The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-26

- Vhdy uuLH OCpLCpOrI, anu
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 aud 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 another1
the nights are cool and exhilarating the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
1t is a Joy to live.
AT present have never known per-
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease and locating
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 900 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 by the Spanish con
querorS. Il 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
26o and So respe, lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
red on The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the thern ometer
ranges high, but the low degree OF humid
ity makes the clear warmth toierahe
and the most healthful part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostratIons are
unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
been found bv experience 10 be Particul
arly beneficial TO most cases OF pulmon-
airy phthisis. especially those ot the
CARRIER 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 I've contin-
uously III the open air tor A period ot sev-
eral months or, for tha; matter, tor
year, or several years, climate Is re-
qu;red which Is continuously warm and
: dry. Such "A climate the ln,ted States
= docs not possess, but the nearest ap-
, proach 20 II ,s Arizona.
"PhySicians rareiv send their pa
TO the arid -eg.ons ,af17g t~sn=zsr 40
this consider great --4staSe- hs
patients should be sent 10 the ard re
pious 50 soon as there IS evidence oi IN
:. lection from the tubercle bacillus and
: should be made 10 remain there until
!. they are we'll. or until II Is appa rent that
, the case is hopeless.
n "Manv physicians III the cas-; order
Z paticntS 10 California tor the winter
e apparently with a view OF sending them
r, to a drv climate The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
= in some instances greater, than that q
= the Atlantic coast, and many OF the hesi
, physicians in California regularly send
!, their tuberculnr and asthmatsS patients
~ 70 Tucson. California W "a beautiful
country. but the fogx which come ID
rom the sea, and the erna nations from
), the vast irrigated regions, make II tai
u inferior to the inland desert regions to'
'" uhthisical patients. ! think 1t may tx
assumed as n general rule that " her
y = ever there is irrigation there rs higf
= devrer OF relative humidity and pa atient'
= suffering from pulmonary phthisf'
- should never be sent to an irrigated DIS
: trict. Indeed. some OF the Cahtornis
- DhyS,cians ha We declared that 'irT1gatios
= and malaria go together
"The city ~ Tucson has, 10 my opin
ion. advantages as health re$oT
10 which can not bc equalled anywhere II
% North America. know OF no localtf,
" where such a moderate winter climat
" and such low degree OF relative humid
ks itv are combined with the same iatltud
30 and altitude. Ii ~ no longer CONSIDERS
d. ;mperative TO send tubcrcuiar patient
he TO an altitude of 5. 900 feet, or over. Il
n fact, clinical experience has proven tina
60 more frequently patients required 20 o
he sen+ to an altitude or less, rather tina
Ie, more than 8, 900 feet. The altitude c
at Tucsou Is 2, 400 feet. and that seems {
he ausplv high for all but the most el
ceotioual cases. The city rs situated /
a basin near the underground SAINT
Ae Cruz river. II is completely waiied
W hv massive mountain ranges. 10 IA
north ia the Santa Catalina range, I
ce the east. the Riucon to the south. IN
IN Santa Rita: and on the west, the U
''e son, Each of these ranges has an GIT
~ tude of &, 900 feet at least. Mount l.
ng mon. the highest peak OF the Catalina
ie, has An elevation OF 10000 teet, an
nc no Mount Wrightsou in the Santa Rita
'u- reaches an altitude OF nearly ll'ot
&C. feet.
THE scenery at Tucson IS as 'mpre
sive as anywhere in the Rocky mou
uc- tains and the gorgeous sunrise and su
is set heggar description.
ng During the nine months October
an Tuue. inclusive, 1S9+5, there were q
by twenty-five cloudy DAYS, and nine
ing these were in one month. Some idea
md the transparency OF the atmosphere mi !
TIL he had when state that, at mdd
CHI and with the unaided eye, | nave Sc
ant Venus wher, it was hut ten degrees ca
mo of the sun.
Ii,S IS Dr. N. II. Matas. q Physician of
~ ~ Years practice in this City. says
ar :Since consumptives must depend on