Arizona daily citizen., 1901-01-02

OIutE tnaL Inc patent may i've cOntIll-
uously III the open air for period of sev-
eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, q climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach to it IS Arizona.
Physicians rarely send their patients
to the aid regions during summer, and
this | consider great mistake. The
patients should be sent to the arid re-
gions SO soon as there is evidence OF in
fiction 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 i'll 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 of
the 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
from the sea, and the emanations from
| the vast irrigated regions, make il far
/ ~ tflC QGStIL IcSIOuS LOT
phthisical patients. / think it may be
assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever, there is irrigation there is high
degree of relative humidity, andpatients
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
! A
ion, advantages as health resort
/ which can not be equalled anywhere il
| North America. know of 10 locality
| where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the same latit ude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
/ imperative to send tubercalar 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 altitude or less, rather than
more han 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
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 mas an siti-
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon, tht highest peak of the catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL ,0Oe
/ 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 OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be 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, H. 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, it is evident that an early
selection of good winter climate is the
most important factor for their cure and
future welfare.
4 "They need warm, dry climate In
winter, free from fogs, heavy frosts
storms, chilling winds and sudden at
mospheric changes, climate whers
there is a constant sunshine and plenty
of pure air, and where they can have
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment al
well as climate must be undertaken
early to do good when there is vet 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 nelp nature, and
they can do no good when nature is
I destroyed.
The official wea ther reports and sur
vevors of the United States, as well as
the scientific ciimat olo2ists, admit that
Tucson is the center OF the most favor
able zone in the southwest for the i'm
/ proycment and maintenance of life OF
| consumptives in the United States, if
not in the world"
/ DIR. w. B. Purcell, County Physician,
| lObserYes:-"It is an undisputed fact that
proper climatic conditions give the
| greatest relief to those affected with or
having tendency to pbthisis.
when 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
a predispositiou 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
j The mountainous portions of Colorado
undoubtedly have beneficial effect on
tuberculosis subjects, but cannot re-
commend Colorado during the fall and
| winter, as the changes are often severe
! becoming raw and cold within few
hours, and as these are atmospheric con-
| ditions to be avoided, it 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 come
here and remain exempt from disease.
1 "lt is a fact that those born here of
| tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as they re
] main in this climate. 1t is my opinion
1 that there is no other section of the
United States which will compare favor
| able with that in and about Tucson for
the relief of pulmonary affections"
DR.. J. V. Gaf, ex-Surgeon of the S. P.
Railroad, says,-"Men like Sampson,
/ Davis and Methusciah owed much OF