The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-28

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custom to sleep out of doors from the
middle Of May until September. and
| many las the writer) sleep out during
the whole yesr. 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 anoti er;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; ne
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is JOY to live.
"At present have never known per.
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocating
i'll 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.. III. W. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K. r, says
Tucson is a city of 10, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,40O 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 ma ximum being
26o and $50 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 ofhuniid-
| ity makes the clear warmth tolerable,
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 pulInon-
ary phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or prc-tubercular periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers, of Tucson, says:
MY experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor life IN the
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order that the patient may live contin.
uousiy in the open air for period of sew
erai months. or, for that matter, for q
uuired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap
proach to il 10 Arizona.
physicians rarslv send their pati~nts
to the arid -sxions curing sssn.5er :7d
this l consider u great -=istake. aha
patients should be seat 60 thu arid re-
gions so aoon as there in evidence OF In.
lection from the tubercie bacillus, and
shorld be made TO remain there until
they are well, or until it 10 apparent thst
lthe case is hopeless.
] "Many physicians in the east order
patients TO California for the winter
! apparently with view OF sending them
TO a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California 10 AZ great. and
. in some Instances greater. than that o.
the Atlantis coast, and maHy of the best
phvsicians i'm California regularly send
Il their tubefcular and asthmatss patients
: to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come In
rom the sen, and the ernanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make IL far
. inferior TO tho inland desert regions fos
phthisical patients. think It may bs
. assumed a. a general rule that wher.
ever there 10 irrigation there 10 high
! 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 so together
The city nj Tucson has. ia my opin.
ion, advantages as n health resort
which can not be equaiIed 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 latituds
. and altitude. Il 10 no longer considered
: imperative to send tubercular patients
c 10 an altitude of G. 900 feet. Or over. In
: fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to b
sent to an altitude or less. rather thar
), more than 900 feet. The altitude O
I Tucson is 2,4O0 feet. and that seems te
be amply high for all but the most ex
ceptional cases. The city is situated |,
A basin near the underground Sants
: Cruz river. 1t is completely walled !,
" bv massive mountain ranges. To tbs
Z north is the Santa Catalina range; T.
the east, the Rincon; to the south. th'
! Santa Rita; and on the west, the TM
= son. Each of these ranges has an slt'
tude of 900 feet at least. Mount Le
: mon, tht highest peak of the CataiinaF
= has IN elevation of 10000 'ect. ans
y Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas
!. reaches an altitude of nearly 11,O0'
:. feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impres
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
G. tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
is set bcggar description.
q During the nine months, October t
N June, inclusive. 1S94-5, there were bu
" twenty-five cloudy days. and nine
'g these were in one month. Some idea
ID the transparency of the atmosphere ma
h I've had when state that, at midd a.
IL and with the unaided eye, have see
1t Venus when it was hut ten degrees cas-
10 of the sum-"