The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-06

custom to sleep out of doors from the
middle ,f May until September, and
many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole yesr. There are not five days
IN the whole year but the most delicate
invalid 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-
eept 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 anotf er;
the nights arc cool and exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is JOY to live.
AT present l haYc 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 OF sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
ers."
DIR. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific X. r., says
Tucson is a city of 10. 900 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,+o0 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the Oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con-
guerors. 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 560 respectively. The rainfall
IS small and but little irrigation is car
rIed on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long. the therm ofneter
ranges high, but the low degree ofiumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable,
aud the most haAlthfui part OF the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations arc
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
earlier or pre~tabercular periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers. OF Tucson. says:
My experience has impressed upon
use the necessity for outdoor life Ia the
| treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contir-
uously IN the open air for. a period ofsev
eral months. or, for that matter. for
year, or several years, q climate 10 re-
quircd which is continuously warm and
dry. Such "a climate the United States
does not po*scas, bat the nearcst APP
proach 10 it ~ Arizona.
Physicians farrsv sSnd their pasi ~nts
TO the arid -exsors ssGriag s.ns==s- nd
this consader great --sstake. 4hs
patients shonid be sent TO the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence of sn
tcctson from the suberclc bacillus. and
should be made to remaist there until
they are well. or until il ID apparent that
tho case is ho,eless.
"Maay physicians in the east order
patients TO California for the wiutsr
apparently wish'a view at scnding them
10 dry climate. Tho relative Humidity
ia southern California 10 as great, and
, in some instances greater. than that u,
the Atlantic coast, ard many of the hexs
physicians In California regularly setd
their tnlseTcnlar and asthmatie paticuts
10 Tmcson. California is a bcautifu,
country, hus the fogs which coass in
rosu the sea, and shr eEnanatsons frursa
the vast irrigated regions. make IL smx
snirrior To tho inland dcsrrt rvgious for
phshsxicai patients. think il msay he
assumed Ma a gcueral rule that wsaeT-
ever there 10 irrigation there 10 a high
degree of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthixas
should never be sent To nn irrigated dis
/ srscs. Indeed some of tlfe California
physicians have declared that 'irrsgatson
and malaria so together.
The city oi Tucson has. in nay opin-
/ ION. advantages as a health resort
which can not he equailed anywhere ~
| North AYssxsga. know OF no locality
/ where such a moderate winter climate
/ and such low degree of relative humid
/ isy are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t ss no longer conssdcred
! imperative to send tuhcrcuiat patients
/ Ia an altitude Of {. 900 feet. or over. In
/ fact. clinical experience has proven that
1 more frequently patients required TO be
sent TO nm altitude or less. rather than
| more than 900 feet. The altitude ca
| Tucson In 2. 400 feet. and that seems TO
| be amply high for all bnt the most ex-
ccptional cases. The city 10 situated ia
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. II 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
son.. Each OF these ranges has an alts
suie Of 6, 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon, fhe highest peak OF the Catalinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL, ,OOs
feet.
"Thc scenery at Tucson is IA impress
sive az anywhere in the Rocky noun
sains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Tune. inclusive, 1s94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
! these were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midday
and with the unaided eye. l have seen
Venus whcr it was but ten degrees east
of the sun."
i DR.. n, H. Matas, a Physician OF II
wears nractice in this City, says