The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-23

many tas the writer sleep out during
the whole yer. 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
iures and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex-
cept III whooping cough, for years.
he winter months, from the middle
oi September to the first OF May. are iii
tins locality the finest III the world. One
bright sunshny day succeeds another:
the nights are cool and exhilarating: the
whole country green with the richest
yerdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
II Is a Joy 10 live.
At present have never known a per-
son coming To this Territory in the early
stages ot pulmonary disease and locating
iii 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 ot sending advanced cases TO this
or other sections to die among strang-
eTs."
Dr. H. ". Fenner. of Tucson, Surgeon
N M
Tucson IS a city of 10 900 inhabitants,
ON the main liuc OF the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the oldest
settlements madc by the Spanish con-
querors, Il is now the commercial and
4 railroad center ot Southern Arizona. The
climate rs exceedingly dry and bracing.
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26~ and SO respectively. The rainfall
Is small aud but little irrigation is car
ned ON. The water supply Is excellent.
The summers are long. the thermometer
ranges high. but the low degree ofhumid-
itv makes the clear warmth tolerahle
and the most healthful part OF the year.
sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown, The climate OF Tucson has
been found bv experience to he particul-
arly beneficial TO most cases of pulmon-
AIRY phthisis. especially those of the
> earlier or re-tubcrCular periods.
: Dr Marx 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 contiu-
uousiy IN the open air for period ofsev-
cTai months. or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years. climate is re-
quircd which is continuously warm and
drv. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach 10 IT is Arizona.
Physicians rare'v send their paints
TO the aid -eg.oEs tnri-g s-n=er .1d
this ! consider n great -.stake. he
patients should be sent 10 the arid re-
gious so soon a there is evidence of in.
{ sks.sss = E4e nj L. nd
should bc made TO remain there until
! they are WELL or until II is apparent that
! the case is hopeless.
/ MANY physicians III the east order
/ patients to California for the winter,
apparently with view OF sending them
TO a dry climate. The relative humidity
III southern California is as great, and
! in some instances greater, than that of
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
piIy ysicians IN California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country. but the iogs which come in
! rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
| inferior TO the inland desert regions for
/ pht hthIsical patients. | think il may be
assumed as general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is a 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 n health resort
which can not be equaled anywhere in
/ North America. / know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such a low degree of relative humid
/ itv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
/ imperative to send tubercuiar patients
/ to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. In
I 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 is 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated in
| a basin near the underground Santa
| Cruz river. 1t 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 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has IN elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly 11,000
| feet. & &
1.-The scenery at Tucson ID 40 impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky moun-y
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and ss1,>
set beggar description.
During the nine months. October u
Tune, inclusive, 1S04-6, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine q
these were in one month. Some 7icA N 3
the Transparency Of the atnaoep he1e sI1s
be had when / stair that, At mi&14J
and with the unaided 60, I hAxe -
Venus when it was hut ten deereeo enl
of the sum- y ssss ~ II