The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-26

SchlIllng's Best goods.
many Gas the writer sleep out during
tuc whole ye%r. Thcfe are not five days
IN the wholt year but the most dclitate
Dvahd can spend part OF the day, at
least out Of doors. la this climate IN
uirics and wounds heal very rapidly.
contagious diseases arc usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic. ex-
oept III who"ping cough, tor years.
The winter months. from the middle
ot September TO the first Of NAV. are IN
tins locality the finest III the world One
bright sunshiny day succeeds another
the nights are cool and cXhilaratIng, the
whole country green with the richest
vcrdue aud the brightest flowers Truly
Il Is a 10Y TO live.
"At present have never known a per
son coming to this Territory in the carly
stages ot pulmonary disease andlocating
IN The altitude suited 10 their particular
case that did not get well, nor have
known oi one IN the second stage that
did not improve But | cannot refrain
from raising my voice against the out
rage of sending advanced cases o this
or other sections to die among strang~
ers.
Dr. II W. Fenuer, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific r. k, saws
Tucson is a city Of 0,0O0 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude ., 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 brBcing
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26" and Sc respe, lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
red on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high. but the low degree ofhuund-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerabe
and the most healthful part OF the year
Sunstrokes and heat prostTations are
unknown. The climate oi Tucson has
been found by experience TO be particul-
arly beneficial to most cases OF pulmon-
ary phthisis. 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 IN the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may hive contin-
uously in the open air for period OF sew
eraI months, or, tor that matter. for
| year. or several years, a climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap,
proach to it is Arizona,
Physicians rarclv send their paints
to the arid -t9.ous :,tri1g f-Ru=le: nd
this | consider great ---.stake. 4bc
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 in the east order
patients to California tor the winter,
apparently with view ot sending them
TO a 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 tuhercular and asthmatic patients
TO Tucson. California is a beautiful
ccrntry, but the togs which come III
rr.lI the sea, and the cInanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make 1t far
Inferior to the inland desert regions for
pht hisical patients. | think II may bc
assumed as general rule that whcr-
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 nf Tucson has. III my opin-
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not be equaled anywhere in
North America. know OF no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such n low degree OF relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tuhcrCuai patients
, to an altitude OF 5000 feet or over. In
, fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to he
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 ex-
l "A basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled III
, bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range, to
p the east. the Rincon. 70 the south, the
p Santa Rita, and ON the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an sltI-
, tudc of 5 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak OF the Catalnas,
has an elevation OF 10000 feet. and
Mount Wrightson i'll the Santa Rltas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly li,0o9
I feet.
! "Thc scenery at Tucson is as impress
, sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
8 set bcggar description.
Y During the nine months, October to
2 Iune. inclusive, lS94-5, there were but
{ Twenty-Five cloudy DAYS, and nine OF
l. these were in one month, Some idea OF
n the transparency OF the atmosphere may
6 be had when state that. at midday,
n and with the unaided eye, have seen
c Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
d of the sua."