The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-25

middle ,f May until September. and
many (as the writer) sleep out during
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 exhilarating; the
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 |
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.. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific r. r., says
Tucson is n city of 900 inhabitants,
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
go and $50 spe.tively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ried on. The water supply is excellent. |
The summers are long. the thermo mometer |
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolcrable, |
and the most hcalthfrl 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.
DIR. 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 contiu-
uously in the open air for period of sew
year, or several years, a 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.
'sPhysiciaus raresw send their pat 4i-nts
to the arid -s1.ors gsuiag sxn-aer nd
this cofisider gssat astake., his
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions SO soon as there is evidence of in |
lection from the tubcrcle bacillus and |
should be made to remain there until |
they are well. or until it is apparent that |
the 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 is as great, and |
in some instances greater, than that vi
1.-THE Atlantic coast, and many of the best /
physicians in California regularly send |
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a bcautifu. |
{ country, but the fogs which come in |
rom the sea, and the emanations from |
the vast ifvig ted regions, make II iat I
interior "a thu inland desert regions for
Ihthisical patients. think II may be
q
ever there is irrigation there ,s a high
{ .,--~-" .oi relative humidity. aud patients
rom pulmonary phthlSis
that 4ti r bc sent to AN irrigated dis /
'ae" sNihe =, some of the California i
asz#TSS o. ave declared that .;-ri' o';an |
AndanAk.t. go rogtthe.ag made
n The city ~ Tucson er., r. my opin.
ion, advantages as nealth resort /
which can not he equalled anywhere in /
North America. know OF no locality /
where such a moderate winter climate /
and such low degree of relative humid. /
itv are combined with the same latitude /
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered /
imperative to send tubercuiar patients /
To an altitude of S 900 feet, or over. In |
fact, clinical experience has proven that |
more frequently patients required to bc |
sent to an altitude or less, rather than /
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF !
Tucson is z, 400 feet, and that seems to t
be amply high for all but the most ex.
ceptionaI cases. The city is situated 10 |
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; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an alti- |
tude of S 900 feet at least. Mount Le- |
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has IN elevation OF 10000 feet, and |
Mount Wrightson i'll the Santa Ritas, |
reaches an altitude of nearly ,0O0 /
feet.
1.-THE scenery Mt Tucson is as mpres-
sive as anywhere IN the Rocky noun |
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to |
June, inclusive, 1So+-5, there were but !
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these were in one month. Some idea ot |
the transparency OF the atmosphere may |
be had when state that, at midd ay |
and with the unaidcd eye. have seen /
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the sun"
4 DR.. N, H. Matas, Physician of II /
wears practice in this City. says