The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-03

the whole ye9r. 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 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 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."
DR.. H. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon !
of the Southern Pacific X. r., says
Tucson is a city of 1000 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific |
Railway, altitude 2,4O0 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 is exceedingly dry and bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
260 and 560 respe, lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
RED on. The water supply is excellent. I
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid- |
ity makes the clear warmth tolerahle. |
and 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 pulmon- |
airy phthisis. especially those of the I
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 in the open air for period OF sew /
eral months, or, for that matter, for a |
year, or several years, a climate is re- /
quired which is continuously warm and !
dry. Such climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap- |
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rare'v send their pos' /
to the arid -e2;ons tatrirg t.xn=1er I'D /
this | consider a great -istake. 1hs |
chas he e. he ~ /
gious so soon as there is evidence of in /
lection from the tubercle 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 cast order
patients to California for the winter
apparently with view of sending them /
TO dry climate The relative humidity /
in southern California is as great. and .
in some instances greater. than that o'
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best I
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatiI patients |
to Tucson. California is a beautiful /
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the cmanatious from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to tho inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think il may be
assumed as a general rule that wher- +
ever there is irrigation there is high /
degree of relative humidity. aud patients
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 os Tucson has, in my opiu-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere iu
North America. know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such a low degree Of relative humid.
itv arc combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercular patients
to an altitude of s. 900 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent to IN altitude or less, rather than
more than 1900 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson is 2,4O0 feet, and that seems to
he amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated in
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled IN
by massive mountain ranges. To the
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 alti-
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Lc-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has IN elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wnghtson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly 11,00G'
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impres-
sive as anywhere in the Rocky NOUN
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iune, 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-"
DR.. N. II: Matas, a Physician of II
wears practice in this City, says
;'Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces OF nature tor the cure OF
their disease, it is evident that an early
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