The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-08

many (aS tne Wf1terI steep out uuIuB
the WHOLE yesr. There apesrOtSf Sfwesaays
in 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 sunshiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is a JOY % 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 of sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
ers."
DIR. H. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
vi tuG IOukHGIu dlttAG N. M Dhy
Tucson is 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-
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
26o and 56o, ,respc, lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ried on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long. the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerabie.
and the most healthful part of the year,
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found bv experience to be particul-
arly beneficial to most cases Of puimon-
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 tor,out~dppr life in the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live coutin-
uously in the open air for a period OF sev-
eral months. or. for that matter, for a
year. or several years. a climate 10 re-
quired which 10 continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap-
proach TO il is Arizona.
Physicians rarei~ srnd their paints
to the arid -eg:ous .sxri1g r.xn=ser nd
this consider a great .-istake. hs
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions 30 soon as there 10 evidence of in.
tcction from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are well, or until il ~ apparent that
the case - hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter
apparently with view OF sending them
to a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California 10 as great, and
, in sonsr instances greater tiaan that ssi
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the bcs;
physicians in California regularly send
their tnbercuIar and asthmatis patients
TO Tucson. California in a bcautifu.
country. but the iogs which come IN
rom the sea, and the etnanations from
the vast irrigated regions make IL far
intcrlor to tho inland desert regions for
phthssical paticuts. think it may be
assumed as n general rule that wher-
ever there 10 irrigation there is n high
degree of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed. some of the California
physicians have declared that 'irriga tion
and malaria no together.
.'The city n. Tucson has, in my opin-
ion. advantages as a health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
where such moderate winter climate
aud such low degrer OF relative humid
ity are combined with the same lati; ude
and altitude. Ii il no longer considered
imperative to eeud tubercuiar patients
to an altitude of 6. 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 q. 900 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson il 2, 400 feet. and that seems TO
be amply high for all bnt the most en-
ceptionai cases. The city 10 situated in
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is tine Santa Catalina range: to
the east, the Rincon; tn the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west. the Tue
| son. Each of these ranges has an slti-
tude of s, 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has nm elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL, ,ooe
| feet.
"Thc scenery at Tucson ia 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-"
DIR. N, H. Matas, Physician of II
wears practice in this City, says
"Since consumptives must depend on the