The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-20

custom to sleep out OF doors from the
middle If May until September. and
many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole yer. 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.
, 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 celebrating; the
,, whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
1t is JOY to live.
Al present have never known per-
son coming to this Territory in the carly
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. II. w. Fcnner 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 2 400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the Oldest
( settlements made by the Spanish con
, qucrors. 1t 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
26' and 560 respectively. The rainfall
: is small and but little irrigation is car
RED on. The water supply is excellent
: The summers are long, the thermometer
: ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable,
and the most hcalthfri 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 pumon.
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-
uousiy i'll the open air for a period of sew
eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years. a climate is re-
quired which il continuously warm and
: dry. Such IA climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest APP
Z proach TO 1t ~ Arizona.
Physicians rarc'v send their pa 'nts
to the arid -eg:ons curing s.mze: I'D
this | consider great .~.stake. IN,
] patients should be sent to the arid re
gions SO soon as there is evidence Of in
fiction from the tubercic bacillus, and
should he made to remain there until
they are well, or until it is apparent tina,
: the case is hopeless.
a MANY physicians in the east ordes
( patients to California for the winter
c apparently with view Of sending then
:, to a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is as great. ant
r IN some instances greater. than that .
, the Atlantic coast. and many of the best
! physicians in California regularly sens
4 their tubefcular and asthmatie patients
- to Tucson. California is beautifu
country, but the fogs which come il
rom the sea, and the emanations iron
!, the vast irrigated regions. make 1t fa
). inferior TO tho inland desert regions 10
10 phfhisical patients. think il may b
assumed as a general rule that whef
y ever there is irrigation there is higl
degree of relative humidity. and patient
= suffering from pulmonary phthisi
: should never be sent to an irrigated dis
= tiict. Indeed. some OF the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
" and malaria 60 together.
1.-The city nj Tucson has, in my opin
ion. advantages as health resort
s which can not be equalled anywhere in
. North America. | know of no locality
: where such moderate winter climate
: and such low degree OF relative humid
. itv are combined with the same la ituds
0 and altitude. 1t in no longer considered
= imperative to send tuberculaI patients
c to an altitude of G. 600 feet. or over. In
: fact. clinical experience has proven that
. more frequently patients required to be
c sent to an altitude or less, rather than
:, more than 8, 900 feet. The altitude OF
I Tucson is 400 feet. and that seems TO
be amply high for all but tho most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated in
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled IN
= bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north 10 the Santa Catalina range: to
y 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 6, 900 feet at least. Mount lie.
! mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
, has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas
reaches an altitude of nearly IL ,00G
feet.
1.-THE scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun.
: tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
s set bcggar description.
!, During the nine months, October to
n Iune, inclusive. 1895, there were but
! twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
, these were in one month. Some idea oi
l the transparency of the atmosphere may
: be had when state that, at midd ay
: and with the unaided eye. have seen
Venus whcn il was hut ten degrees east
] of the sum-"
DIR. N. II, Matas, a Physician Of /