The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-08


many las 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 III whooping cough, for years.
The winter months from the middle
OF September to the first of May, are in
TINS locality the finest in the world. One
bright sunshiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilaratng; the
/ whole country green with the richest
/ verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
/ II is a Ioy to live.
AT present have never known n per
son coming TO this Territory in the early
/ stages of pulmonary disease andlocatinp
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."
DR.. II. ". Fenner, Of Tucson. Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K r.. SAYS
ucsun Is city OF 10000 inhabitants
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,4OO feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one OF the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con
querOrs. !. is now the commercial ana
railroad center Of Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing.
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum aud maximum being
70 and % respectively. The rainfall
IS small and but little irrigation is car
red on. The water supply is excellent |,
The summers are long, the therfnometel
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid |
1ty makes the clear warmth tolerable
and the most healthtul part OF the year |
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are |
unknown. The climate of Tucson has |
been found by experience 10 be partiCul
arly 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 iii the open air for "A period ofscv.
eral months, or, for that matter for
year, or several years climate is re
Qured which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the nlted States
does not possess, but the nearest ap
proach TO II is Arizona.
Physicians rarely send their paints
TO the ard -.g:cas snriaR A-sn=.er 1d
this | consider a G.cat -.stake. 8ht
ran h., q
gions SO soon as there Is evidence ot in.
fiction from tho ;ubcfcle bacillus. and
should he made 20 remain here un;i.
they are well. or until i; IS appafeu, that
the case Is hopeless.
MANY phvsiyiars IN 'hr east order
patients 10 California ,or the winter
apparently with a sirw 0t scniing them
10 Il dry climate The relative humidity
in southern AalltpruIa = as great. and
IN some Instances greater, than that u.
the Atlantic coast, and many of tho best
physicians in California regularly send
I heir tu'tsIeular and asthmatiI patients
10 Tucson. California Is beautifl.
country. hut the fogs which come in
rom the sea, aud the cTuauations from
the vast irrigated regions. make II far
interior TO the inland desert regions f.,
phihisical patients. th'nk il may 81
a aSsumed as a general rule that " her
ever there is irrigation there is high
degree of relative humidity. aad patients
suffering from pulmonary phthssis
should never bc sent to ar irrigated dis
trict. Indeed. some OF the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria 60 together.
The city o' Tucson has in nv opin-
ION. advantages as health resort
" hch can not be equalied auyw here in
North America. know OF no locality
where srch moderate winter climate
and such "A low degree OF relative humid
ty are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. II NJ no longer considered
imperative 10 send tubcrcular patients
10 an altitude OF 5 900 feet, or over. In
act, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required To bc
seut to an attitude or less. rather than
more than 3 900 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson IN . 400 feet. and that seems to
DC amply high for all but the most ex-
optional cases. The city is situated in
basin near the underground Santa
: rug river. 1t is completely walled in
w massive mountain ranges. To the
lorth is the Santa Catalina range; to
HC cast, LuC RiuAOAt ~ lHC Eoutbt lHC
santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue.
on. Each of these ranges has an siti-
udc of 5, 900 feet at least. Mount lie. p
nor, the highest peak OF the Catalinas,
las an elevation OF 10000 feet. and
dount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas.
caches an altitude of nearly IL, zoe
eet.
The scenery at Tucson is as impress
i've as anywhere in the Rocky noun
aims, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
ct beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
une. inclusive, 1s9+-5. there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF a
hese were in one month. Some idea OF
be transparency OF the atmosphere may
e had when state that, at midday a
nd with the unaided eye, have seen
enus when it was but ten degrees east
{ the sum-" a
DR.. n, H. Matas, a Physician OF II
ears practice in this City. says
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