Arizona daily citizen., 1901-01-15

oruer tnat the patient may live coutin
| uously in-the open air for period ofsey
eral months, or, for that matter, for 9
year, or several, years, a climate is re
CURED which is continuously warm ant
dry. Such n climate the United State,
does not possess, but the nearest an
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rarely send their patient,
to the arid regions during summer, anC
this | consider a great mistake. Tht
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions SO soon as there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, ant
should be made to remain there unit
they are 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 sending them
to dry climate. The relative humidity
IN southern California is as great, and
III some instances greater, than that VI
the Atlantic coast, and MANY of the best
physicians i'll California regularly send
their tubsrcular and asthmatie patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come i'll
from the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as a general rule that wher-
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 of Tucson has. in my opin-
ION. advantages as a health resort
which can not be equallcd anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such low degree OF relative humid
itJ are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. Ii is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercular patients
TO an altitude OF 5 900 feet, or over. In
tact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to b.
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 1000 feet. The altitude of
Tucson Is 2, 400 feet, and that seems to
he amply high for all bnt the most ex-
ceptional cases. Tbs city is situated In
a BASIN near the underground Santa
Cruz rlSer. 1t IS completely walled i'll
by massive mountain ranges. To the
north rs the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the kincon; to the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each OF these ranges has an aIti.
tude OF 5000 feet at least. Mount Lee
mon, the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation Of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly II, 900
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 Que 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 II was but zen degrees east
of the sum-
DR.. n, H. Matas, Physician of II
years practice in this City, saws
Since consnmptives must depend on the
resisting forces OF nature for the cure OF
their disease, it is evident that an early
selection of good winter climate is the
most importau; factor for their cure and
future welfare.
"Thev need warm, dry climate in
waiter free g. H5 ta.s. heavy ttusts
storms, ch','iug winds a0,3 >ad3cu al.
atesg8cls- ch~r Us, - s'i.nas e wher,
tiere IS d .-.as, a=z Sunshine eu3 j..cuty
OF pare air, and wir-re llsef hart
8at5' So sEr.r'SE tlss TT 7vseqs as
wei t..a-y r#Hs. Er Haarrt +, ss.i!
carry TO DO good when there as 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 wea Their reports and sur
vcyors of the United States, as well as
the scientific climatologists, admit that
Tucson is the ceuter OF the most favor
able zone in the southwest for the im-
proTcment and maintenance of life OF
in the United States, II
not IN the world"
DR.. W. b. Purcell, County Physician.
0bscrves:--''It is an undisputetl fact that
proper climatic conditions give the
greatest relief to those affected with or
having tendency TO phthisis.
When q phthisical tendency exists
great care should be exercised to prevent
its development. As humidity is such, an
factor in the cause of COM
those affected with or having
a predisposition to lung disease should
seek the proper climate iay-
orabie to their condition.
THE climate of Colorado has been re-
for its beneficial effects for
my long residence there
gave inc ample and sufficient opport-
unity of Judging climatic conditions
there existing during the summer months
The mountainous portions of Colorado
have a beneficial effect on
subjects, but cannot re-
Colorado during the fall and
winter, as the changes are often severe,
becoming raw and cold within a 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 constr
tuition with a hereditary tendency to
would do well to avail
themselves of an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
1T is a fact that those born here of
parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as they re-
main i'll this climate. 1t is my opinion
that there is no other section of the
United States which viii compare favor
able with that in and about Tucson for
the relief of pulmonary affections.
DR.. ]. V. Calf, ex-Surgcon of the P.
Railroad. says:-"Men like Sampson,
Davis and Me, huselah owed much of