The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-01

the whole yesr. There are not FIVE days
in the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, out 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 sunshiny day succeeds anotl er;
the nights are cool and exhilarating: I he
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is a JOY to live.
AT present have never known 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."
DIR. II. w. Fenner of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson is a city of 10.0 900 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 |
26' and So respectively. 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 ofhurnid-
ity makes the clear warmth toierable
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 pnlmon-
airy phthisis. especially those OF the
earlier or pre-tubercuiar 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 live coutin-
! uously in the open air for a period Of sew
eral months, or, for that matter. for a
year, or several years, a climate IL re-
quircd which is continuously warm and
dry. Such n climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap
proach TO it Is Arizona.
Physicians rarssv send their pa. ~nts
to the arid -s9.ons sntriag s-Sn-1er I'D
this consider a great --istake. .hs
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon az there il evidence of in.
I Sfza sssta k2sxs~ nNaH
should be made TO remain there until |
they are well, or until i, 10 apparent that
the case ~ hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east order
patients 10 California for the winter
apparently with view of sending them
| 10 dry climate. The relative humidity |
| in southern California Is as great, and
+. In some instances greater. than that u.
/ the Atlantic coast, and many oi the hest |
| physicians in California regularly send /
/ their tubercular and asthmat,S patients |
TO Tucson. California 10 a beautifu.
country, but the fogs which come IN /
| rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions. make II far |
| inferior to tho inland desert regions for /
| phthisical patients. think IL may be |
! assumed as a general rule that wbcT. /
degree OF relative humidity. andpaticnts
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 60 together
| The city q, Tucson has. in my opin- |
/ ION. advantages as a health resort /
which can not be equaIlcd anywhere in
/ North America. | know Of no locality |
where such a moderate winter climate |
| and such low degree Of relative humid. |
! ity are combined with the same latitude |
and altitude. 1t IL no longer considered |
imperative TO send tabercuiaf patsents |
to an altitude of 1000 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 5000 feet. The altitude OF
| Tucson il 400 feet. and that seems TO
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ccptionai cases. The city is situated Ia
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. II is completely walled IN
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; to the south, the
Santa Rita: and on the west, the Tue
son. Each OF these ranges has an alti-
tude of S, 900 feet at least. Mount Lee
mon. tn. highest peak Of the Catalimas.
has an elevation Of 10, 900 feet. and
Mount wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly 1i,00o
feet.
1.-THE scenery at Tucson is as impress
s;ve as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iune. inclusive, 1S94-5. there were but
twenty-five cloudy days. and nine oi
these were in one 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 it was hat ten degrees east
, of the sun."
, DR.. N, II. Matas, a Physician OF II
: years practice in this City says
''Siuce consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces of nature tor the cure OF
| .l..aosn :+ "a evident that an aarlv