Arizona daily citizen., 1901-02-09


order that the patient may live contin
uously III the open air for a period ofsev
erai months, or, for that matter, for {
year, or several years, climate is re
quired which is continuously warm anc
dry. Such a climate the United State.
does not possess, but the nearest ap
proach to i is Arizona.
Physicians rarely send their patient:
to the aid regions during summer, anc
tins | consider Il great mistake. TIL,
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence of i'll
lection from the tubercle bacillus, anC
should be made to remain there unit
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 ot
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
Their tubsrcular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
from the sea, and the emanations from
I the vast irrigated regions, make it far
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. 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 60 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 tubercuiar patients
| To an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude of
| Tucson is z, 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
| Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
| by massive mountain ranges. To the
| north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; to the south. the
| Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an slii-
Jude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Lee
mon, tn. highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Z Mn1t1f Wrtuh4e .,, he p.taH
reaches an altitude of nearly IL, 009
feet.
THE scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
June, inclusive. 1S94-5, there were but
/ twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these were 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 SUM-
Dir. n, II. 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
their disease, it is evident that an early
selection of good winter climate is the
! most important factor for their cure and
4 future welfare.
"Tbey need a warm, dry climate in
winter, free from fogs, heavy frosts
storms, chilling winds and sudden at
mosphelic changes, a climate wher,
there is constant Sunshine and pIent,
of pure air, and where they can hav,
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment a.
well as climate must be undertaken
early to do good when there is vet &
good foundation upon which to buiit
| the system. We must remember tina,
nature alone 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 nature is
| DESTROYED.
/ 1.-The official wee Their reports and sur
! veyors of the United States, as we'll as
the scientific climatologists, admit that
| Tucson is the center of the most favor
able gone in the southwest for the i'm
provcment and maintenance of life OF
consumptives in the United States, il
not in the world"
DIR. ". &. Purcell, County Physician,
Observes:-"It is an undisputed fact that
proper climatic conditions give the
greatest relief to those affected with or
having tendency to phthisis.
When ph,hisical tendency exists
great care should be exercised to prevent
it's development. As humidity is such an
important factor in the cause of COM
sumption. those affected with or having
a predisposition to lung disease should
immediately seek the proper climate tav-
orable 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 beneficial effect on
tuberculosis subjects. but 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 atmo sphei &c con-
ditions to be avoided, it would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
Those having peculiar type of cousti-
tuition with a hereditary tendency to
consumption would do well to avail
themselves of an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
st is fact that those born here of
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as they re-
main in this climate IL is my oDinion