The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-31

many tas the writer sleep out during
/ the whole yePr. There are not five days
/ III the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part OF the day, at
least, out Of doors. In this climate in
iuries and wounds heal very rapidly.
/ contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex-
ecpt IN whooping cough, for years.
The winter months, from the middle
oi September TO the first of May, are in
/ this locality the finest III the world. One
bright sunshiny day succeeds another,
the nights are cool and exhlarating. the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
il is a JOY to live.
'At present have never known per
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocating
III the altitude suited to their particular
case that did not get well nor have
known of one in the second stage that
did not improve. But cannot refrain
from raising my voice against the out
rage of sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
crs."
~ IA W tSUIlCFy OI uChDU, surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific r. K, says
Tucson Is a city of O,0oO inhabitants,
on the main line OF the Southern Pacific
Railway altitude 2, 400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the oldest
! settlements made by the Spanish CON
querors. 1t is now the commercial and
railroad center Of Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and braciug.
| the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
262 and 562 respe, lively. The rainfall
| is small and but little irrigation is car
ried 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 healtbful part Of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
| unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience TO be particul-
arly beneficial to most cases OF pulrnon-
AIRY phthis.s. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercular 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 gHe potent mag i've C0ns'r-
uous tse ope1 au t'r o ptEod 1t sew
eral mos th~. or Tor tfHt walf,,. .sr a
| year ef ~eve. Il ysltS. ctmate is rr-
| quirrj y tich is continuously aarnt aHd
| dry. Such chmat, thc ntcd States
does tot possess. but thc nearest ap-
| proacn ~ ii rs Art1oG2
| Physicians rarc'v send their pat 'nts
| TO the arid -eg;ous otri1g s-mae: I'd
| this | consider great -istake. ! he
| patients should bc sent 10 the arid re-
gions so soon as there is evidence OF in.
| fiction from the tuberclc bacillus, aud
should he made ia remain there until
they are we'll. or until it is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians III 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
| in some instances greater, than that ut
| the Atlantic coast. and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
| their tubercular and asthmatic pat 'rnts
to Tucson. California is a br 4t'lu
country. but the fogs which me IL
rom the sea, and the emana tror
the vast irrigated regions, make 1t fer
! interior TO the inland dcsett regions 3r
| phL hLiisical patients. think K II he
assumed as a gene u rulc tbs rhci
ever there 10 irri' t,oU Shcrg Is : hiRii
/ degree OF relative h. triitity, and pstieats
suffering from pu.unnhry PIT Alsis
should never be sent to t~tl Ates. dis
| trict. Indeed, some of htornia
physicians have declared thH trigation
and malaria go together.
The city of Tucson has. in my opin-
| ion. advantages rs II health resort
which can not be eqnalled anywhere III
/ North America. | know ot no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such a low degree OF relative humid
itv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude IT * no longer considered
imperative to send tubcrCuia patients
to an altitude of I. 900 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 but the most cx-
ceptionai cases The city is situated IN
"A basin near the underground Santa
Cruz fiver. 1t is completely walled IN
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
/ north IS the Santa Catalina range to
the cast. the RinCon. 10 the south, the
Santa Rita, and on the west, the Tue
son. Each OF these ranges has an alti-
tudc ui 5 900 feet Mt least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas.
has an elevation OF 10000 feet. and
Mount Wrightsou in the Santa Ritas.
reaches an altitude oi nearly IL ,0O0
feet
The scenery at Tucson is as impress
siye as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tauS, and the gorgeous sunrise and sutl-
set bcgGar description.
During the nine months, October to
Inuc, inclusive, lS9+-1, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine Of
these we're in one month. Some idea of
the transparency of the atmosphere may
he had when state that, at midday,
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees .east
OF the STU.