can do no good when nature II
destroyed.
The ofhciai weather reports and sur
veyors OF the United States, as well as
the scientific characteristics, admit that
Tucson ~ the center OF the most favor
able zone IN the southwest tor the INF
provement ana maintenance OF hfe OF
consumptives 10 the United States, II
not in the world"
DIR. w. B. Purcell, County Physician,
!, Observes:-It is an undisputed tact that
proper climatic conditions give the
greatest relief to those affected with OF
having tendency TO phti'sis.
when phth'sieat tendency exists
great care should be exercised TO prevent
its development. As humidity IS such All
important factor IN The cause OF com
1 sumption. those affected with or having
/ a predisposition to lung disease should