The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-14

middle Of May until September. and
many (as the writer) sleep out during
i the whole year. There are not five days
III the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, ont 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 suushiny 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
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 0f sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
ers."
DR.. II. W. Fenner. of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson is city of 10 900 inhabitants,
on the main line OF the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude ., 400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one Of the oldest
| settlements made by the Spanish con-
| qncrors. 1t IL 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
90" and 56' respes lively. The rainfall
IS small and but little irrigation is car
ned Oh. The water supply is excellent.
| The summers ARE long. the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree OF humid
ity makes the clear warmth toIerable,
and the most healthfuI part of the year.
Surstrokcs and heat prostrations are
Unknown, The climate OF Tucson has
| been iouud by experience 20 be particul.
ariy beneficial TO most cases OF puimon-
AIRY phthtsis. especially those of the
earlier or prc.tnberenlar periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers. OF Tucson. says:
My experience has impressed upou
me the peccssity for out door life in the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open AIR for q period of sev.
erai naonths. or, for that matter. for a
year, or several years. q climate In re.
quired which 10 consinuousiy warm and
dry. Ssch climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap-
proach 90 il 10 Arisona.
"Physisians rarrs~ send their ps.s -nts
| 20 the arid -sx:cEs .sxsi1g s.xnzss nd
this consid<r n great -=-sstake. ihs
patients &houId he sent TO the arid re-
gions 30 econ ~ there In evidence OF ia.
fretiou from the tuhercae baciiias, and
should be made Co remain there until
they ARE well. OF until 1t 10 apparent that
| the case is hopeless.
| "Many physicians in the east order
| patsents TO California for the winter
apparently with ! view Of sending them
20 dry climate. The relative humidity
in aouthern California 10 as great. and
| in some instances greater. than that ol
/ the Atlantic coast. ard many of the best
physicians in California regularly scnd
their tubercular and asthmasss patients
20 Tncson. California 10 "a heautifu.
cozntry. hut the fogS which conae In
| rom the sea, aud she ssnanations from
| the vast irrigated regions. make IL far
| intersor To tho inland desert regions for
phthisscal patients. think IL usay be
assumed as a gcnsrai rule that whcr
ever there IN irrigation there is a high
degree of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthssis
should never be sent tn an irrigated dss-
trsct. Indeed. some os the Caiiiornia
| physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
"The city az Tucson has in my opin-
ion. advantages as n health resort
WHICH can not be eqnalled anywhere in
North America. know ot no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such low degree al relative humid.
isy are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. /, IN no longer considered
imperative to send sulseseuiar patients
| to an altitude OF 6. 600 fcet, or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required TO be
cent to EN- altitude or less. rather than
more than Z. 900 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson in !. 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ccptional cases. The city is situated ia
basin near the underground Santa
Graz river. /, is completely walled ip
hv massive mountain ranges. To the
north in 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 S. 900 feet at least. Mount lie.
rnou. tn. highest peak of the Catalinas,
has IN elevation of 10000 feet. and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas.
reaches an altitude of nearly 1,00e
feet.
"The scenery nc Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun.
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
June, 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 midd ay
and with the unaided eye. have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the sum-"
Dr. n, III. Matas, a Physician of II
years practice in this City, says