The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-19

lnValld 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
1t is a 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 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. W. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson is city of 10, 900 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
26o and go respe, lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ried on. The water supply is excellent
The summers are long, the thern ometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofbumid-
ity makes the clear warmth toIerable,
and the most heaithfui part of the year.
Sunstrokes aud heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
been found by experience TO be particui-
arly beneficial to most cases OF puimon-
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 a
wear. or several years. a climate is re-
qu,rcd which Is continuously warm and
dry. Such "A climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap-
proach 10 il Is Arizona.
Physicians rar~'v seud their paints
TO the arid -eg.caS uri.ig rn=er nd
this | consider q great .-.stake. Aha
patients should he sent 10 the arid re
gions SO soon as there is evidence Of in
fectiou from the tulsercie bacillus. and
xhrs+fA he he ~ . hassy.@
they are we'll. or until il is appageni thst
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians III the east order
patients To California for the winter
apparently wath ysew OF sending them
to dry climate The relative humidity
ia southern California IS as great. and
in some instances greater, than that %.
the Atlantic coast. ard many of the best
phvxsciaRs IN California regularly send
their tubrrcular and asthfnatiS patIeuts
to Tucson. California is a beautiful.
COUNTRY. but the fogs which come IN
rofu the sra. and the emanatinns rom
the vast irrigated regions. make X far
inferior TO tho inland dc~ert regions tof
phthssicai patsents. think IL mas b<
assumed as a general rule that n her.
ever there is irrigation there Is high
degree oi relative humidity. aud 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 NJ Tucson has, in mr. opin-
ion, advantages as a health resort
which can not he cquailcd anywhere in
\ Mt ar fTMsSa ~
where such moderate winter climate
and such a low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. II is no longer considered
imperative TO send tatercuIar patients
to an altitude ot s. 900 fect. or over. In
fact. clinical ex perieuce has proven that
more frequently patients required TO be
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 3. .oe0 seet. The altitude o.
Tucson ix 2. 400 feet and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex
cept;onal cases. The city Is situated 10
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled IN
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north IL the Santa Catalina range. to
the east, the Rincon. TO the south. the
Santa Rita; and on the west. the Tue
OWa
tude OF s 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas.
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightsou in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly 1,0oG
feet.
The scenery at Tucson is as impres-
siye as anywhere in the Rocky noun
taius, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iuue, inclusive, tS9+-5. there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine Of
these were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency OF the atmosphere may
he had when state that, at midd ay
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
of the sun"
Or. n. II. Matas, a Physician OF II
wears practice in this City. says
"Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces of nature tor the cure OF
their disease it is evident that an early
selection of good winter climate is the
most important factor for their cure and