The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-22

| many kdS Cne WTlLcTJ SicSp out uulAAS
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 exhlarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly |
it is n Joy to live.
AT present have never known per
son coming to this Territory in the early |
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocatine |
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-
crs."
! DIR. Fl. w. Fenner, of Tucson. Surgeon |
of the Southern Pacific X. r., says
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.
| 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
26' and 56' respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
/ ried 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 healthfrl 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 |
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
Or. 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 |
uously in the open air for period Of sew |
eral months, or, for that matter. for |
year, or several years, climate is re- |
quired which is continuously warm and |
dry. Such a climate the United States /
does not possess. bat the nearest ap |
proach to II is Arizona.
physicians rare'v send their pa a";~nts |
to the arid -sg.ocs .uri7g a-xn=er nd
this | consider a great -istake. -hs |
patients should be sent to the arid re |
gions so soon as there is evidence of in |
al A..t.z L. knn
should be made to remain there until |
they are well. or until ii 10 apparent that |
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east order !
patients to California for the winter |
apparently with a view of sending them |
TO dry climate. The relative humidity |
in southern California is as great, and
in some instances greater, than that oi
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best |
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautitu.
country. but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make II far
inferior To the inland desert regions for
pht hisicai patients. | think it may be
assumed as general rule that wher
degree OF relative humidity, and 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 of Tucson has. in my opip.
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. 1t is no longer considered /
imperative to send tubercuiaI patients
to an altitude of 5. 900 feet, or over. In /
fact. clinical experience has proven that |
more frequently patients required 10 bc /
sent to an altitude or less, rather than |
more than 1000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex
ceptionaI cases. The city is situated III
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; to the south, the
Santa Rita; aud on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an s'ti'
tude of S, 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. tn. highest peak of the Catahnas,
has an elevation OF 10000 ieet. and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Rtas.
reaches an altitude OF nearly l1,OoG
feet.
The scenery at Tucson is as impres'
sive as anywhere III the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set heppar drSCriptiOn.
During the nine months, October to
Iune, inclusive. 1s9+-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 midday
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the sln."
DR.. n, H. Matas. a Physician of II
years practice in this City. says
Since consumptives must depend on the
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