The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-09

CUSTOM 10 sleep out OF doors IrOm LHe
middle ,f May until September, and
many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole yeer. There are not FIVE days
IN the whole. year but thejmost~ delicate
invalid can spend part ofthe 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 a 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 in the second stage that
did not improve. But cannot refrain
from raising INV voice against the out.
rage of sending advanced cases to this
| ers."
| DIR. RI. w. Fenner, of Tucson Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific X. T.. says
Tucson is city of 1O, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 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 centerof Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
1 26o and 56o respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ried on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long. the therm ometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerabic.
and the most healthful part of the year.
Sunstrokcs and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience to be particul-
| ariy beneficial to most cascs of pulmon-
| airy phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
| Dr. Marx 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-
uousiy ia the open air for a period OF sew
| eral months. or, for that matter, for q
year. or several years, climate 10 re-
quired which 10 continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap
proach to il is Arizona.
Physicians raresv send their paints
to the arid -eg.ons .uriag f1n=er I'D
this ] consider a great .--sstake. III.
| patients should be sent TO the arid re
gions 80 soon as there is evidence of in.
| fiction from the tubcrcie bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are well, or until it 10 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
j in some instances greater. than that os
the Atlantic coast, and many Of the best
physicians III California regularly send
| their tubefcular and asthmatie patients
j TO Tucson. California IL a beautifu
country. but the fogs which come in
| rom the sea, and the emanatIons from
| the vast irrigated regions, make Ii far
phthIsicai patients. think ii may be
assumed as a general rule that whcr.
ever there Ia irrigation there il high
degree Of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never bc sent to nm irrigated dis
tvict. Indeed, some Of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria 20 together.
The city n, Tucson has in my opin. |
ion, advantages as "A health resort
which can not he eaualIed anywhere in
North America. know OF no locality |
where such moderate winter climate |
and such low degree Of relative huniid. |
ity are combined with the same latitude |
and altitude. 1t Is no longer considered
imperative 10 send tnbercuIaT patients /
To an altitude of 8. 600 feet. or over. In |
fact, clinical experience has proven that |
more frequently patients required to bc /
sent to I'm altitude or less, rather than |
more than 3. 900 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 2. 400 feet. and that seems TO /
be amply high for all but the most ex /
ccptional cases. The city is situated in |
basin near the underground Santa |
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled IN |
by massive mountain ranges To the |
the east the Rincon: to the south. the |
Santa Rita: and ON the west, the Tue. |
son. Each OF these ranges has an siti |
tutie Of s 900 feet at least. Mount Lee |
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has au elevation of 10000 feet, and /
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Rtas, |
reaches an altitude of nearly IL ,o0e |
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun |
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October TO |
June. inclusive, 1S9+-5, there were but |
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine oi
these were in one month. Some idea OF |
the transparency of the atmosphere may |
be had when state that, at midd ay |
and with the unaided eye. have seen /
Venus whcn 1t was hut ten degrees east |
of the snn."
DIR. N, II. Matas, a Physician of : |
years practice in this City saws