The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-23

many las the writer) sleep out during |
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-
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 Sunshlny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool aud exhlarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
1t is "A Joy to live.
AT present have never known n 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 Pacihc K. R.. says
Tucson is a city Of 10 900 inha abitants, |
on the main line of the Southern Pacific |
Railway, altitude - 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 aud bracing,
he humidity being exceedingly low; they
yearly minimum and max lmum being
go and 560 respe, tivelv. The rainfall
: is small and but little irrigation is car.
ried on. The water supply is excellent.
I The summers are long, the thermometer
r ranges high, but the low degree othumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable,
and the most healthful part of the year.
I Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
! unknown. The climate of Tucson has
e been found bv experience TO be particul-
= arly beneficial to most cases of pnlmon
! airy phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
: the the necessity for outdoor life in the
: treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
. order that the patient may live contln-
:, uously in the open air tor period OF sew
:, erai months, or, for that matter, tor
wear, or several years, a climate is re-
auired which is continuously warm and
e dry. Such a climate the United States
L does not possess. but the nearest ap-
z proach TO it is Arizona.
!. "Physicians rar=Iv send their patents
:. to the arid -eg;ons caring s-snzec I'D
= this | consider n great --istake. hs
:, patients should he sent to the arid re
Z gions so soon as there rs evidence OF III
- fiction from the tubcrcle bacillus, and
. should be made to remain there until
- they are well. or until it As apparent that
9 the case rs hopeless.
IN "Manv physicians in the cas-; order
At patients 10 California for the winter
re apparently with view of sending them
IT, to drv climate: The relative humidity
IN southern California is as great. and
re in some instances greater, than that o.
* the Atlantic coast. and many of the best
p phvsicians in California regularly SEND
II their tubercular and asthmatie patients
he TO Tucson. California is a beautIfu.
country. but the fogs which come IN
rom the sea, and the einanations from
- the vast irrigated regions, make It tar
~ inferior to the inland desert regions tor
=" phthisical patients. think 1t may be
: assumed as a general rule that wher-
y. ~ ever there 10 irrigation there rs high
" degree OF relative humidity, and patients
va suffering from pulmonary phthisls
~ should never be sent to an irrigated dis
u tr;ct. Indeed, some of the California
III nhysicians have declared that 'irrigation
"a. and malaria go together
1.-THE city ut Tucson has, IN my opin'
ION advantages as health resort
Is which can not be equalled anywhere IN
os North America. know OF nolocaiity
ay where such a moderate winter climate
n- and such low degree of relative humid
ks ;tv are combined with the same latitude
so and altitude 1t ~ no longer considered
ID. ;,nperative to send tubercuiar patients
he 10 an altitude Of S. 900 feet, or over. In
m fact clinical experience has proven that
les more frequently pa tients required TO oC
he sent TO an altitude or less, rather than
lie, more than 900 feet. The altitude o.
at Tucson is 400 feet, and that seems to
he amply high for all but the most ex
centional cases. The city is situated III
s. a basin near the underground Santd
ne Cruz river. Il is completely walled II
" ",'' nv massive mountain ranges. 10 th'
" north is the Santa Catalina range: tf
ie' the east, the Rincon: to the south, tn'
in Santa Rita; and on the west, the m mnc
- son. Each of these ranges mas an S''
~ tude OF 1000 feet at least. Mount lie
.s mon, the highest peak OF the Iataiinas
". has an elevation OF lo,ooo eet; AM
mo no Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas tn
'u- reaches an altitude OF nearly l1,oo'
oc- feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as tmpres
sive as anywhere in the Rocky mour
uc- tains, and the gorgeous sunrise aud sur
is set beggar description.
ing During the nine months, October
an Iuue, inclusive. 1s9+5, there were ou
by twenty-five cloudy days, ana nine
ing these were in one month. Some idea
md the transparency of the atmosphere ma
th- be Rad when state that, at midd a
eli aud with the unaided eye. have see
ant Venus when it was hut ten degrees cas-
ma of the SUM-"
lie DIR. n. II. Matas. a Physician OF
ute wears practice in this City, says