Arizona daily citizen., 1901-03-18

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crai 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 APP
proach to it is ARIZONA.
"physieians rareEv send their pa -nts
to the arid -eg.crs .yt-i-g sm=.e- nd
this ! consider a great -...stake. he
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence OF in.
fiction from the tuhcrcle bacillus, and
should he made to remain there until
they are well. or until it isapparent that
the case is hopeless.
Many ply sicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter,
apparently with view OF sending them
TO a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
in some instances greater, than that vi
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tuhsrcular aud asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, bat the fogs which come in
from the sea, and the carnations from
The vas. irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to tho inland desert regions for
hthisical patients. think it may he
assumed as general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there Is high
degree Of relative humidity, and patients
suffering from pulmonary phtl,isis
should never te sent 10 an irrigated dis
trsct. 1nderd, some of the California
physicians hare declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
he city oi Tucson has. IN my opis-
non. advantages az a health resort
which can not he eqnalied anywhere in
North America. know OF no locality
WHERE such moderate winter climate
and snch low degree OF relative humid
ity arc combined with the same latit ude
and altitude. II is no longer considaeti
imperative 10 send tubeFcuiaS patients
10 an altitnsge III &. 600 fews, OF over. In
fact. CLINICAL ex peraeuce has proven that
snors frequently patients required TO b.,
sent 10 an altitude or less. rather than
more than q. 900 fxt. The altitude oi
Tucson is 2. 800 feet. and that seems TO
be amply high for all bat the most ex-
eepfi0rai rasck The city 10 situated In
Ia haAsu near the underground Santa
CruE river. III IL completely walled 10
bs massive moautaiu ranges. To ths
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east. the Rincon: 10 the south. tiss
Santa Rita: and GA she west, the Tuc
son. Each OF thcse ranges has an sIti
snde uf +, 600 feet mt least. Mount lie
mon. thu highest peak Of the cataiinas
has an eiegation of 10000 teet. azd
Monnt Wrightson IN the Santa Ritas
reaches an altitude of nearly IL ,ooa
feet.
"The scenery al Tucson 10 NJ iTnpres.
sive rs anywhere in tlss Rocky usoun'
tasnk and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
vet beggar description.
During the nine mnuths, October te
June. Inclusive, 1904, there were but
INVENT -fse caondy days. and nine oI
these were in ono month. Some idea o.
the Il ansparcrcy OF the atmosphere may
be had wiscn state that, at midday,
and with the unaided ere, have seen
yenms when it was but tea degrees cast
Of the SUM-.
nr. N, II. Matas, Physician of I
years practice in this City, says
'.SssAcr consnmptives must depend ON thu
resisting forces of nature for the cure q
their disease, It is evident that an earl,
seicctson OF a good winter climate 10 tbs
most important factor for their cure asc
future welfare.
.tThey need a warm. dry climate il
winter. free from fogs, heavy trusts
storms, chilling winds and sudden at
niosphe1ic changes, a climate whers
there 10 a constant sunshine and plent,
OF pure air, and where they can iaay.
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment Al
well as Ornate must be undertaken
early to do good when there Is yet Z
good foundation upon which to buils
the system. We must remember tina
nature alone cures. and 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 ciimat oiogists, admit tha
Tucson is the center of the most favor
able zone in the southwest for the i'm
provcuncnt and maintenance of life O
consumptives in the United States,
not in the world
DIR. W. b. Purcell. County Physician
Ohseryes:-.It is an uudisputed fact tina
/ proper climatic conditions give tn
! greatest relief to those affected with o
| having tendency to phthlsis.
"Whcn phthisical tendency exist
great care should be exercised to proven
it's development. As humidity is such
! important factor IN the cause of com
/ sumption. those affected with or havin
a predisposition to lung disease shout
Immediately seek the proper climate ia,
orable to their condition.
1.-THE climate of Colorado has been n
commended for it's beneficial effects to
consumption; my long residence ther
gave me ample and sufficient oppor'
unity of Judging climatic condition
there existing during the summer month";
The mountainous portions of Colorad
undoubtedly have beneficial effect o
tuberculosis subjects. but | cannot II
commend Colorado during the fall an
winter, as the changes are often sever
becoming raw and cold within te'
hours, and as these are atmospheric CO,
ditions to be avoided, it would not
advisable to spend these seasons Their
Those having peculiar type OF consi
tuition with a hereditary tendency
consumption would do well to ava
themselves of an opportunity and con
here and remain exempt from disease.
ut is a fact that those born here
tuberculosis parents seldom ever ba'
the disease develop, so long as they =
main in this climate. 1t is my opinis
that there Sc 10 other section of t
/ United states which will compare fave
: able with that in and about Tucson 4
| the relief of pulmonary affections"