The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-19

many las the writer sleep out durine
the whole yePr. There are not five days
IN the whoie year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part OF the day, at
least, out of doors. In this climate in
iuries and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex
cept in whooping cough. for years.
The winter months, from the middle
OF September to the FIRST of May, are in
this locality the finest IN the world. One
bright suushiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
yerdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is a joy to live.
| AT preseut hare never known a Der
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocating
IN the altitude suited TO their particular
case that did not get well; nor have
known of one IN the second stage that
did not improve. But cannot refrain
som raising my voice against the out
rage OF sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang
crs."
DR.. II. W. Fenner. of Tucson, Surgeon
Of the Southern Pacisc X. r., says
Tucson is a city OF l0, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line Of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 400 feet above the
sea evel. Tucson is one OF the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con
qucrors. II is now the commercial and
railroad center Of Southern Arizona. The
climate 10 exceedingly dry and bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
| 26' and So" respe, lively. The rainfall
is small and but httle irrigation is car
red on. The water supply Is excellent.
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, bn, the low degree OF humid
| ity makes the clear warmth tolerable.
and the most healthful part OF the year.
Snnstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
been found hy experience to be particul.
arly beneficial to most eases Of pulmon.
| AIRY phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tnbercular periods.
Dr. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, says
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor life in the
treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
| uousiy in the open air for period OF sew
eral months. or. for that matter. for a
wear. or several years, climate is re-
quircd which Is continuously warm and
| drv. Such climate the United States
| does not possess. but the nearest ap-
/ proach to il is Arizona.
Physicians rars'v send their pa .nts
10 the arid -eg.ors .stri5g !-m=.er nd
| this ! consider great =istase. he
patients should bc sent to the and re-
| gions 80 soon as there is evidence OF in.
| fiction from the tubercle bacillus, and
| should be made to remain there until
| they are well. or until il is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
Many physicians in the east order
patients TO California for the winter,
| apparently with a view OF sending thcnl
! to dry climate. The relative humidity
IN southern California is as great, and
| IN some instances greater, than that at
| the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly scnd
their ;uberCular and asthmatit patients
| to Tucson. California is a beautiful
| country. but the iogs which come in
/ Flsi TIC Sfd- saEid bOha
the vas, irrigated regions. make it far
| ,uterior to the inland desert regions for
| phthisical patients. think it may he
assumed as "a general rule that whcr
ever there is irrigation there is "A high
degre, ot relative humidity. aud patients
| suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict Indeed. some of the California
| 4 4 l..
and malaria 90 together,
The citv of Tucson has. in my opin-
ION, advantages as a health resort
which can not ic equnlled anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
| where such Il moderate winter climate
and such low degree oi relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. II is no Longer considered
imperative To send tuI,ercujat patients
to an altitude Of !. 900 feet, or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patrcn,s required to bc
sent to an altit udc or less. rather than
more than 3, 600 tcct. The altitude OF
Tucson ~ .. 400 feet, and that seems to
be amply high tor all but the most cx-
ceptional eases. The city is situated III
"A basin ncaI the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t iS completely walled in
bV massive mountain ranges. TO 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 au alti-
tude oi 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas.
reaches an altitude OF nearly 11,0O0
feet.
The scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iune, inclusive. 1S94-5. there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine ol
these were in one month. Some idea o
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when | state that, at midday
i, and with the unaided eye, have seeu
: Venus when it was hat ten degrees east
1 of the sta.