The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-10

the whole year. There are not five days
IN the whole year but the most delicate
invalid 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-
ccpt III whooping cough, for years.
he winter months, from the middle
of September to the first of Nav, are in
this locality the finest i'll 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 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 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."
! DR.. H. W. Fenner, of Tucson. Surgeon
/ OF the Southern Pacific X. r., says
/ Tucson is 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-
querors 1t is now the commercial and
railroad center OF Southern Arizona. The
climate 10 exceedingly dry and braciug,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26o and Sc" rcspe, lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigat ton is car
RED on. The water supply 10 excellent.
| The summers are long, the thermometer
| ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid
| ity makes the clear warmth tolerable.
and the most healthfui part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
urknown, The r-firmate Of Tpcscs sas
iteen Fo8nd rs Ess iegvc 20 Tex partscul-
1viF bene5cla} 81 4st cascs # puifon-
ary phth's3s esFgs gssaliy thpne Of the
e4g.l@J % pref gster>s. periods,
I'r Mark A, Rogers. ot Tucson. saws.
My experience .1as impressed apou
| me the necessity for outdoor life in the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
| uonsIy in the open air for a period of fsev-
erai months. or. for that matter, for a
year, or several years, climate is re-
! quircd which is continuously warm and
| dry. Such "A climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap-
proach to il is Arizona.
Physicians rare'v send their pa+;~nts
to the arid -eg:oas dari-g simmer nd
this ] consider a great --:stake. xhe
patients should be sent to the arid re-
gions so soon as there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubcrcle 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 a view of sending them
to a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California 10 as great, and
in some instances greater, than that of
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there Ia a high
r,
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.s advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
where such a 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 tubercular patients
to an altitude of 5000 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 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 in
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walked in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the u
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 NTH
tude of s 900 feet at least. Mount Lee
mon. the highest peak of the catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritaa,
reaches an altitude of nearly n, 600
feet.
THE scenery at Tucson 10 - inlpres
sive as anywhere in the Rocky nosln-
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and auu>
set beggar description. d
During the nine months Oetob ber0
June, inclusive, 1S94-5, there NxsE hnk
TWENTY-FIVE cloudy days, a1bd ane u N
these were in one month. SoQ I'M 3ol
the Transparency of the atmos x1l1y
be had when state that, ~ l 3ys
and with the unaided <yt5 : -
Venus when it was hut ten a. S Z
oftse sun. 'tas 81 sfssis1 s4ss a