The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-18

many (as the writer sleep out during
the whole yer. There are not five DAYS
IN the whok year but the most dehcate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, ont of doors. In this climate in
Iuries and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex-
cept in whooping cough. for years.
The winter months. from the middle
Of September to the first Of May. are in
this locality the finest in the world One
bright snnshiny day succeeds another;
the nights arc cool and exhiiara ting; the
| whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
II is JOY 20 live.
AT present have never known a Der
son coming TO this Territory in the early
stages ot pulmonary disease andlocating
in 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 agains, the out
rage Of sending advanced cases 10 this
or other sections TO die among strang-
ers."
Or. Fl. W. Fenncr. of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacikc X. r., says.--
TUCSON In O city of 10, 900 inhabitants.
ON the main line of the Soufheru Pacihc
Railway. altitude 2 400 feet shove the
sea level. Tucson 10 one of the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con
9uerors. 1t 10 now the commercial and
railroad center of Southern Arizona. The
sts Sc a. xanJ,- A~s a kSa
the humidity being exceedingly low: the
yearly minimum and mar ximum being
26' aud 56o respe. lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation 10 car
RED on. The water supply 10 excellent
The summers are long the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid-
ity makes the cirar warmth tolerabie.
and the most healthful part OF the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
uukaown. The climate OF Tucson has
been found by experience TO be particul-
arIy beneficial to most cascs of pulmou-
AIRY phthisis. especially those Of the
carrier or pre-tubercular perioda.
Or. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson. says:
My experience has impressed upon
| me the necessity for outdoor hfe in the
| treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
| 1S1[a tktAt ttE PaAiEuh ufC
uousiy in the open air for period of sew
erai months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years. climate is re-
quirrd which 10 continuously warm and
| dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach to 1t is Arizona.
'Phy siciaps rure'v send their pa; 'nts
to the arid -eg.ocs tssri1g s-xn=se. I'D
4 - h.
patients should be sent to the arid re-
gions so soon as there is evidence OF in
lection from the tubercie bacillus, and
should be made TO remain there until
they arc 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 view OF seuding them
to dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California Is as great, and
in some instances greater. than that oi
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubereular and asthmatic patients
TO Tucson. California is beautiful
country. but the fogs which come IN
rom the sea, and the emanatious from
the vast irrigated regions, make 1t far
interior TO the inland desert regions for
ph thisical pa aticutx. think II may be
assumed as general rule that wheT-
ever there is irrigation there Is high
degree OF relative humidity, ndpatients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict Indeed, some of the California
phy sicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together
The city ot Tucson has. IN my opiu-
ION advantages as a health resort
which can not hc equalled anywhere iu
North America. know oi no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such low degree OF relative humid
itv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. IL is no longer considered
imperative to send tuberculaI patients
| to an altitude of ) 600 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to bc
sent TO an altitude OF less, rather than
more than 3 1000 feet, The altitude of
! Tucson is .. 40o feet. and that seems to
| be amply high for all but the most ex
| ceptional cases The city Is situated III
| a basin near the underground Santa
! Cruz river II is completely walled in
| bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north s the Santa Catalina range; to
! the east. the Rincon. To the south, the
! Santa Rita; and on the west, the I tx
son. Each OF these ranges has an siti-
| tude of 3, 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. til, highest peak of the Catalinas.
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas.
reaches an altitude of nearly l1,O00
| feet
The scenery at Tucson is rs impress
sive as anywhere III the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iune, inclusive. lS9+-5, there were but
twenty five cloudy days, and nine OF
these we're in one month. Some idea ot
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midday.
and with the unaided eye, have seeA
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the sr:..