Arizona daily citizen., 1901-03-11

order that the patient may live cont.
uously in the open air for a period OF SC,
: eral months, or, for that matter, for
: year, or several years, climate is n
quiFed which is continuously warm an
dfv. Such a climate the United State
does not possess, but the nearest al
lrroaeh to il is Arizona.
Physicians rarsi~ send their pa; mt
to lie AID 'tsscns Ttsriag INNER II
: Inns ] consider a great Eistake. n
patients should be sent to the arid re
. gions so soon as there is evidence of in
teSiion from the tnbercle bacillus, AMI
should be made to remain there unti
they are well. or until ii is apparent thar
ihc case is hopeless.
Many physicians in the east ordel
patWn.s TO California for the winter
apparently with a view Of semding then
TO a dry climate. The relative isnsnidit,
10 southern California is az great, and
ia some instances greater. than that y
ne Atlantic coast, and many OF the besi
p"ka's CANS Ia Calitornia regularly send
b. q: tpbecuiar and asthmatie patient.
10 Tucson. California is "A beautifu
tsoan,ty. bat the fogs which CONC In
rom the sea, emo tho emanations from
ne vas, irrigated regions, make IL far
shieftor to shC iulano desert regions fof
phi hasicas pattents. ! think it may bs
assumed as q general ruiz that wbeT.
ever there - irrigation there is a high
degree Of relative hnnsidity. and patients
! suffering from pulmonary phthisfs
sbould never be sent to an irrigated dis
trsct. Indeed, some Of the California
| phssic,ans have declared that irrigation
ard malaria go together
The city OF Tucson has, 10 my opia-
son. advantage aE - health resort
waiea csn not ix cqaasied anywhere IN
Morris America. know OF no locality
! NscTe sest 4Ioueratr wiater cissaale
/ and scsh :. to~ G.egxr OF ncsatise humid
sss ais cuaabiness .ih -siS sssHac iass9 uese
! eos stlii rtle. ( IL 80 soaggt tos.>5asefrsi
SHgSfsaisc % end ssasesrss.t, taxsculs
! 80 HR .a3siiaax al 5.otu Get. Of oVer. IN
! s.Asr. cs;t,%sa4 eAsr isxssr isss ssrovea that
ss4oas frcqacHkif pnlseaas cssusrea 10 DC
s<sss 10 ga .atsasugtc az icss. TatheT than
sna*w han 3.ssts0 src1. The aaas4ude os
! hNssa ~ 2, 900 aext. apts hat serxHs Ia
he AMPLY siwh TO- AL Dnt Tho most ex-
ssgsa soDsi cases. . he essv IN sstnaged i'm
a ssassp nrar the notics1 roaad Santa
kfus river. TX is Spansslesels walled in
hx massive T1snantsaia ranges. 10 the
uorfh IL zlse Ssata laiairna rauge: TO
the east. thr kkncon: 10 the eoash. the
Santa issIn: asst af5 isx acat. xhr Tux
SON. sisscls o. tisesr rHnses laas an si.i-
Iiss5e o. .s.00e scci al least. Aouat Le-
ssscn, TIA highest peak OF isae 1ntaiinas,
has an cisvsiioa ot 10 1000 eel, and
Aosnt Anghtsen n the Santa EiIas,
reaches an aitstntie Of nsagiy IL ,0tAs
fe~1
. he sc~perx ri Tucson is as iuprex-
sise ~ SIS u ssesr 10 the Rocky mona.
tssns aaa Ihe go tgsous sunrsse md sun
set bc9gaE ds%eaisxaon.
~lbnsiuy tise nsnr usonihs, October to
3nus. i.sciesise. 1898 s.. there were bat
twsnt t.glse espnsiy sisys, and nine CT
1hcse were fE oste asonsa. Some issea OF
The transparency of The atmosphere may
he bad wiscn state hat, nj midday,
aud with aise unsidcd ess, have seen
Nenus when IL was bat tea degrees east
of The sum-
Ds. N, III. Mstas. Physician of 1T
Years pfactscc ia this City. says:--
tSincc consnsuptivex must dryend on the
resisting forces OF nature for the cure OF
tls~ir disease, il 10 evident that am early
selection Of good winter climate Is the
MOST important factor for their cure and
futnrr welfare.
They need q warm, dry climate in
winter. free from fogs, heavy frosss.
storms. chilling winds ard sudden at
ufosphefic changes. climate where
there is constant Sunshine and plenty
of pure air, and where they can have
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment as
we'll as climate must be unacs taken
carly to do good when there is rel a
good foundation upon which 10 ouiid
the system. We must remember thas
nature alone curcs, and where there 10
40 nature there rs no hope. Physicians
and climate can only help nature, and
they can do no good when nature is
destroyed.
aThe Official weather reports and sur
vcyors Of the United States. as well as
the scientific ciimatoiogists, admit that
Tucson Ii the ccntcr of the most favor.
able xonc in the southwest for the i'm
3royement and maintenance of life oil
consumptives IN the United States, II
|, not in the world"
DIR. w. B. Purcell, County Physician,
Observes:--"It is an undisputed fact that
proper climatic conditions give the
greatest relief to those affected with or
having tendency to phthisis.
when a phthisical tendency exists
great care should be exercised to prevent
it's development. AZ humidity is such an
important factor in The cause of COM
sumption, those affected with or having
a predisposition to lung disease should
Immediately seek the proper climate tav.
orable to their condition.
"The climate of Colorado has been re.
commended for it's beneficial effects for
consumption; my long residence there
gave me ample and sufficient oppoFt.
unity of Judging climatic conditions
there existing during the summer mouths
The mountainous portions of Colorado
undoubtedly have 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 these are atm ospheric con.
ditions to be avoided, it would not bs
advisable to spend these seasons there
Those having a peculiar type of consti
tuition with a hereditary tendency tc
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 eli nate. 1t is my opinion
! that there is no other section of the
United States which will compare favor