The Tucson citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz.) 1901-1928, 1902-02-15

] III INC WDOlt year out the most delicate
1 invalid can spend part of the day, at
least ont of doors. In this climate in.
iurics and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, cx-
cept in whoop'ng 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 sunshiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and celebrating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is a Joy to live.
AT present have never known a per
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF 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 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 X. K, says
Tucson is city of IL, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line 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-
querors. 1t 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 560 respe, 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, but. the low degree OF humid
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.
. DR.. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
p me the necessity for outdoor life in the
I treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for period ofsev-
eral months, or. for that matter, for a
year, or several years, climate 10 re-
quired which is continuously warm and
wv Su(I IL LHG
does not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rare'w send their paints
TO the arid -egicus curing s.2en:scr nd
this | consider great -:stake. he
patients should be sent to the arid re-
gions so soon as there is evidence of in.
fiction from the tubcrcle 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 for the winter,
apparently with IA view of sending them
to 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 i'll California regularly send
their tubercuiar and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make 1t far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever there 10 irrigation there 10 high
degree Of relative humidity, and patients
| hoh PaihAohaty PubntStC
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together
1.-The city of Tucson has. in my opin-
| ion, advantages as a health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercular patients
to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 1000 feet. The altitude Of
Tucson ia 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most En-
ceptional cases. The city 10 situated m
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t b completely walked ii
bv massive mountain ranges. 10 the
north is the Santa Catalina ranne: -
the east, The Rincon; to tho south, -
Santa Rita; and on the wcat, the TMc-
son. Each of these ranges has an alti-
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon, the highest peak of the CataIinAs,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, md
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Rita1,
reaches an altitude of nearly I1,oO0
| feet. ssSs
1.-THE scenery at Tucson ii q irnpres.
sive as anywhere in the Rocky nsOsr-
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise ma sslA
set beggar description.
During the nine months. OrtOber to
/ Tune inclusive 1204-6 there 1eS4at -
twenty-five cloudy days, and ins M
these were in one month. SosSe lyIc. oll
the transparency of the d IhetE r ~
be had when STATE kkAts III rXflI = N &
and with the unaided eS HAVE -
Venus when Il waslhut - 6rees 111
of the sun" |sssa|