The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-19

"The heat is peculiar; it IS never close
and oppressive; there is never a sense OF
snffocation. The sunl':,r.$ tre the most
healthful period of .4e year. Ai1e dry
heat oxidizes and desiccates refuse mat
ter and prevents fermentation that is
the great cause of disease, especially
among children, in most countries during
the summer. To nv knowledge there
has never been a case of chcle--a @afan-
tum in the territory, nor has there been
caes of sunstroke except drunkards
inebriated at the time. 1t is taeco1nmon
custom to sleep out of doors from the
middle IF May until Sept tember, and
many las the writer) sleep out during
the whole Year. There are not FIVE days
in the whole wear but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least. out of doors. In this climate in
1uries 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 anothers
the nights are cool and exhilaratlng; 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 and locating
! in the altitude suited to their particzlar
case that did not get WE'LL nor have
known of one in the second stage that
did not improve. But cannot reArain
from raising my voice against the out
rage of sending advanced cases TO this
or other sections to die among strang-
ers."
DR., H. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific r. 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
ouerors 1t is now the commercial and
railroad center of Southern Arizona. fhe
climate is exceedingly dry and braCing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum beng
go and $50 respectively. 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 ofhumid
ity makes the clear warmth toierabie
and the most healthful part OF the year
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations arr
| unknown The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience to be particul
, arlv beneficial to most cases of pultnon
, ary phthisis, especially those of th'
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
!, DR.. Mark A. Rogers, of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upoi
me the necessity for outdoor life in tn
I treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Il
: ! order that the patient may live contin
uously i'll the open air for period ofsev
: eral months, or, for that matter, for
year, or several years, climate is re
quired which is continuously warm ant
{ dry. Such a climate the United State
{ does not possess, but the nearest az
= proach to it is Arizona.
r "Physicians rare'v send their patient
o to the arid -egions tHGring srxn-ner \
this l consider great ~istakee n