The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25

many (as the writcr) sleep out during
the whole ye2r. There are not five days
IN the whole year but the most delcat,
invalid can spend part Of the day, at
least, out Of doors. In this climate in
'nrics 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
| TINS locality the finest in the world. One
! bright sunshiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
1t is a JOY to live.
! AT present have never known a per
son coming TO this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andlOcatinp
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 against the out
rage OF sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang
ers.
DR.. II. w. Fenner, Of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K H., says
! Tucson is "A city of 10000 inhabitants,
ON the main hne of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2, 400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the Oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con
1 querors. II is now the commercial and
railroad center OF Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
| 260 and 56o respe,tively. 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 ofliunid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable,
and the most healthful part of the year
/ Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
/ unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
/ been found by experience TO be particul.
arly beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
/ AIRY phthisis. especially those Of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
/ Or. Mark A. Rogers. Of Tucson, says:
I -" My experience has impressed upon
/ me The necessity for outdoor life in the
/ treatment Of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live eontin-
uousiy In the open mir for period ofsey.
eral months. or, tor that matter, for a
/ year, or several years, a climate is re-
quired which Is continuously warm and
/ dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, Int the nearest ap
/ pToaCh to IT IS Arizona.
'"phy Sicians rarelv SIND their paints
/ TO the arid -egiona CnrtIg s.rn=aer I'D
| this ! consider a great --istake. bs
/ patients should he sent to the arid re
| gions so soon as there Is evidence Of in
/ tcCfion from the tubercle bacillus, and
| should be made TO remain there until
they are well, or until II is apparent that
the case Is hopeless.
! MANY physicians in the east order
patients TO California TOR the winter
apparently with view of sending them
i to a dry climate. The relative humidity
I ia southern California il as great. and
In some inst nces greater. than that o.
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
phssscians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asshmatic patients
i to Tucson. California is beautifu,
country, but the fogs which come in
! rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions. make II far
interior TO the inland desert regions for
phshisicai patients. think II may he
assumed as a general rule that whcT~
ever there in irrigation there ~ a high
csegree OF relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never bc sent TO an irrigated dis
.rict. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
''The CITY ~ Tucson has. in my opin.
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere IN
North America. know ot no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
nv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. Il ~ no longer considered
imperative TO send tubercuiaf patients
10 an altitude of 3 900 ieet, 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 1900 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is Z 400 feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptionai cases The city is situated IN
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. II is completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. 10 the
north is the Santa Iatanna fahsc' 70
the east, the Rincon; To the south. the
Santa Rita; and ON the west. the Tue
= son. Each OF these ranges has an slti-
tutie OF ; 900 feet at least. Mount Le'
mon. the highest peak of the Catal'nas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas
reaches an altitude OF nearly ll'oot
feet.
The scenery Mt Tucson is as mpreS
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
. tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
; ser beggar description.
During the nine months, October 70
Tune inclusive, 1S9+-5, there were but
,wtntv.tlve cloudy days, and n,ne 81
!. these were III one month. Some idea OF
he transparency of the atmosphere may
= le rad when state that, AZ m'dd ay
: and with the unaided eye, have seen
| Venus when ii was hut ten degrees east
!, a .te snn."
, pr.N. II. Matas. a Physician of Il
, wears practice in this City, says
"Sirce consumptives must depend on the
,,T fnt he q