Arizona daily citizen., 1901-10-19

climate is exceedingly dry aud bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26' and 56' respe, lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ricd on, The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid.
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable,
and the most healthtnl part Of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
been found by experience TO be particul-
nrly beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
AIRY phthisis, especially those OF the
earlier or pre- -tubcrcular periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers, Of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor life III the
treatment Of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for n period OF sew
eral months, or, for that matter, for
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.
"Phy hysicians rare'v send their pa 'nts
to the aid -egioas ,nri1g '';enner I'D
this ! consider n great --istake. he
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence of in.
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are we'll. 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
i'll 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 tuberculnr and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is n beautiful
country, but the fogs which come III
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to the inland desert regions tor
phthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is high
degree Of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthlsis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
erict. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria 60 together
The city Of Tucson has in my opin-
ION, advantages as health resort
which can not be cqualled anywhere in
North America. l know OF no locality
where such O moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid-
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tuberculaI patients
TO an altitude of S 900 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to bt
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 1000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is z, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most cx-
ceptional cases. The city is situated IN
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled IN
bv massive mountain ranges. 10 the
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; to the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an slti-
tude of G, 900 feet at least. Mount lie
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 II ,00G
feet.
1.-The scenery at Tucson Is as ifnpres
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise sud sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October tc
June, inclusive, 1S94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine o
these were in one month. Some idea o
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midday
and with the unaided eye, have seer
Venus when it was but ten degrees eas'
of the SUM-"
DIR. N, II. Matas, n Physician of II
years practice in this City, says
"Since consumptives must depend on tn
| resisting forces of nature for the cure o
| their disease, it is evident that an early
selection of good winter climate is th'
most important factor for their cure ant
future welfare.
"They need warm, dry climate il
winter. free from fogs, heavy frosts
storms, chilling winds and sudden at
mospheric changes. a climate wher
| there is a constant sunshine and plent,
| of pure air, and where they can hav'
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment a
| well as climate must be undertaken
early to do good when there is yet
good foundation upon which to buil'
| the system. We must remember tina
! nature alone cures. and where there 4
no nature there is no hope. Physician
and climate can only help nature. ant
they can do no good when nature i
destroyed.
"The official weather reports and sur
| vevors of the United States. as well n
the scientific climat ologists. admit thn
| Tucson is the center OF the most favo'
| able zone in the southwest for he IN
provcmcnt an maintenance OF life "
consumptives in the Unitee States.
not in the world
DR.. w. Is. Purcell. County Physician
| Obserges.-"lt is an undispnted fact tina
| proper climatic conditions give tn
| greatest reliei to those affected with o
| having tendency TO phthisis
! When pht cal tendency exist
y,e care shout" he exercised to prevcn
| It's d, velopmcnt. As humidity is such M
| important factor in 'hc cause OF com
J sumption those nift ctcd with or having
a prcdispositiun to lung disease shoul'
Immediately seek the proper climate fav
orabie to their conditi n.
THE climate of Colorado has been re
4 commended for its beneficial effects to
consumption my long residence thet
gave me ample and sufficient opport
unity OF Judging climatic condition
there existing during the summer months
The mountainous portions OF Colorado