The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-12

| ~"'NVA" W SitSp out Oh uOOTS tTOm LuC
middle )f May until September, and
many las 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
urles and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mld. There has been no epidemic, ex
cept iii whooping cough, for years.
! he winter months, from The middle
OF September to the first of May, are in
tins 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
1t is JOY to live.
At present have never known per
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages ot pulmonary disease andiocating
III 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 eases to this
or other sections to die among strang'
ers."
DR.. II. w. Fenner. of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific r. H., says
Tucson is a city Of 10, 900 inha bitants,
on the main line OF the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 300 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
269 and So respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car.
rted on. The water supply is excellent.
/ The summers are long, the thermo ometeS
ranges high. but the how degree ofhumid
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable.
and the most hcalthful part of the year.
Stnstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
been found by experience to be partcul
ariy 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 tht
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. lD
order that the patient may live contin /
uously III the open air for "a period OF sew /
cral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years. a climate is re-
qured which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the nited States |
does not possess. but the nearest ap
proach to It rs Arizona.
Physicians rare1v send their paints
to the arid -eg. .ons ,Ari1g SIMMER nd
this | consider a great -.stake. ht |
patients should be sent To the arid re
gions SO soon as there is evidence OF IN
fiction from the tuberc1e bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until /
they are we'll, or until II Is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter
apparently with view ot sending them
to drv climate The relative humidity
i'll southern California is as great, and
in some instances greater, than that y,
/ the Atlantic coast, ard many of the best
/ physicians in California regularly send
/ their tubcrcular and asthmasie patients
! to Tucson. California is a beautitu,
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the cmanations from
/ the vast irrigated regions. make II fat
| inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may bt
assumed as n general rule that wher
ever there il irrigation there is 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
aud malaria go together.
THE city OF Tucson has, in my opin.
/ ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be equailed anywhere IN
/ North America. | know of no locality
where such moderate winter climate
/ and such low degree of relative humid
I ity are combined with the same latit nde
and altitude. Ii is no longer considered
/ imperative to send tubcrcular patients
to an altitude of 5 900 feet, or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent to IN altitude or less, rather than
more than 3 900 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson is 400 feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex
ceptional cases. The city is situated in
n basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled IN
nv massive mountain ranges. 10 the
north il the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; tn 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 an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly IL, ,0OG
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impres-
siye as anywhere III the Rocky noun
tains. aud the gorgeous sunrise and sun
) set beggar description.
!. During the nine months, October to
Juue, inclusive. 1S94-5, there were but
TWENTY-FIVE cloudy days. and nine OF
!, these we're in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency OF the atmosphere may
he had when state that, at m'dd ay
E and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
! of the sun
. DR.. n. II. Matas, a Physician OF II
.- .,.,ct,ee -, this City SAWS