The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-14

! ''N - AndS uHLl september, anu
many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole yer. There are not five days
IN the whole year but the most delicate
nvalid can spend part of the day, at
least, out of doors. In this climate in
'uries 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
1t is JOY to live.
AT present have never known a per-
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocating
III the altitude suited to their particular
case that did not get we'll 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.. II. W. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific r. r., SAYS
tucson is a city of 10000 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,400 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 center of Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
70 and 560 respectively. The rainfall
is 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 ofhumid.
Ity makes the clear warmth tolerable,
and the most healthful 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 cases of pulmon-
airy phthisis especially those of the
earlier 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-
uously in the open air for a period ofsev- |
eral months, or, for that matter, for |
year, or several years, a climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and |
dry. Such a climate the United States |
does not possess. but the nearest ap- /
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians raTe'v send their pa;
to the arid -e9:ons S.tri1g .-en=.eE nd /
this ! consider a great -~istake. he |
patients should be sent to the arid re,
gions 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 east order |
patients to California for the winter |
apparently with view of sending them |
to dry climate. The relative humidity |
i'll 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 tubercuar and asthmati> patients /
to Tucson. California is beautiful
country, but the togs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make il far |
iIliCIiOi W tH( TG&lluS IOl /
phthisical patients. think it may he .
assumed as a general, rule that wher
ever there is irrigation there is high
degree of relative humidity, and dpatients
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 not be equaled anywhere in
North America. know OF no locality
where such 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 tubercuiar patients
to an altitude of 5 900 feet. or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to bc
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex
ceptional cases The city is situated III
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges To the
north is 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 alti
tude of 5 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 teet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Rtas,
reaches an altitude of nearly II, 1,00G
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is rs impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
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 midday
and with the unaded eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the sun"
Dir. n, II. Matas, a Physician of II
wears practice i'll this City, says
"Since consumptives must depend on the
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