The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-28

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many tas the writer sleep out during
the whole FcPT. There are not tlve days
III he wholt wear but the most delicate
Invalid can spend part ot the day, at
least, out oi doors. In this climate in.
iuucs and wounds heal very rapidly,
contiguous diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex-
eep' IN "ho"pnR cough, Tor years.
The winter months, from the middle
Of September To the first OF May. arc in
tins locality the finest IN the world. One
( bright sunshiny day succeeds another
the nights are cool and c1bilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
vcrduc and the brightest flowers. Truly
. It Is a Joy to live.
A present have never known per
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease and loo ating
N the altitude suited 10 their particular
case that did not get well: nor have
/ known of one IN the second stage that
did not improve But cannot refrain
from raising my voice against the out
rage at sending advanced cases TO this
I or other sections To die among strang-
crs
/ br. II. ". Fcnner of Tucson. Surgeon
Of the Southern paci6c K K. SAYS
! Tucson Is a city Of 10, 900 inhabitants.
4 on the main line Of the Southern Pacific
/ Railway, altitude ., 400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson Is one OF the oldest
! settlements made by the Spanish con
! qnerors, 1t Is now the commercial and
| railroad center of Southern Arizona The
climate ~ exceedingly dry and braclng.
the humidity being exceedingly low, the
yearly minimum and maximum being
267 and Sc respeA lively. The rainfall
ia small aud but httle irrigation is car.
ried on The water supply rs excellent
The summers are long, the therIn orneter
ranges high bat the low degree OF humid
Ity makes the clear warmth toicrabie
and the most heaithful part OF the year
Sunstrckes and heat prostrations are
unknown, The climate OF Tucson has
been found bv experience to be particul-
arly beneficial to most cases of puimon-
AIRY phthisis, especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
! Dr. Mark A. Rogers, of Tucson, says:
--" Ny experience has impressed upon
me the Necessity for outdoor hie III the
| treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
/ order that the patient may live contin-
uously IN the open air for a period of sew
cral months. or, for that matter. for q
wear, or several years, "A climate il re-
quired which Is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
docs not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach to IL Is Arizona.
! Physicians rArc'v send their paints
to the arid -ez:crs sstri7g e-u.=t: I'd
this J consider a great -.stake. he
patients should he sent to the arid re-
gions so soon as there is evidence OF IN
fiction from the tubcrcle bacillus, and
should be made TO remain there until
they are well, or until II 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
/ III some instances greater. than that of
/ ANC hktAuNiA AoHhAs anu VI AAC pSSl
physicians in California regularly send
! their tubercular and asthmatit patients
! TO Tucson. California is a beautiful.
/ country. but the fogs which come i'll
! rom the sea, and the emauations from
the vast irrigated regions. make it far
/ inferior to the inland desert regions for
/ ph;hIsical patients. think II may be
| assumed as "a general rule that wber
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 opiu-
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not he equalled anywhere IN
North America. know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such "a low degree OF relative humid
itv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tutercuiai patients
10 an altitude ot 8 600 feet. or over. III
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to bc
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than .. 600 tcet. The altitude OF
Tucson is :, 400 teet. and that seems to
be amply high for ali but the most ex
ceptional cases The city Is situated in
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz rvcr. 1t is completely walled iuf
bv massive mountain ranges 10 the
north is the Santa Catalina range, TO
the east. the Rncon, To the south, the
Santa Rita, and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has atS 8itiI
tude ot i 900 feet at least 81 M onhu Dss4'
mon. the highest peak of rfeA3&trlinasl
has an elevation of .k@.nCskt tece sasdl
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reaches an altitujEy @t lHsitduH ,tHia,
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