The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-24


many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole yer. There are not Ave days
IN the whole year but the most defeats
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
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
it is 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 my voice against the out
rage of sending advanced eases to this
or other sections to die among strang
ers."
DR.. n. W. Fenner, Of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacihc K. K, says
Tucson is a city of l0,0 900 Inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2.400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson il one OF the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con
querors. II 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
go and So respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ried on. The water supply IL excellent
The SUMMERS are long, the Thermometer
ranges high but the low degree OF humid
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable.
and the most healthfnl part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
been found bv experience to be partieui
arIy beneficial to most cases OF puimon-
airy phthisis. especially those of the
earlier ipre-tubercular periods.
Or. Marx A. Rogers. of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upou
me the necessity for outdoor life in the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live conttn-
uousiy in the open air for period of sew
craI uaonths. or, for that matter ,for
year, or several years. a climate - re
quired which 10 continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the Inated States
does not possess. but the nearest ap-
proaeh TO u Is Arizona.
Physicians rar-a~ send their pa''~nts
to the arid -tg. COS -sri7g -xn=er nd
this / consider "A great :=istaAe. 4hs
- ~ 81 "a
gions 10 soon ~ there ix evidence of ia
| Scctioa from the tuhescis bacillus, and
should be made to remain shere snsii
they are well. or until it is appa rent that
the case ~ hospesrsS.
"Many physicians is the eAAs order
| patscnts To California tor the wintex
| apparently with a view oi seniung them
| to a dry climate The relative humidity
! i'm southern Lai,forusa 10 as great, and
i in some 1857 anccs greater. than that -
| the Aiianitc eoast, and many ot the best
| physscaans in California regularly send
| their iubxrcniar and asthmatsS patients
| TO Tucson. California IL u heaasisxs
couEtry. bat the togs WHICH come IN
| rom the sea. and the rmanai aisons fogn
the vast irrigated regions. make 1t tar
| inferior 10 the inland desert rxxsons for
psshisscal patients. think u may ls
assumed as a gensraI rule that whcr.
ever there 10 irrsgatioa there ss A high
degree OF relative humidity. and patsents
suffering from palno~ary phthssss
should never be seut TO an irrigated DIS
srfcs. Indeed, some OF the atfsosnia
physicians have declared that 'arrtgasioS
and malaria go together.
"The,city ~ Tucsoa has, in my opin-
| ion, advantages as health resort
which can not be equailed auyS here tn
North America. know OF no Locality
whers sach a moderate wsmter climate
/ and such low degree Of relative hunssd-
itv are combined with the same Latitude
and altitude. Ii N no longer considered
| imperative to send tubsrculaf patsenta
TO an altitude of S 600 scet. or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to b<
seut TO an altitude or less, rather than
more than 900 feet. The alt,tnde 0s
1 Tucson is 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all bat the most cx-
ccptionai cases The city is situated IN
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. Ii 10 completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
| north is the Santa Catalina range. TO
| the east. the ktucOn; 20 the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west. the Tue
sou. Each OF these ranges has an alti-
tude OF 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. tn. highest peak of the Catalinas.
has AN elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches au altitude of nearly f,oO0
feet.
THE scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sum
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iune. inclusive. 1s9+-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 midda ay
and with the rnaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the SUM-"
! Dr. n. H. Matas. a Physician OF II