The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-08

many (as the writer sleep out during
the whole ycsr. There are not five DAYS
IN the whole year but the most delicate
/ Invalid can spend part of the day. at
least, out oi doors. In this climate in
rurles and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex-
cept Ia whooplng cough, for years.
The winter months. from the middle
Of September to the first of May. are in
this locality he finest in the world One
bright suushiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
IT rs JOY TO live.
= Al 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 in the second stage that
did not improve. But cannot refrain
( from raising my voice against the out
/ rage ef sending advanced cases TO this
or other sections to die among strang-
! erS."
DIR. II ". Fenner. of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific X. 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. IL 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
260 and So" respe. lively. The rainfall
IL small and but little Irrigation is car
red on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long. the thermometer
ranges high. but the low degree ofhumid
tty makes the clear warmth tolerable.
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 particul-
arly beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
AIRY phthisis. especially those of the
carrier or pre-tubercular periods.
Dr. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, saws:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor life in the
I treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uousiy IN the open air for period fsev-
eral months, or, for that matter, for q
I )
quircti which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
docs not possess. but the nearest APP
proach to It is Arizona.
Physicians rars'v send their pat ;-nts
TO the arid -ex:ors ss1riag s-xn=1e< I'D
this | consider a great --sstakc. 1he
patients should be sent to the arid re.
! gsons SO soon as there is evidence of in
fiction 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 view of sending them
TO dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
IN some instances greater. than that of
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country. but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the carnations from
the vast irrigated regions. make it far
inferior to tho inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. | think it may be
assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is high
degree of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisia
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 of Tucson has. in my cpin-
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not be eQualled anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
and such low degree of relative humid.
ity are combined with the same 1atitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercuiar patienfe
to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. III
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required 10 bc
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 1900 feet. The altSt11de III
Tucson is 400 feet and that ooen1a to
be amply high for all but the 1noSt -
ceptional cases. The city Is sikuaf<d "a
a basin near the undcrgrouufl SSnxa
Cruz river. 1t is completely wn13fd III
bv massive mountain ranges. ~ fhe 1
north is the Santa Catalina roGSc rs
the east, the Rincon: to the oogl1 tlxe
Santa Rita; and on the Me3k, IN N
son. Each of these ranges hae alti "
tude of s, 900 feet at least. Nee
mon. tn. highest peak OF the 1isscS
has an elevation of 1O,OO0 = xs 81
Mount Wrightson in the III Rit7 s
reaches an altitude Of a ~ S..
feet.
'.The scenery at Tucson II ~ = = s. s
sive as anywhere in the m = u = p : Il
tains. and the gorgeous d + q.
set beggar description. ss
"During the nine mo- y = ! = B
June, inclusise. 1s94-6. u rs = \ - p 81
twenty-five cloudy d1X = s. = II
these were in one most =
the transparency Of tn Il - - S.
be had when 4 stase #
and with the unaff - T. #
ofthe sun." Il 4 & N