The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-07

custom to sleep out of doors from the
middle )f May until September, and
| 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 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 another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is JOY to live.
"At present have never known 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 K r., says
| Tucson is a 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 560 respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ried on. The water supply is excellent |
| The summers are long, the thermometer I
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid- !
ity makes the clear warmth tolerablc. |
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 particui |
arly beneficial TO most cases of ptilnon- |
airy phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubcrcular periods.
DIR. 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 period OF sew
cral months, or. for that matter, for
year. or several years, a climate Is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
docs not possess. but the nearest ap~
proach To it Is Arizona.
physicians rareiv send their paints
TO the arid -t1.ous s,uriag SIMMER nj
I - \ H. ~ Fs
patients should be sent to the ard re
rions so soon as there Is evidence Of Ia.
lection from the tuberclc bacillus, aud
should be made TO remain there until
. they are well. or until il IN apparent that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east order
patients TO California for the wantcf
: apparently with yiew of scutiing them
TO dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California 10 as great. and
! in some instances greater, than that o'
/ the Atlantic coast, ard many Of the best
piysiciaus in California regularly send
/ their tubercuiar and asthnatie patsetIts
: TO Tucson. California 10 beautiful
country, bat the fogs which come In
rom the sea. and the ernanations from
!. the vast irrigated regions. make II tar
phthisicai patients. think it may he
assumed az a general rule that whev
!. ever there In irrigation there Is high
: degree OF relative humidity. and patienss
!. suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent TO an irrigated dis
:. tr;ct. Indeed. some of the California
. physicians have declared that irrigation
:. and malaria so together.
"Thc city nj Tucson has, in ny opin-
ION. advantages as a health resort
~ which can not be equailed anywhere IN
- North America. know OF no locality
Y where such a moderate winter climate
j. nud sueb n low degree of relative humid
20 and altitude. Ii IL no longer considered
d. i,nurrative to send tubercular patients
DC 10 an altitude of 6. 200 feet, or over. In
n fact. clinical experience has proven that
Go more frequently patients required to be
nc cent to ar, altitude or less, rather than
e, more than 3.OO0 feet. The altitude OF
1t Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
he nmply high for all but the most ex-
ceptionai cases. The city is situated IN
- basin near the underground santa
~ ~ Cruz river. Ii is completely walled 10
- nv massive mountain ranges. 10 the
north IL the Santa Catalina range, to
- the east, the Rincon: TO the south. the
n santa Rita; and ON the vest, the Tue
IS son. Each OF these ranges has an alt''
:. tude of S, 900 feet at least. Mount lie
ng mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas
8, es has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
nu Mount wrightson in the Santa Ritas
y reaches an altitude of nearly ll,ooe
-. feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impres
s;ye as anywhere in the Rocky noun
sc- tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
jis set beggar description.
ng During the nine months, October tt
an June, inclusive, 1s94-5, there were ou
by twenty-five cloudy days. and n,ne
ng these were in one month. Some idea o
nd the transparency OF the atmosphere ma.
III he had when state that, at midd ny
III and with the unaided eye, have seer
mt Venus wher it was hat ten degrees east
no of the sum-"
;fe DIR. N, H. Matas, a Physician OF !