Arizona daily citizen., 1901-01-22

order that the patient may live COntin
( uously III the open air for period fsev,
crai months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, a climate is re.
I 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 rarely send their patients
/ to the avid regions during summer, and
this consider a great mistake. The
patients should be sent to the arid re.
Sions so soon as there is evidence OF in,
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are well, OF until it 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 them
/ to dry climate. The relative humidity
! IN southern California is as great, and
4 IN some instances greater, than that of
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
! their tubsrcuIar and asthmatic patients
/ to Tucson. California is beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
( from the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions make it far
Inferior to the inland desert regions for
I pflt hisical patients. think il NAV be
assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is 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
| physicians have declared that irrigation
, and malaria go together
The city of Tucson has, in my opin-
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 tubcrcuiar patients
10 an altitude OF > 1000 feet, or over. In
tact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to bc
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 1000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is :, 400 feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated in
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north IS the Santa Catalina range to
the east. the Rincou; to the south. the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an aiti-
tude Of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon, the highest peak Of the Catalinas,
has an elevation Of 10000 feet. and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
nsA ole sui q 4 Z
feet
The scenery at Tucson is as impress
site as anywhere uTthc Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise aud suI-
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
june, inclusive. 1915, there were but
twenty-five cloudy DAYS, and nine ef
these were iii one month. Some idea OF
the trsssnsparency ot the atmosphere may
be bad wheu ! state that, 1T midday,
and with she unaided eye, have seen
venus when /; wAs but ten degrees east
ofThe sun
DIR. n, II. Ma;as, a Physician of II
years practice in this City. says
Since consnuptiyeS must depend on the
ting forces of mature for the cure oi
1asr "se, it is evideni that ast early
s..ss-fio. 81 rood winter climate IS the
s.9sys- '.- .}.r'aut .ctor for their cure and
is, --r ,e.l+tr,
r ,-t te~a ~ warm dry climate IN
wiugg. Ny, fyaHi rsrs. hcayt trasts,
stusis'a calling wiuas as4;f susSfseal a.
niosphcaic changes. - climate where
there Is 4 conslauI sauSuiuc af4i pief9 i
of pure air, and where giecy CAB hayc
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment as
/ well a ci'Hafe must he u.5c,takea
carly to do good when there is ~. a
good foundation upon ehith h to build
/ the system. Ne must remember that
nature done cures. and where there is
no nature there is no hope Physicians
/ and climate can only help nature, and
/ they can do no good when natarc is
destroyed.
The official weat tbcr reports and sur
scs urs of the United States, as weli as
the scientific ciimatologists, admit that
Tucson is the center OF the most favor.
able zone IN the Southwest FOR the ins-
pr1ycmcut aud maintenance 0f life oi
consBmptives in the United States, II
not IN the world.
pr. ". b. Purcell. County Physician,
Ohscrves:--'.It is an undisputesl fact that
proper climatic conditions give the
greatest relief to those affected with or
having tendency to phthisis.
When a phfhisicai tendsBcy exists
great care should be exercised to prevent
its development. As humidity 10 such an
important factor IN the cause OF COM
sumption. those affected with or having
Il predisposition to lung disease should
Immediately seek the proper climate tav-
orablc to their condition.
The climate of Colorado has been re
commended for its beneficial 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 cannot re
comniend Colorado during the TALL aud
winter, as the changes are often severe,
becoming raw and cold within few
hours, and as these are atmospheric con-
ditions TO be avoided, it would no. be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
Those having peculiar type of consti-
tuition with a hereditary tendency to
consumption wouid do well to avail
thcanselves of an opportunity ard come
here and remain exempt from disease.
1t is fact that those born here OF
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as they re-
main in this climate. 1t 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
the relief of pulmonary affections.
DIR. ]. v. Gaff, ex-Surgcon of the S P.
Railroad, says;-"Men like Sampson,