The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-05

custom to sleep out OF doors from the
middle )f May until September ano
many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole year. There are not FIVE days
III the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, out of doors. In this climate in
lures 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 sunshlny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhlarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is 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 i'll 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 r. r., says
/ Tucson is city of 10000 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 therrn ometeT
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable,
and the most heahhful part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience to be particul
ariy 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
me the necessity for outdoor life in the
/ treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for a period OF sew
eral months, or, for that matter, for
year, or several years, climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
! dry. Such "A climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap
proaCh TO it is Arizona.
Physicians rareIv send their patents
to the arid -egio0s tsIri1g s.n=1er I'D
/ this | consider a great =istake. iht
patients should be sent to the arid re
| gions so soon as there is evidence of in
lection 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 a view of sending them
to dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California IL as great, and
in some instances greater. than that o.
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercuiar and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come 10
rom the sea, and the emanatious from
the vast irrigated regions, make ii far
inferior TO the inland desert regions tor
phthiSical patients. | think it may be
assumed as a 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 oi Tucson has. in my opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
: and snch "A low degree of relative humid
;ty are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
: imperative to send tubercuiar patients
TO an altitude Of 5 ZOO feet, or over. In
: fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to he
sent to IN altitude or less. rather than
, more than 5000 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson is 2. 400 feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ccptionaI cases. The city is situated in
basin near the underground Santa
~ rug IL rs 80
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 5. 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
: mon. the highest peak of the Catalnas,
, , has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
: reaches an altitude of nearly 1l,oo0
). feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impress
siye as anywhere in the Rocky noun
: toins, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
$ set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
n Iune inclusive, 1S9+-5, there were but
Y twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
. these were in one month. Some idea OF
d the transparency of the atmosphere may
+ he had when | state that, at midd ay
i and with the unaided eye, have seen
I Venus whcr it was but ten degrees east
u u of the sum-"
= Dr. \, H. Matas, a Physician OF II
= wears practice in this City, says
fS;rce conservatives must depend on the