The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-17


the whole yer. There are not five DAYS
IN the whole year hut the most delicate
Invalid can spend part OF the day, at
least. out OF doors. In this climate in
iurieS aud wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex-
ccpt III whoopIng cough, ior years.
The winter months. from the middle
of September 10 the FIRST OF MAY. are in
this locality the finest III the world. One
bright sunshipy day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating: the
whole country green with the richest
yerfiue and the brightest flowers. Truly
j II is Joy To live.
AT present have never known n 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-
I ers.
nr. II. ": Fenncr, of Tucson, Surgeon
Of the Southern Pacific X. r., SAYS
Tucson Is a city of IL, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line Of the Southern Pacific
! Railway. altitude Z. 400 feet above the
sra level. Tucson 10 one of the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish CON
querorx. 1t is now the commercial and
railroad center OF Southern Arizona. The
climate IL exceedingly dry and bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and naximurn being
26" and So espe,tiveiy. The rainfall
~ 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 OF humid
ity makes the clear warmth toierabIe,
and the most healthfui part OF the year
Sanstrokcs and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
I been found hy experience TO be particul-
{ arly bc,aehciai to most cases of pulsnon-
AIRY phthisas. especially those OF the
: carrier 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-
| uonsly IN the open air for a period of sev-
. cTal months. or. for that matter, for a
: year. or several years. a climate is re-
, quircd which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess bat the nearest ap-
proaCh to II Is Arizona
! Physicians rars'v send their paints
to the arid -tz.csa .1uriag s-G=e. nd
tins ! consider great =.tstake. he
patients should be sent TO the arid re-
: glons So soon as there IS evidence of in
} fiction from the tubercle 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 cast 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 asthmatis patients
TO Tucson. California Is a beautiful
country. but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior TO tho inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there 10 high
degree of relative humidity. and 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 of Tucson has. In my opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can no, be equaIled anywhere ia
North America. know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercuiaY patients
to an altitude of s. 900 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 1900 feet. The altitude 81
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems ia
be amply high for all but the most -
ceptioual cases. The city ID situated ii
Cruz river. It il completely walled II
by massive mountain ranges. 10 ~
north is the Santa Catalina rs1zGes 10
the east, the Rincon; to tke soukk, ~
Santa Rita; and on the weAts TN r.
son. Each of these ranges ~ ~ It'll
; tude of S, 900 feet at least. MpNnk Ie~
mon, the highest peak Of the Cats inne,
has an elevation of 10, 600 ~, md
Mount Wrightson ia the SaM4a HIM.
reaches an altitude Of nea1iy l1 0ool
!. feet.
"The scenery al Tucson q as ,1,re1
siye as anywhere Ia the Ruc1IY Iod1l&
tains, and the gorgeous sunri ~ = 4 - q
set beggar descriptil0n.
'sDuring the nine naonths nv
, Tune, inclusive, 1S94-S therH S@E ~