Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-11

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eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, climate is re-
CURED which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest APP
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rarely send their pai >nts
to the arid -egions curing :-mner nd
this l consider great ristake., he
patients should be sent to the arid re.
glons 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 TIE 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 ut
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic 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 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
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ion, advantages as a health resort
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 tubercular patients
to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to bc
sent to an attitude or less, rather than
more than 1000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated in
a 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 Rincon; to the south, the
Santa Rita: and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an alti-
tude of 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 II, ,0Oo
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
June, inclusive, 1S94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these were in one month. Some idea oi
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midday,
and with the uuaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
Of the SUM-"
DR.. 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
their disease, 1t is evident that an early
selection of a good winter climate is the
most important factor for their cure and
future welfare.
"They need a warm, dry climate In
winter, free from fogs, heavy frosts,
storms, chilling winds and sudden at
mospheric changes, climate where
there is a constant sunshine and plenty
of pure air, and where they can have
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment as
we'll as climate must be undertaken
early to do good when there is yet a
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
destroyed.
"The official weather reports and sur.
veyors of the United States, as we'll as
the scientific climatologists, admit that
Tucson is the center of the most favor
able zone in the southwest for the i'm
provcment and maintenance of life oi
consumptives in the United States, il
not in the world"
DR.. w, B, Purcell, County Physician
Observes:--"It is an undisputed fact that
proper climatic conditions give tho
greatest relief to those affected with OF
having tendency to phthisis.
"When a phthisical tendency exists
great care should be exercised to prevent
its development. AS humidity is such an
important factor in the cause of com
sumption, those affected with or having
predisposition to lung disease should
Immediately seek the proper climate tav
orable to their condition.
"The climate of Colorado has been re
commended for its beneficial effects fol
| consumption; my long residence thers
| 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 anc
winter, as the changes are often severe
becoming raw and cold within q few
hours, and as these are atmospheric con
ditions to be avoided, it would not b
advisable to spend these seasons there
Those having peculiar type OF constr
tuition with a hereditary tendency tt
consumption would do we'll to avail
themselves of an opportunity and COM
here and remain exempt from disease.
"It is a fact that those born here o
tuberculosis parents seldom ever hav'
the disease develop, so long as they re
main in this climate. 1t is my opinion
that there is no other section of tn
United States which viii compare favor
able with that in and about Tucson TO