Arizona daily citizen., 1901-02-25

order that the patient may live contin.
uously in the open air for period of fsev.
eral months, or, for that matter, for q
year, or several years, climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach to it 10 Arizona.
Physicians raTs'v send their pa; .nts
to the arid -ez;ons .sariag Y.m.aer nd
this / consider a great Eistake. he
patients should be sent to the arid re.
gions so soon as there is evidence of in.
lection from the tubercie 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, thsn that Of
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatie patients
to Tucson. California 10 a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come il,
from the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to the inland desert rrgions for
phthisicai patients. think 1t may be
assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever there 10 irrigation there is 8 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
physiciars have declared that irrigation
and malaria 90 together
The city Of Tpeson has. In my opiu.
ION. advantages 40 o health resort
which can not be eqnaiied anywhere in
North America. know Of NO locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such a low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. it ID no longer considered
imperative tp sead .ubereulas patients
to an altitude of Q. 900 seet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
mofs ffcquently patients required 30 be
sent 10 an altitude or sess, rather than
more han 3. 600 feet. The attitude Of
Tucson 10 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the nost ex-
ceptionAi cases, The city is situated in
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t 10 completely walled ia
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north 10 the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; to the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tuc-
son. Each Of thcsr ranges has an sisi-
tude of 4, 900 feet at least. Mount LS-
mon, tht highest peak Of the Catalinas,
has nm elevation OF 10000 feet. and
Mount Wrightson IN the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude Of nearly l1,O1a
krrt.
The scrneyy at Tucson is as impres-
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description,
During the nine saenths, October 10
June. inclusive, 1895, there were bat
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine Of
these were IN one mouth. Some idea of
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midday,
and with the nnaided eye, have seen
Venus wiscu L was bat ten degrees east
of the SUM-
D.. N, III. Matas, a Physician OF II
years practice in this City, says
Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces of nature for the cure of
thrir disease. Il is evident that an carly
selcction of a 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 trusts,
storms, chilling winds and suddsn at
u1ospherSc changes, q climate where
there 70 q constant sunshine and pieuty
Of pure eir, and where they can have
outdoor excrciae daily. Treatment as
well as climate must be undertaken
early to do good when there 10 YET
good foundation upon which to build
the system. We must remember that
nature alone cures. and where there Is
no nature there 10 no hope. Physicians
and climate can only help nature. and
they can do no good when nature Is
destroyed.
The Official weather reports and sur
veyors OF the United States, as well a.
the scientific climatologists, admit that
Tucson 10 the center of the most favor
able xonc In the southwest for the inn
pTovenseHt aud maintenance Of lie of
consumptivcs in the United States, If
NOT in the world"
DIR. w, B. Purcell, County Physician,
0bscrves:--''It is an undisputcd fact that
proper climatic conditions give the
greatest relief TO those affected with or
having tendency to phthisis.
when a phthisical tendency exists
great care should be exercised to prevent
its development. As humidity is such an
factor in the cause of COM
sumption, those affected with or having
a predisposition to lung disease should
seek the proper climate tav-
orable TO their condition.
'The climate of Colorado has been re-
commended for its bcue6ciai effects for
consumption; my long residence there
gave me ample and sufficient opport-
unity of judging climatic conditions
there existing during the summer months
The mountainous portions Of Colorado
undoubtedly have a beneficial effect on
tuberculosis subjects, but i cannot re-
commend Colorado during the fall and
winter, as the changes are often severe,
becoming raw and cold within few
hours, and as these are atmosphericcon-
ditions to be avoided, it would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
Those having peculiar type of consti-
tuition with a hereditary tendency to
consumption would do well to avail
themselves of an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
ut IS fact that those born here of
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
tue uiseass de, eiop, 50 hong as they re-
man in this climate. It is my opinion
that there is no other section of the
United States which will compare favor
able with that in and about Tucson for