The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-15

"The heat is peculiar; it IS never clos
and oppressive; there is never sense O
Snffocation. The sunlr:,-lS .tre the mos
healthful period of &c year. Ahe dr.
heat oxidizes and deSiccates refuse mat
ter and prevents fermentation that Il
the great cause of disease, especially
among children, in most countries durlne
the summer. To my knowledge ther'
has never been case of chc,.--.a 'nfan
tum in the territory, nor has there beer
caes of sunstroke. except drunkards
inebriated at the time It is thecommo1
custom to sleep out of doors from th'
middle Of May until September. ans
many las the writer) sleep out during
| the whole yeSr. There are not five day!
in the whole year but the most delicate
| invalid can spend part of the day, al
least, out of doors. In this climate in
1uries 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 ir
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 JOY to live.
SAT 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."
DIR. III. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific r. R., says
Tucson is city of 10000 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,4OO 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
go 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 ofhumid-
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 pulmon-
ary phthisis, especially those of the
earlier 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. n
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for period ofsev-
eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach to it is Arizona.
physicians rare'v send their patents
to the arid -egions curing .;.xnc1er nd
this consider a great >.istake. 4hs
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