Arizona daily citizen., 1901-10-14

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querors. IT 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 aud maximum being
| 26' and So rcspe, 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, lmt the low degree othumid-
/ ity makes the clear warmth tulcrlble,
and the most hcalthIul part OF the year.
SmstroEcs and heat prostrations are
unknown, The climate OF Tucson has
been found hy experience to be partcul-
| arly beneficial To most cases OF pulmon-
AIRY phthsis, especially those of the
earlier or pre- c'tubercular periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers, OF Tucson, says
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for put d Dor lIIe III the
treatment OF pulmonary tubcrcuics,s. In
order that the patient may live contln.
uousIy III the open ait Tor It period of ser-
eral months, OF. Tor that matter, for a
year, or several years, 4 climate is re-
qliircd which Is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the ntcd States
uOCS upl possess, I'Nl ilt ll'tuANl II
proach to IT Is Arizona.
"Phy sicians raryiv Scud their pa 'nts
to tae aid < .cts uri9E ni-'e: 1d
this | consider a greet -iStaNe. he
patients should he sent ia the and re
gions so soon as there is evidence ot in
lection from the lubcrclc bacillus, and
should he made to remain here until
they are well. ar until it Is apparent that
the case IS hopeless.
MANY physicians IN the east order
patients 10 California for the winter,
apparently with vicw Of sending them
to dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California Is ms great, and
IN some instances greater, than that ri
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the best
physicians IN California regularly send
then tubeicuiat and nsthEiat,c patients
to Tucson. California is "a beautiful
country, but the fugs which come III
rom the sea. and the cmanatiunS from
the vast irrigated regions, make II far
inferior Ia tho inland desert regions for
pht thisical patlepts. thInk II may bc
assumed as a general tuie that witcr-
ever there is irrigation there rs a high
degree Of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthIsis
should never hc sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria 60 together.
The city ot Tucson has. in my opin-
ion. advantages rs a health resort
which can not be equalied anywhere III
North America. know Of no locality
where such moderate winter climate
i,,.a,gI
itv are combined with the same latitude
and attitude. il j. no longer considered
imperative to scui tnbcrruiu patients
to an altitude at , .UoU tcct. o1 over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required 10 h,
sent To an altitude nr less. rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is :, 400 tctt, and that seems tn
he amply high ior al but the most eH-
ccptional cases. The city is situated IN
basin near the underground Sapta
Cruz river, 1t Is completely walled IN
bv massive mountain ranges. 10 the
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east. the KIncou; - the south. the
Santa Rita, and on the west. the Tue
son. Each Of these ranges has an hiti-
tudc ot 5 1000 feet at least. Mount lie
mon, tbt highest peak OF tho Catalinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Nrightson in the Santa RItas,
reaches an altitude Of nearly ,OUo
feet.
Tic scenery at Tucson is as iulprrs-
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tans. aud the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months. October 10
Iune. inclusive. 1S9i5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nme al
these were in one month. Some idea %
the transparency oi the atmosphere may
be bad when | state that. at midday,
and with the nnaided eye, have seen
Venus when il was hut ten degrees east
OF the sun.
Dir. N, II. Matas, Physician nt y
years practice III this City, says
Since consuInptivcs must depend on the
resisting forces oi nature for the cure o
their disease, it is evident that AN carly
selection oi good winter climate rs tho
most important factor for thelI cure ana
future welfare.
They need a warm. dry climate III
winter, free from ioEs. heavy irosts,
storms, chilling winds and sudden at
uioHiltlSIfN tItbENHt IL NA1BitfiAA N''N' =
there is constant sunshine and plenty
of pure air. and where they can have
outdoor exercise daily. Treatment as
well 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
vcvurs of the United States. as we'll aS
the scientific clinat ologists, admit that
Tucson is the center OF the most favor
able zone in the southwest for the lm
pruvcmcnt and maintenance OF life ot
consumptivcs in the United States, II
not in the world.
DIR. ". h. Purcell, County Physician,
Observes:--"It is an undisputcd fact that
proper climatic conditions give the
greatest relief to those affected with or
having tendency to phtmsis.
when phthisical tendency exists
great care should he exercised to prevent
it's development. AS humidity is such an
important factor i'll the cause of COM
sumption. those affected with or having
a prcdisposition to lung disease should
Immediately seek the proper climate iav-
orahie to their condition.
"Thc 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 he summer months