The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-01


custom to sleep out of doors from the
middle If May until September. and
many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole year. 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 suhshiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
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 III 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. Fl. ". Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific X. r., says
Tucson is a city OF 10. 900 inhabitants,
on the main line Of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude z, 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 braeing,
the humidity being exceedingly low: the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26o and 56o respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ricd on, The water supply IL excellent.
The summers are long. the thermometer
: ranges high, bat the low degree OF humid
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 partacui-
ariy beneficial to most cases Of puimon-
airy phthisis. especially those OF the
4 earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
q Dr.. Mark A. Rogers. OF Tucson, says:
81 My experience has impressed upon
: me the necessity for outdoor life IN the
81 treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
Il order that the patient may live contin-
u uousiy in the open MIR for period OF sew
Il eral mouths, or, for that matter. tor q
year, or several years. climate 10 re-
!. quired which is continuously warm and
q dry. Such a climate the nited States
II docs not possess, but the nearest ap-
III proaeh To II ~ Arizona.
= physicians rarr'v send their ps''"nts
= u as "A "A
!. this | consider II great =.stAke. Aha
= patients should be sent to the and re
Il gious so soon as there 10 evidence OF in.
: iectaou from tho tubwreie bacillus, and
!. should be made to remain there until
) they arc well, OF until 1t ls apparent that
J, the case is hopcsesa.
o "Manv physicians 10 the east order
4 patients to California tor the wtntes
Z apparently with a sicw oi sending slsessi
!. TO dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California IL as great. and
e in some instances greater, than that .
! the Astantsc coast. aud many Of the best
! physicians in California regularly sene
4 their tubercuiar and asthmstas patients
& to Tucson. California 10 a heautifsa
country. but the fogs which come "a
, rom the sea, and the esnana tons from
!. the vast irrigated regions. make IT fai
: inferior to tho inland desert reRsonS foi
: phthtsicai pa tlents. think il naay iss
!. assumed az q general rule that wfer
: ever there 10 irrigation there u higf
: degree OF relative humidity. and patients
: suffering from pulmonary phthissi
: should never be sent to an irrigated dis
tr,ct. Indeed some OF the Cmliioruis
J. physicians have declared thai 'srrigatsoE
!. and malaria go together
THE city NJ Tucson has in my op3n
ION, advantages as a health resor'
y which can not be equailed anywhere ii
~ North America. know of no localst,
Y where such "a moderate winter ciifnata
!. and such a low degree OF relative hunsd
- ity are combsned with the same latitud,
o and altitude. II 10 no longer considered
j. imperative to send tnl,ereuiar patsenti
se 10 an altitude of s. 900 tr~t, or over. In
D. fact. clinical experience has proven tha
- more frequently patients required to b
ne sezst 70 sn aititssde or less. rather thai
e, more than q, 600 feet. The altitude O
II Tucson in 2. 400 scet. and that seems q
he amply high for aIl but the most ex
ccptsoual cases The city 10 situated II
:. a basin near the underground Santi
!, Cruz river. 1t Is completely walled h
- bv massive mountain ranges. To th
- north is tne Santa Catalina range: q
:. the east, the Rincon; to the south. tn
!. Santa Rita. and on the west, the Tux
- son. Each of these ranges has an slti
y e tude OF 5000 feet at least. Mount lie
= = mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas
a has an elevation of 10000 feet, an
= Mount Wrightson In the Santa Ritai
:. reaches an altitude OF nearly ii. 90
=. feet.
The scenery at Tucson Is as irnpre'
sive as anywhere in the Rocky mour
C tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sur
Is set beggar description.
10 During the nine months, October
10 June, inclusive, 1S9+-5, there were bu
y twenty-five cloudy days, and nine
" these were in one month. Some idea (
70 the Transparency Of the atmosphere ma
n n be had when state that, at midd a
IL and with the unaided eye, have see
u. Venus wher it was hut ten degrees cas-
~ ~ of the SUM-" ..-..
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