Arizona daily citizen., 1901-03-05

order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for a period ofsev-
eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest APP
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rar='~ send their pa; ~nts
to the avid -eg;ons .,rriag :-mler I'd
this l consider a great Eistake. he
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions SO soon as there is evidence of in
lection from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
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 OF
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercuiar and asthmatie patients
TO Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
from the sea, and the emanations from
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 whsr-
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
aud malaria go together
"The city of Tucson has. in my opin-
ion. advantages as a health resort
which can not be equailed anywhere in
North America. l know Of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitud
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to 'seud tubcrculai patients
Ia an altitude of S. 900 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to h,
more than 3.fit,0 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson IL 2. 100 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all bot the most ex-
cep.ional cases. The city 10 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
tho east, the RineoH; to the south. the
Santa Rita: and ON the west, the Tuc-
sssa. Eaci, of these ranges has an siti-
tude Of ) 600 feet at least. Mount Lc-
mon, thu ai. hest peak OF the Catalinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 teet, and
Mount WIightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL ,0o0
feet.
..Thc sccncrv ut Tucson is as rnprcs-
sive as anywherc in the Rocky noun
tains and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months. October to
June, inclusive. 1885. there were but
twenty-five ciordy days, and nine ei
these were i'm ono month. Some idea of
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, ut midday,
and with tho unaisied eye, have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
of The sun"
DR.. N, III. Matas, a Physician of II
years practice in this City. says
Since consuinptives must depend on the
resisting forces o nature :or she cure OF
th~ir disease, il is evident that an early
selection of a good winter climate is the
most important factor for their cure and
future welfare.
'sThey need a warm, dry climate in
winter, free from fogs, heavy frosts,
storms, chilling winds and sudden at
mosphcric changes, a climate where
there is a constant sunshine and plenty
of pure air, and where they can have
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment as
well as climate must be undertaken
early to 90 good when there is yet
good foundation upon which to build
the system. We must remember that
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
.sThe official weather reports and sur
veyors of the United States, as we'll as
the scientific climat ologists, admit that
Tucson is the center of the most favor
able zone in the southwest for the i'm
provcment and maintenance of life OF
in the United States, if
not in the world"
DIR. w. B. Purcell, County Physician,
Observes:-"It is an uadisputed fact that
proper climatic conditions give the
greatest relief to those affected with or
having a tendency to phthisis.
when a phthisical tendency exists
great care should be exercised TO prevent
it's development i. As humidity Is such an
important factor in The cause ofcom-
sumption. those affected with or having
a predisposition to lung disease should
seek the proper climate fav-
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 a 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 a few
hours, and as'thesc ARE atmospheric con-
ditions to be avoided, it would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
Those having peculiar type of constr
tuition with a hereditary tendency to
consumption would do well to avail
themselves of an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
"It is a fact that those born here ot
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as they re
main in this climate. 1t is my opinion
that there is no other section of ths