The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-14

many las the writer sleep out during
the whole year. There are not five days
IN the whole year but the most deiicatc
invalid can spend part OF the day, at
least. out ot doors. In this climate in
lures and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild There has been no epidemic, ex-
ccpt in whooping cough for years.
The winter months, from the middle
of September to the first ot May, are IN
tins LOCALITY the finest in the world. One
bright suushiuy day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhlarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
il IL a Joy 10 1--we.
AT present have never known per
/ son coming To this Territory IN the early
stages ot pulmonary disease andlocaEnR
/ 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 al sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
cTs.
DR.. II. W. Fenner. of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson ~ a city of 10 900 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-
Z ouerors 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
; 26a and Sc respe. lively. The rainfall
III. a h..S t-SFt l.. r.
4 r,ed ON. The water supply is excellent.
c The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree OF humid"
ity makes the clear warmth tolcrabie,
e and the most bealthfEi part OF the year.
. Sunstrokes and heat prostrauons are
unknown The climate of Tucson has
u been found bv experience TO be partieui-
S arlv beneficial TO most cases OF puiinon-
ary phthisis. especially those OF the
= earlier or pre-tubercuiar PERIODS.
ns Tr, Mark A. Rogers. Of Tucson, says;
= MY experience has impressed upon
he r,e the necessity for outdoor life in the
Of treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
ia order that the patient may live contin-
.rt uously in the open AIR tor PERIOD OF sew
sr. eraI months, or. for that matter, Tor
In wear, or several years, climate Is re-
en- uurcd which is continuously warm and
" u
docs not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach TO il as Arizona.
is physicians rareiv send their patents
os 10 the arid -egious enrIzg e-er=1er .1o
,iy this consider a great --.stake- Ahe
uI- t.aticnts should be sent TO the and re-
ks gions SO soon as there is evidence OF M
so lection from the tubercle bacillus, and
ID should be made TO remain there until
he they are well, or until il is apparent that
m the case is hopeless.
,es Many physicians in the east order
ne paticuts 10 California for the winter,
ie' appareutlv with a view of sending them
at 10 n dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
- In some instances greater. than that of
l.. the Atlantic coast. and many OF the best
- nhvsicians in California regularly seno
80 their tubcrcular and asthmatac patients
~, to Tucson. California is beautafui
80 country. but the fogs winch come IN
-" " rom the sea, and the emanations from
- the vast irrigated regions, make 1t TAR
49,, inferior to the inland desert regions fof
aa phthisical patients. think It may DC
- assumed as a general rule tnat Wnei-
ever there is irrigation there Is hign
~ - degree of relative humidity. and patients
" '~~ suffering from pulmonary phthasis
w should never be sent to an irrigated dis
tric+ Indeed some of the California
nc. nhvsicians have declared that irrigation
is and malaria go together
ing ..Tbe CITY Of Tucson has, in my opin.
an ION advantages as health resort
bS which can not be cqualed anywhere n
ing North America. know OF no locality
and where such moderate winter clinats
lth- and such low degree OF relative humid
cl'- ity are combined with the same iatituds
ant and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
and ip,peratiye TO send tubercular patients
and to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. II
hie fact, clinical experience has proven tha
pite more frequently patients required to D
eN sent to an altitude or less, rather thai
CON more than 1000 feet. The altitude Q
heal Tucson is ., 400 feet. and that seems h
'ans he amply high for all but the most ex
ase, crntional cases. The city Id situated Il
With a basin near the underground SAINT
rded Cruz river. 1t is completely walled !
: be bv massive mountain ranges. To tn
" III north is the Santa Catalina range; Z
the east, the Rincon; to the south, th
the Santa Rita; and on the west, the Iu
are son. Each of these ranges has an alt
lay, tnde Of s 900 feet at least. Mount L.
rom ,,,or th4 hiehest ueak Of the Catalina
-her- has an elevation of 10000 teet, an
TEN Mount Wrightson in the Santa Rita
reaches an altitude of nearly II, ,OC
-'ose feet.
e OF "The scenery at Tucson Il As i1nprs
most sive as anywhere in the Rocky mon
dry tains, and the gorgeous sunxise and ssl
mat set beggar description.
tally Dus 1901. g. 49, ,,s-xe' /,
1ring June' MI.as s.s s,,..dv - "a ,ssr~
there twen.y -. !. -.y..>.sxE n - s5.a.s
nfan tnese - - ~. -,
been .he u - .s.ts sSs-s 49, ;sssss ;1s
Yards DC nau ~. ..s.:.s " ~. ~ s@~ss 1s
lmon anu w. "a 4. 80 49, - 3ss..~.ss vS2
N the venus sIH M1 = = - n ~ n
;, and Oh tns saA' ! sss u 800 sss,s