The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-20

- AAuy uhkII SNDLGUDtnT, hUu
many (as the writer sleep out during
the whole yeer. There are not FIVE days
IN the whole year but the most delicate
lhVahd 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 III whooping cough, for years.
he winter months from the middle
OF September to the first of May, are in
TINS locality the finest in the world. One
bright sunshiny day succeeds another
the nights are cool and cxhilarating; the
whoic country green with the richest
vverdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
1t is Joy to live.
AT present have never known n per
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages ot pulmonary disease andlocatinp
III the altitude suited to their particular
case that did not get well; nor have |
known ot one in the second stage that
did not improve. But cannot refrain
from raising my voice against the out
rage ot sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
crs."
Dr. ii. W. Fenner, Of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific k. r., saws
tucson is a city of 10000 inhabitants. |
on the main line of the Southern Pacific |
Railway, altitude 2,4OO 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 rs exceedingly dry and bracing, |
/ the humidity being exceedingly low; the |
yearly minimum and maximum being
260 and 56o pe,tively. The rainfall |
is small and but little irrigation is car.
Rcd on. The water supply is excellent
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, ,bnt the low degree ofhumId
ity makes the clear warmth tolerablc, !
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 period of sew.
eral months, or, for that matter. for a
year. or several years. climate is re.
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such n climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rare'v send their pa';r
to the avid -ex:ons ,tri1g '-m=:e: 1d
this | consider n great .:.stake. h,
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence OF in
lection from the tubercle bacillus, and
should he made to remain there until
they arc we'll, 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
in southern California is as great, and
in some instances greater, than that oi
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the best
physicians IN California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatie patients
to Tucson. California is beautiful.
country, but the togs which come 10
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions. make 1t far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthiscai patients. ! think il may bt
assumed as a general rule that whcr
ever there is irrigation there is a high
degree OF relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthsis
should never be sent TO an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed. some OF the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
!
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. know ot no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree ot relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tuberculaI 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 3 900 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is = 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex
ceptional cases. The city is situated IN
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled III
by massive mountain ranges. To the
the east. the Rincon; to the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue.
son. Each of these ranges has an hlti
tude OF 5 900 feet at least. Mount lie
mon. th, highest peak Of the Catalinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 tcet, and
Mount Wrightson III the Santa Rtas.
reaches an altitude OF nearly l1,0OG
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as iinpres'
sive as anywhere i'll the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iune, inclusive. IS94-5, there were but
TWENTY-FIVE cloudy days. and nine of
these were i'll one month. Some idca OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
he had when state that, at midday
and with the uuadcd eye, have seen
Venus when 1t was hat ten degrees east
of the sun"
DR.. n, II. Matas, a Physician OF II
wears practice in this City, says
''Suce consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces OF nature tor the cure OF