The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-23

| many tas the Writer sleep out durln.
! the whole yepT. I here are not five daNS
III the whole year but the most delicate
lnsaiid can spend part OF the day, at
| least, ont ni doors In this climate IN
lurics and wounds heal very rapidly
| contagious diseases are USUALLY very
mild, There has been no epidemic ,&-
| ccpt III whoopiH2 cough, Tor years.
| "The winter months, from the middle
/ Ut September to be tTSt Of May. are ~
| tins locality tbr finest III the world. Onc
bright sunShiny day succeeds another
the nights are cool and cxhilarating. tic
whole country green with the riches
verdue and tho brightest flowers. Truly
| it is a Joy To live,
| Al present have never known "a per
son coming 70 tins Territory in the carly
stages oi pulmonary disease andlocating
| III the altitude suited 10 their particular
case that did not get well. nor have !
| known of one in the second stage th8t
| did not improve. But cannot refrain
from rnising my voice against the ont
| rage OF sending advanced cases u this
or other sections 10 die among strang-
| ers.
Dr. n v. Fenucr. OF Tucson. Surgeon
oi the southern Pacihc r. K, SAWS
| Tucson is city of 10000 inhn bilauts
on the main line ot the Southeru Pacific
Railway, altitude =. 400 feet above the
| sea level. Tucson iK one OF thc oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con.
| querors. II is now the com merciai ard
railroad center OF Southern Arizona ! he
climate ~ exceedingly dry and brae1nE.
the humidity being exceedingly low, the
yearly minimum and maximum being
269 and 569 respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation il car.
ried on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long. the thermometer
ranges high, but tho low degree ofhumid.
ity makes the clear warmth iolerabic.
and the most healthful part oi the year,
| Sunstrokes and hea; prostratlons are
unknown. The climate oi Tucson has
been found by experience To be patt,eul.
arly beneficial TO most cases ot puimon-
AIRY phthisis. especially those Of the
earlier or pre-tutseFcular periods.
Dr. Mark A. Rogers, OF tucson, says
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity Tor outdoor iiit IN the
treatment ui pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live eontip-
uously IN the open air for period of sew
eral month or. for that matter. far a
wear. or several wears n climate is re
luired " hich is continuously warm and
dry, Such a climate he ntted States
does not possess, hut the nearest ap.
proaeh TO II IL Arizona.
4 "PhySiclans rarrlv send their pa! .uts
10 the arid -ex.ors cGrf1g s~m=scs nd
this ! consider a great .=-sstase. TIC
patients should he sent To the arid re.
gions So soon as there ,s evidence OF in.
lection from the tnbcrcle bacillus. and
should bc made To remain there nutil
they are we'll or until ii is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
Many physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter.
apparently with a view OF sending theni
10 a dry climate The relative hufuidjty Y
in southern California IS as great, and
in some instances greater, than that oi
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the best
physicians IN California regularly send
their tubcTcuiar and asthmatis patients
TO Tucson, California Is beautiiul
country, hut the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make II far
, interior 10 the inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think 1t may be
assumed as a general rule thnt whcr-
ever there is irrigation there rs high
. degree Of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phth'sis
should never he 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 opiu.
ION, advantages as a health resort
which can not he equalled anywhere IN
North America. know Of no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such low degree OF relative humid
l,ty are combined with the same laiitptlt
, and altitude. II is no longer considered
: imperative TO send tuhcrculat patients
to an altitude Of I, 900 feet, or over. Ia
fact. clinical experience has proven thar
more frequently patients required 70 h,
sent TO an altitude or less, rather than
: more than 3 600 feet. The altitude o
: Tucson Is 400 feet. and that seems Il
be amply high for all but the most cS
, ccptional cases. The city Is situated II
! "A basin near the underground Sautf
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled II
-, bv massive mountain ranges. To th'
north is the Santa Catalina range. Il
the east, the Rincon to the south. tn
: Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
: son. Each OF these ranges has an Blti
, tude OF :, 900 feet al least, Mount Ic
= mon. III, highest peak OF the Catalinas
has an elevation oi 10, 900 feet, art
Mount Wrightson IN the Santa l}ita>
j., reaches an altitude OF nearly ,op'
d, feet
=, ''The scenery ut Tucson is us imprcS
:, sivc as anywhere III the Rocky monu
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
: set heggar description.
Y During the nine months, October I
q Iune. inclusiycs 1S9t5, there were hu
e TWENTY-FIVE cloudy days, and nire {
i these were in one month. Some idea {
II the transparency OF the atmosphere ma
be had when state that, at midday
II aud with the unalded eye, ! have see
c Venus " hen it was hut ten degrees cas-
d OF the sr:;.