The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-23

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 exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
yerdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is Il JOY to live.
"At present have never known 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 straug-
ers."
DR.. II. ". Fenner, Of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific r r., says
Tucson is a city, of 10000 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude . 400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one OF the oldest
settlements made bv 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
26s and So respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ricd 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,
aud 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 pulmou-
AIRY phthisis, especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubcrcular periods.
Or. Mark A. Rogers. OF Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor iite in the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for a period Of sev
era! months. or. for that matter. for a
year. or several years. a climate il re-
quirrd which is continuously warm and
dry. Ssch a climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap-
proaeh 10 it IS Arizona,
Physicians rar~'v send their pa''~nte
10 tho arid -eg.oas ;Ksriag Inner nd
this | consider "A great =istake. fhs
patients should he sent to the and re
gions 50 soon as there is evidence of in
lection from the tubercis bacillus, and
should hc made to remain there Until
they are well. or until i, is apparent that
the case is ho.eiess.
MANY physicians in the cas-, order
patients to California for the winter
apparently with q view Of sending them
TO dry climate The relative humidity .
ia southern California is as great, and
IA some instances greater, than that o,
the Atlantis coast. and many OF the best
physicians In California regularly scnd
their .ulcrcular and asthmatss pa,sents
to Tucson. California is a heantifui
country. but the toRs which come in |
rom the sea, and the emana tioas from |
thc vast irrigated regions. make il far /
iuierior to the inland desert regions fos /
phthisieai patients. think II may br |
assumed as general rule that wiser- |
ever there is irrigation there 10 high |
degree Of relative humidity. and patieuts |
suffering from pulmonary phthisas |
should never he sent TO an irrigated dis |
srsct. Indeed. some OF the California |
physicians have declared that irrigation |
and malaria go together.
The city o' Tucson has. in my opin-
ion. advantages as health resort /
which can not be equailed 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. Ii ~ no longer considered |
imperative to send tuhcrcular pa tients
to an altitude OF 900 feet. or over. In /
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required TO be |
sent to au altitude or less, rather than
more than 3. 900 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson is z, 400 feet. and that seems 20
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ccptioaai cases. The city is situated In |
basin near the underground Santa I
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled ID I
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north 10 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 aiti-
tude of 5, 900 feet at least. Mount Le- |
mon. th. highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude Of nearly II, ,006
feet. |
"The scenery at Tucson is 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
Tune. 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 rnidd ay |
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
of the SUM-"
Or. n, II. Matas. a Physician of II
wears practice in this City. says
"Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces of nature for the cure OF
their disease, it is evident that an early
selection of good winter climate is the
most important factor for their cure and