Arizona daily citizen., 1901-02-18

order that the patient may live contin-
| uously i'll the open air for period OF sew
eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, climate is re-
| quired which is continuously warm and
| dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap-
( proach to it is Arizona.
"Physicians rare'e send their pa rnts
to the avid -eg:ors ;xtrirg .';m-1sI nd
/ this | consider great Eistake. he
J patients should be sent to the arid re.
4 gions so soon as there is evidence OF i'll.
/ fiction from the tubercle 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, than that oi
/ the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
| physicians i'll California regularly send
( their tub rcular and asthmatic patients
4 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
I inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. / think it may be
assumed as general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is high
degree of relative humidity .rand 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
The city of Tucson has. in my opiu-
ion. advantages as a health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. ! know of no locality
where such a. moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercuiar patients
( to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. In
I fact, 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 OF
| Tucson IS 2,400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated IN
a basin near the underground Santa
1 Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
i by massive mountain ranges. To the
1 north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; to the south, the
| Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue.
4 son. Each of these ranges has an alti.
1 tude of S, 200 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon, the highest peak of the Catalinas
Il has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Nrightson in the Santa Ritas
breaches an altitude of nearly IL ,00G
feet.
THE scenery at Tucson is as iinpres
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
/ tains, and the gorgeous sunrise snd sun
I set beggar description.
During the nine months, October tc
June. inclusive, 1S9+-5, there were but
/ twenty-five cloudy days, and nine %
these were in one month. Some idea o
the transparency of the atmosphere ma,
be had when state that, at midday
and with the unaidcd eye, | have seer
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
of the SUM-"
DR.. n. H. Matas, a Physician of l.
! years practice in this City, says
"Sincc consumptiyes must dcpeud on tn
resisting forces OF nature for the cure o
ti,~ir disease, it is evident that an earl,
selection of good winter climate is til
most Important factor for their care an
; future welfare.
: "Thsy need a warm. dry climate i
winter. free from fogs, heavy frost:
] storms, chilling winds and sudden al
! mosphetic changes, climate wheT
! there is a constant Sunshine and pient
OF pure air, and where they can hay
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment a
; well as climate must be undertake
) early to do good when there is yet
; good foundation upon which to buil
the system. We must remember tha
! nature alone cures. and where there
. no nature there is no hope. Physician
and climate can only help nature. an
!, they can do no good when nature
DESTROYED.
"Thc official weather reports and sur
yevors OF the United States, as well a
the scientific climatologists, admit tha
Tucson is the center OF the most favor
able zonc in the southwest for the I'M
pruvemcnt and maintenance OF hic c
; consumptiyes in the United States,
not ia the world. y
DR.. ". b. Purcell. County Physician
+ Obscrves;--"lt is an undisputed fact thu
| proper climatic conditions give til
, greatest relief To those affected with q
| having a tendency to phthisis.
when a phthisicai tendency exist
great care should be exercised to prevef
: its development As humidity is such a
important factor IN the cause ofcoH
sumption. those affected with or havin
predisposition to lung disease shoui
Immediately seek the proper climate ia,
orabie TO their condition.
The climate of Colorado has been n
commended for its beneficial effects fo
: consumption; my long residence thet
s gave me ample and sufficient oppor'
unitv of Judging climatic conditions
there existing during the summer month";
: The mountainous portions of Colovad
| undoubtedly have beneficial eticct o
Tuberculosis subjects. but | cannot n
$ commend Colorado during The tail an
i. | winter. as the changes are often sever
: becoming raw and cold within a te'
h hours, and as these are atf ospher71 cos
tiitions to be avoided, it wound nol
!. advisable to spend these seasons thert
: Those having peculiar type OF copst
8 tuition with hereditary tendency !
: CONSUMPTION would do we'll to ava
a themselves of an opportunity and con
$ here and remain exempt from disease.
+ 'sIt is a fact that those born here
: tuberculosis parents seldom ever ha'
the disease develop, so long as they r
' main IN this climate. 1t is my opinie
!, that there is no other section of Il
United States which will compare favo
= able with that in and about Tucson fl
: the relief OF pulmonary ELECTIONS"
oi DR.. ]. v. Gaff, ex-Surgcon of the
II Railroad, says:-"Men like Sampso
,r Davis and Met huseiah owed much
r their strength. vipor and longevity