Arizona daily citizen., 1901-10-18

railroad center OF Southern Arizona, The
climate is exceedingly dry and hraciug,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maNmum beng
20 and Sc. respectively. The rainfall
is small and but littlc irrigation Is ear
ricd on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, but the owleptec othumd-
ity makes the clear warmth tOlcrablc,
and the most hcalthiul part OF he year.
Sunstrokcs and heat ptostratiOns are
unknown. The climate ct Tucson has
been found by experience to be particul-
arly beneficial to most cases ot pumOn-
ary phthisis especially those of the
earlier OF prc-tubcrcuar periods
Dr. Mark A. Rogers of Tucson, says:
MY experience has impressed upon
me the necessity io' outdoor life III the
treatment Of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may hive contn-
uously in the open ait for period OF sew
eral months, or for that matter, for
year, or several years, Il climate Is re-
uuired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the uited States
does not possess, but the nearest APP
proach to 1t Is Arizona.
"Physicians rar@'v send their pa 'nts
to the arid -tg. .ors ,mriag ,ni-:et 1d
/ this | consider E.edt -istaKc. he
patients should he sent TO the ard re
gions so soon as there is evidence OF IN.
lection from the tubcrCle bacillus, and
should be made TO remain there until
they are well, or until it is sapparent 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 a dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California is as great. and
in some instances greater, than that o'
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is beautiful
country, but the fogs which come III
rom the sea, and the emnnations from
the vast irrigated regions, make 1t tar
| inferior TO tho inland desert regions tor
phthisicai 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 phthlsis
| should never be sent 10 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 he equalied anywhere III
! North America. know of no LOCALITY
where such II 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 tubcIculaI patients
To ali altitude ot & 600 feet or over. In
| fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent TO an altitude OF less, rather than
more than 3 900 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
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river 1t Is completely walled IN
! by massive mountain ranges, 10 the
north is the Santa Catalina range. To
the east. the Rincon; u the south. the
Santa Rita: and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an hlti-
tude OF {, 900 feet at least Mount lie
mon, the highest peak of the Cataiinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 ieet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa RItas
reaches an altitude Of nearly IL, ,oO0
feet,
THE scenery Mt Tucson is as imprcs'
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
| tains, and the gorgeous sunrise ond sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October Ia
June, inclusive, 1915, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nrnc oi
these were in one month. Some idea ot
tina transparency OF the atmosphere may
be had when | state that. at midday
and with the unaided eye, have sect
Venus when il was but ten degrees east
of the sun
DR.. N, II. Matas, Physician Of =
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 good winter climate is thu
most important factor for their cure anC
future welfare.
"They need a warm. dry climate il
winter, free from fogs, heavy trosts
storms, chilling winds aud sudden at
mospheric changes, climate. wher'
there is a constant sunshine and plenty
of pure air, and where they can have
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment a
well as climate must be undertaken
early to do good when there is yet Z
good foundation upon which to buiit
the system. We must remember tina
nature alone cures, aud where there i
no nature there is no hope. Physicians
and climate can only help nature, ant
: they can do no good when nature i
destroyed.
"The official weather reports and sur
: veyors of the United States, as we'll a
the scientific climatologists, admit tina
Tucson is the center OF the most favor
) able gone in the southwest for the i'm
provement and maintenance OF life o
consumptives in the United States,
not in the world"
| DIR. W. b. Purcell. County Physician
, Observes:-"It is au undisputcd fact tha
proper climatic conditions give tn
greatest relief to those affected with o
having a tendency to phthisis.
! when phthisical tendency exist
great care should be exercised to prcveI'
it's development. AS humidity is such a
important factor in the cause of com
: sumption, those affected with or havin
: n predisposition to lung disease shout
+ Immediately seek the proper climate ta>
I orable to their condition.
y THE climate of Colorado has been r'
:. commended for it's beneficial effects to
: { consumption; my long residence ther
!. gave me ample and sufficient oppor
: unity of Judging climatic condition
= .Lo,.a ay;st io u a ti,riuU he summer mont la