The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-14

incor1areO at the time. 1t iS thecOmmOn
custom to sleep out Of doors from the
middle of May until September, and
many (as the ,writer) sleep out during
the whole year. There are not Eve 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 a 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 10, 900 inhabitants.
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2 400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson 10 one of the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con.
qucrors. II 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 SCI respe. lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car.
ried ON. The water supply is excellent,
The summers are long, the thermometef
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid.
ity makes the clear warmth toIrrabie,
and the most heaithful part OF the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostratious are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience TO be particni
ariy beneficial to most cases Of puimon-
AIRY phthisis. especially those OF the
carrier or pre-tnbercuiar periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed npon
me the necessity for ont door hSr in the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contfn-
uonsiy in the open air for period Of sex-
eral months, or, for that matter, for .
year. or several years. a climate h re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such n eli. . &C the liniteh States
does not possess. but the nearest ap
proach 70 1t 10 Arizona
physicians rarriv ssnd their pasi-nts
20 the arid -eg.ors tksri1g s-xu1sy I'D
this consider a great -=sstake. 1hs
patients should be seat 10 the ard re
gions 40 soon as there 10 esia~nce oil in
irStion from the tubrrcse bacillus. and
should be made 70 remain there until
they are well. or until it il apparent that
the case 10 hopeless.
.Mauy physscsnEs ia the east order
patsents TO Californaa for the winter
apparently with vse~ al seudsng them
TO n dry climate. The relative husuidisy
in southern California is MS great. and
in some instances greater. than that -.
the Atiaasse cssstss. and many of the best
phsxiciSns in California regularly send
tleir subcrcalax and asthmasse patients
to Tneson. California is . beautikn,
country. hat the fogs whseh come 10
rosa the sen. and the efnana tions from
the vast irrigated rrgsons. make IL far
inferior TO the inland desert regions for
phthisscai pafsents- thiak il rras b<
assumed as a gemsrai rule that whes-
ever there 10 irrigation there 10 high
degree OF relative humsdsty. and patienss
sulIering from pulmonary phthisis
should newer ise sent TO an irrigated dis
tric4. Indeed. sonse of The California /
physieians have declared that irrigation
and malaria 20 together
"The city of Tucson has. la my cpin.
ion. advantages az a health resort ]
which can not be cquailed anywhere in !.
North America. know of no locality
where such d moderate winter climate |
and surh low degree OF relative hunsSt- |
ity are comhined with the same latitude
ana altitude. II u no iongcr coasidered |
imperative to send tuherrulas patients /
to an altitude Of &. 900 Seet. or over. In !
fact. clinical experience has proven that /
mose frequently patients required to be |
seat TO nm altitude or less. rather than |
more than 900 fret. The altitude oi /
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that secns 20 |
be amply high FOR all bot the most ex |
cepsional cases. The city is situated in /
basin near the underground Santa |
Cruz river. II 10 completely walled i'm |
by massive naountain 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 Tuc- |
son. Each of these ranges has an alsi- |
tude of s, 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. th. highest peak of the catalinaa,
has an elevation of o,000 feet, and
Mount wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL, ,0O0 |
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson IL as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set bcggar description.
s.During the nine months, October TO
Tunc, inclusive, 189+-5. there were bat
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine ei
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 but ten degrees east
of the sum-"