The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-12

lnNaHu can Spenu part OF the Gay, 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 i'll 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 a per-
son coming to this Territory in the carly
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.. n. W. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson is a city of IO, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
ANA' aiNtAGI~ @ffpV tSNl dbONS LhN
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
260 and So respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is ear
rtaI ftF, The
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high. but the low degree ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerahie,
and the most hcalthful 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 eases of pulmon-
AIRY phthisis,. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, says:
-" My experience has impressed upopa
me the necessity for outdoor life In the
treatment oi pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for a period of sew
erai months, or, for that matter. for a
year, or several years. a climate is re-
quired whichsis continuously warm and
dry. Such o climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap
proach 10 it Is ARIZONA.
Physicians rar='v send their ps+'-nts
to the arid -sg.ors :nri1g -sn=.er I'D
this | consider q great -istake. III, |
patients should be sent 70 the arid re
gtons so soon as there is evidence OF in
fiction from the tubcrcIe bacillus, and
should be made 60 remain there nn;il
they are well. or Until il ss apparent that
the case II hopeless.
'Many physicians in the east order
patients 10 California for tho winter
apparently with view Of sending them
to dry climate. The relative hunisiitv
in southern California 10 as.great. and
IN some instances greater. than that o.
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best
ply sicians In Caiifornia regularly send
their ;abercular and asthmatsc pa4ients
TO Tucson. California 10 a beautifs.
country, but the fogM whieh cosne in
rom the ira, and the rsnanations from
the vast Irrigated regions. mako il far |
iufrrior to tho inland desert fexfons fot |
phthssical patients think it Has bs |
assumed as a genxral rule that W her /
ever there is irrigation there h. a high |
degree of relative huu1idity. and assxnts /
suffering from pulmonary phthssas
should never be sent TO an irrigated ass-
trict. Indeed. sosne OF the California
phy ysscians have declared that 'tgrigation
aud malaria 20 together.'
The city n, Tucson has. in INV opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be equaIled anywhere in
North America. know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter clsznats
and sssch low degree OF relative hHmsd-
ity are combined with the same Ia TIT usis
and aititude. 1t 10 no longcr considered
imperative to send tnberculas passents
to an altitude OF S. 900 feet. OF over. In
lact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required TO be
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 1900 feet. The altitvde OF
Tucson il 2, 400 fret. and that seenss to
be amply high for all bat the most ex
ceptional cases. The city Is situated 10
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t 10 compicteiy walked m
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is tine Santa Catalina range. TO
the east, the RiDeon; to the south. the
santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each fthese ranges has an aisi-
utie of S 900 feet at least. Moant lie.
non thu highest peak OF the Cataiinas.
,as an elevation OF 10000 scet. and
Mount Wrightsoa in the Santa Rstas,
caches an altitude OF nearly II ,OO8
eet.
"The scenery al Tucson is as impres.
i've as anywhere in the Rocky noun
aims. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun.
vet beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
une, inclusive. ls94-5, there were bat
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine ei
these were in one month. Some idea OF
The transparency OF the atmosphere may
DC had when state that at midd ay
and with the unaided eye. have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
IF the SUM-"
Or. N, H. Matas, a Physician OF IT
years practice in this City. says
Since consumptives must depend on the
-esisting forces of nature tor the cure OF
heir disease, it is evident that an early
selection of a good winter climate is the
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