Arizona daily citizen. (Tucson, Ariz. Territory [i.e. Ariz.]) 1884-1901, 1901-01-12

eral months, or, tor that matter, for q
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
proaeh to it is Arizona.
! Physicians rarely send their patient.
to the arid regions during summer, auc
this ! consider a great mistake. Thu
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, ant
should be made to rcmain there unit
they are well, or until il is apparent thai
the case is hopeless.
Many physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter
apparently with view of sending then
to a dry climate The relative humidity
IN southern California is as great, and
IN some instances greater, than that %
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
/ physicians i'll California regularly send
/ their tubercular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
from the sea, and the carnations from
1 the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
| phthisical patients. think it may 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 opir-
| ION ndv2nfatFR n health
which can not be equalled anywhere in
i North America. | know of no locality
| where such 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 b.
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 2 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ccptional cases. The city is situated in
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 alti-
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount I.e-
mon, the highest peak OF the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly II ,00G
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, 1894-5, there were but
/ twenty-five cloudy days, and nine oil
I 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, IL. Matas, a Physician of Ii
years practice in this City, says
Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces of nature for the cure O,
/ their disease, it is evident that an early
| selection of a good winter climate is tht
most important factor for their cure ana
! future welfare.
| They need warm, dry climate i,
| winter, free from fogs, heavy frosts
storms, chilling winds and sudden at
! niospheric changes, climate wher
there is constant sunshine and plentr
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 buiis
the system. We must remember thai
! nature alone cures. and where there i,
no nature there is no hope. Physician!
and climate can ouiy help ma ture, ant
/ they can do no good when nature j.
I DESTROYED.
"Thc official wea Their reports and sur
veyors of the United States, as we'll as
/ the scientific climatoiogists, admit that
| Tucson is the center of the most favor
able zone in the southwest for the inn
provement and maintenance of life OF
consumptiyes in the United States, i
not in the world
DR.. ". B. Purcell, County Physician
Obseryes:-"It is an undisputcti fact that
proper climatic conditions give the
greatest relief to those affected with OF
1
When phthisicai tendency exists
great care should be exercised to prevent
its development. As humidity is such an
important factor IN the cause of com
sumption. those affected with or having
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 l cannot re-
commend Colorado during the fall and
winter, as the changes are often severe,
becoming raw aud cold within few
hours. and as these are atmospheric con-
ditions to be avoided, it would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
Those having a peculiar type of consti-
tukipn with hereditary tendency TO
consumption would do well to avail
themselves of an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
at is a fact that those born here OF
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, SO long as they re-
main 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
the relief of pulmonary Affections"
Dr. v. Calf, ex-Surgeon of the S p.
Railroad, ,says:-"Men like Sampson,
Davis and Me' huselah owed much of