The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-20

many tas the writer sleep out during
the whole yer. There are not five tlays
IN the whole year but the most delicate
Invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, out OF doors. In this climate in
iuries and wounds heal very rapidly,
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, cx-
cept in whoopng cough, for years.
THE winter months, from the middle
Of September to the first OF MAY, are in
this locality the finest in the world One
bright sunshiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and cxhiiarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
II Is Joy to live.
AT present have never known a per-
son coming to this Territory in the carly
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocating
in the altitude suited to their particular
case that did not get WELL nor have
known of one in the second stage that
did not improve. But ! cannot refrain
from raising my voice against the out
rage et sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
ers."
DIR. II. W. Fenner. OF Tucson. Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K r.. saws
Tucson is city of 10000 inhabitants,
on the main line Of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,4oo feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish CON
guerors. II is now the commercial and
railroad center OF Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and bracinR,
the humidity being exceedingly low. the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26' aud 56o respe4 lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ried on. The water supply is excellent
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolcrablc,
and the most healthful part OF the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
been found bv experience TO he particui-
arly beneficial to most cases OF pulmon-
AIRY phthisis. especially those OF the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
Dr Mark A. Rogers. OF Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor lite in the
treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uousiy in the open air for period ofscy-
eral months or, for that matter for
year. or several years, climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the nited States
docs not possess. but the nearest APP
proach to II IS Arizona.
"Phy sicians rare'v send their pa; 'pts
10 TIC arid -eg.cus ,tri1g ;-n=ier I'D
this ! consider a great -istake. i. nc
patients should he sent to the arid re.
gions so soon as there is evidence OF in.
fection from the tubercle bacillus, and
should bc made to remain there until
they are well, or until II 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 III
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best
physicians ia California regularly send
their tubeTcufar and asthmatie patients
TO Tucson. California is beautitu
country. but the logs which come III
rom the sea- and the carnations from
the vast irrigated regions, make 1t far
Interior 10 the inland desert regions for
pht hisicaI patients. think it may he
assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is a high
degree OF relative humidity, and dpatients
suffering from pulmonary phtlIisis
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 nf Tucson has. in my opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be cqualled anywhere in
North America. know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree OF relative bumid-
itv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative TO send tubcrcular patients
to an altitude OF 3 900 feet, or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to he
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 3 900 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is . 400 feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex
ceptionai eases The city is situated in
n basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled i'll
by massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Riucon; to the south, the
Santa Rita and ON the west, the Tue
son. Each OF these ranges has an alti-
tude OF 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. tn, highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet. and
Mount Wrightson i'll the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly II ,0o0
feet.
THE scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere i'll the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iune. inclusive. 1S94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these we're in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midday.
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
of the SUE.