Arizona daily citizen., 1901-01-03

eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, climate is re-.
quired winch is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap.
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rarely send their patient,
to the aIid regions during summer ano
this | consider a great mistake. IhC
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, ano
should be made to remain there unit
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
III some instances greater, than that of
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians IN California regularly send
thelr tub: rcular and asthmatiI 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 il may be
assumed as general rule that wher-
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 opin-
ion, advantages as a health resort
1 which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. | know OF no locality
where such 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 tubercuiar patients
! to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. In
/ fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 3 900 feet. The altitude of
Tucson is 400 feet. and that seems to
| be amply high for all bnt the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated in
basin near 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 kincon: to the south, the
| Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an Alti-
4 tude of s, 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
! mon, the highest peak of the Catahnas.
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
( Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly II ,00o
! feet.
! The scenery at Tucson is as irnpres-
siYe as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
/ During the nine months, October to
June, inclusive. 1s94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine of
/ these were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
te had when state that, at midday,
and with the unaided eye. have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
of the SUM-
| DIR. n, II. Matas, a Physician Of II
years practice in this City, says
Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces Of nature for the cure oi
th~ir disease, it is evident that an early
selection of good winter climate is ths
I most important factor for their cure ana
future welfare.
They need a warm. dry climate il
winter, free from fogs, heavy frosts
storms, chilling winds and sudden at
nlospheric changes, a climate whcr,
there is a constant sunshine and plenty
of pure air, and where they can hay,
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment a,
well as climate must be undertaken
early TO do good when there is yet &
good foundation upon which to built
the system. We must remember tha;
nature alone cures. and where there i.
no nature there is no hope. Physicians
and climate can only help nature, and
they can do no good when nature is
DESTROYED.
= THE official weather reports and sur.
veyors of the United States, as we'll as
the scientific ctimat oiogists, admit that
/ Tucson is the center oi the most favor.
able zone in the southwest for the i'm
proycmcnt and maintenance of life ot
consanptives in the United States, il
not IN the world
1 DIR. W. h. Purcell. County Physician,
Obseryes:-''It is al isatisisputcti fact that
proper climatic conditions give the
greatest relief to those affected with or
having tendency to phthisis.
When phthisical tendency exists
! great care should be exercised to prevent
it's development. AS humidity is such All
( important factor in the cause of COM
sumption. those affected with or having
1 predisposition to lung disease should
immediately 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 beneficial effect on
tuberculosis subjects, but cannot re-
commend Colorado during the fall and
1 winter, as the changes are often severe,
| becoming raw and cold within few
hours, and as these are atmospheric con-
ditions to be avoided, il would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
Those having peculiar type of consti-
tuition with a hereditary tendency TO
consumption would do well to avail
themselves of an opportunity and como
here and remain exempt from disease.
"lt is fact that those born here oi
| 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 the
i United States which will compare favor.
able with that in and about Tucson for
the relief of pulmonary affections"
/ DR.. J. V. Gaff, ex-Surgeon of the S P.
Railroad, says:-"Men like Sampson,
Davis and eihuselah owed much oi