Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-12

uously Ill the open air for a period ofsey
eral months, or, for that matter. for Z
year, or several years, a climate is re
! qmred which is continuously warm ant
dry. Such a climate the United State:
does not possess, but the nearest ap
proach to it is Arizona.
physicians rare'" send their pa rnts
to the arid -eg;cns ,'.tri1g Y-nGe; nc
this consider great -.istake. .hC
patients should be sent to the arid r..
Sions so soon as there is evidence of i'll.
lection from the tubcrclc 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 the east order
patients to California for the winter.
apparently with a view Of sending them
to dry climate The relative humidity
III southern California is as great, and
IN some instances greater, than that oi
tne Atlantic coast and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubsrcular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
rom 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
The city of Tucson has, in my opin-
ION, advantages as a health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
lty arc 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
tact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 5000 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 slti-
tudc of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon, the highest peak of the CataIinas,
has an elevation Of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly 1,000
feet.
THE scenery at Tucson is as impress
siye as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tams, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set bcggar description.
During the nine months, October to
|une, inclusive. 1S945, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these were III one month. Some idea OF
he transparency of the atmosphere may
De had when ] state that, at midday,
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when il was but ten degrees east
of the sum-"
DR.. N, II. Matas, Physician of II
fears practice in this City, says
Since cousumptivcs must depend on the
'eSisting forces of nature for the cure of
heir disease, it is evident that an carly |
'election Of good winter climate is the |
most important factor for their cure and |
uture welfare.
They need n warm, dry climate in |
winter, free from fogs, heavy frosts, |
torms, chilling winds and sudden at |
nospheric changes, a climate where |
here is a constant sunshine and plenty |
# pure air, and where they can have |
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment as |
veil as climate must be undertaken |
arly to do good when there is yet
,ood foundation upon which to build /
he system. We must remember that !
Iature alone cures, and where there is
10 nature there is no hope. Physicians /
nd climate can only help nature, and |
hey can do no good when nature is
destroyed.
'The official weather reports and sur
eyors of the United States, as we'll as
he scientific climat ologists, admit that
ucsGn is the center of the most favor
BILE zone in the southwest for the i'm
and maintenance of life OF
in the United States, if
ot in the world"
DIR. w. B. Purcell, County Physician,
is an undisputed fact that
roper climatic conditions give the
reatest relief to those affected with or
aving tendency to phthisis.
when a phthisical tendency exists
reat care should be exercised to prevent
s development. As humidity is such an
nportant factor in the cause of COM
umption, those affected with or having
predisposition to lung disease should
seek the proper climate tav-
rable to their condition.
THE climate of Colorado has been re-
for it's beneficial effects for
my long residence there
ave me ample and sufficient opport-
nity of judging climatic conditions
here existing during the summer months
he mountainous portions of Colorado
have beneficial effect on
subjects, but cannot re-
Colorado during the fall and
inter, as the changes are often severe,
raw and cold within few
ours, and as these are atmospheric con-
itions to be avoided, it would not be
dvisable to spend these seasons there.
hose having a peculiar type Of consti-
ltion with a hereditary tendency TO
resumption would do well to avail
nemselves of an opportunity and come
ere and remain exempt from disease.
at is a fact that those born here of
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
he disease develop, so long as they re-
lain in this climate. 1t is my opinion
nat there is no other section of the
nited States which will compare favor
BILE with that in and about Tucson for