Arizona daily citizen., 1901-01-31

I - FlL LUG IlaLlSilL may i've COTllIu
uous'y the open air for period of sev
erai months, or, for that matter, for q
year. or several years, a climate IS re
/ qulrcd which is continuously warm anC
! dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap
/ proach to il Is Arizona.
/ physicians rarely send their patients
/ to the aid regions during summer, and
+ this | consider a great mistake. The
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 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 a view of sending them
TO dry climate The relative humidity
Ill southern California is as great, and
IN some Instances greater, than that of
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best
physicians iii California regularly send
their tubsTcuiar 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 il far
inferior to the inland desert regions foI
pbthisical patients. think il max he
assumed as general rule lhat wher-
ever there is irrigation ther, is high
degree OF relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent TO an irrigated ii dis
trict. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together
" The city Of Tucson has. in my opiu-
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not be cqualled anywhere in
North America. / know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree oi relative humid
ity are combined with lhe same latitude
and altitude. Ii is no longer considered
imperative TO send tubercpiaf patients
TO an altitude of 5 900 ieet, OF over. In
fact chuienl experience has proven that
more frequently patients required 10 be
sent 10 an altitude or less. rather than
more than 1900 eet. The altitude of
Tucson IS . 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high fot all but the most ex-
eepfionai eaSes The city il situated in
a BASIN near the underground Santa
Cruz nSer. 1t is completeif wailed ia
bf massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range: TO
the east, the Rincon; to the south. the
santa kita, and ON the west, TIC Tux
son. Each of these ranges has an sfti-
tude OF 5000 feet at least. Mount lie.
mon, the highest peak OF the Cataliuas.
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL ,DOg
feet
the scenery at Tucson is as inipres-
siFe as anywhere in the Rocky noun
ta'ms. and the gorgeous sunrise Snd sun
st heEgar description,
During the ming months, October to
]uue, inclusive, Is94-5. there were bat
twenty-five cloudy DAYS, aud nine of
ihese were in ore month. Some idea os
the transparency OF The atmosphere nas
bc had when state that. at midday,
and with the unaideSi eye. i have seen
Neans when it Was bni ten degrees cast
a. The sur
br. \, L. afataS. a PhySician of Il
years practice in this City, saYs:--
Slucc coasasgptiyes must depend on The
resisting forces oi nature for the cure oi
thru diseasc, it is evident thai All carly
seleettot 81 good winter climate il 1be
raosi important factor for their cure and
future wessafg.
: They aeed a warm, dry climate ia
wiatsr, tree tfom sogs. hcary frsssss,
storms, chilling winds and sudden at
Hiosphese changes, a climate wi.rse
there is ii constant sunshine and plenty
.of pHqr air. and whese they eau ha ve
outdoor exercise dads Treatment 81
wsii a. climate must be undcrt Ell
early 10 do good wirea iiefe j. set a
good foundation upen Wink 3u,la
the system. We masg gessacmiye, ba8
mature alone cures, and where these is
90 nature there II no hope I'iysieian$
mad ''~7~t~ ran oniy hcIp onturr, aa3,i