Arizona republican., 1902-04-13
AN EARLY FRIEND
 0F TIE VALLEY
Dr, J. B. Murphy, Inc Emi- nent Surgeon Of Chicago
He Learned of the Curative Effect of the Climate Twelve Years Ago-A Talk by Him Yesterday on the Subject of Lung Diseases

1NtiS blit IlOSl tlillHellI SUI SSOll III liLI | United States. left last night for the | coast after a visit of three days with ! Dr. R. W. Craig. who was his assist ant for four years.
 pr. Murphy has done more to make the Salt River valley known as a health resort than any other man: more than any other agency. Though ha was never in the valley until last Wednesday, he has been sending pa tients here for years.
 In the course of q conversation with a reporter for The Republican yestar- day afternccn he said, "I believe the Salt River valley is the greatest health resort in the world. My attention was first directed to it by an Englishman more than twelve years ago. He had lived here for some time and was q very intelligent gentleman. so that he was able to give me a correct descrip- tion Of the climatic conditions of the valley. I made further inquiry and sent a few patients who were suffering Of lung trohue. The result justified the opinion l had formed of the valley and l sent others. I suppose l have sent twice as many patients as any other physician in the east. I do not pretend to say that any particular climate is better than another for per sons having lung trouble. but there can be no better climate for them than this. I know that by the results. You can not get away from results. They are better than theories. We do not care SC much to know why this climate cures lung diseases as to know that it dces cure them.
 This is place for a great national sanitarium. 1 do not mean that there should be great buildings. but that the gifts that nature has bestowed on the valley should be supplemented. A great deal of responsibility devolves on the people of Phoenix. The best possi- ble accommodations should be afforded those who come here in i'll health. There should be plenty of amusements for them and they should be able to buy such food as they can get at home They should be made to feel that they are at home. Much of all this is lack ing now.
 The railroad connections are un- favorable to Phoenix If you had . trunk line Phoenix would soon become more prominent as a health resort than any other town on the coast. It would suTpass Pasadena, which is now the best known"
 ] Dr. Murphy has for several years de- voted his attention exclusively to the practice of surgery. His medical prac- ! tice is confined to consultations. but there is no physician in the world more | 6nhfllV in p6 n "a iN- of trro culosis.
 | T am an optimist on the subject of the effect of climate on lung trouble" said he. The climate te here is better i than that of Colorado, not because tho air is any purer. but because the aiti- tude is not so great. It is better than that of California or any other region in the country because of the slightness Of humidity. Another great advantage the sick enjoy here is the ability to get vegetables at all seasons of the year. and the best milk that can be found anywhere. You cannot get these things at many health resorts"
 1 Dr. Murphy spoke of the mistake { that most consumptives make in the manner of their living Said he: Tt 1 is q popular error to believe that per sons suffering from weak lungs should l take plenty of exercise. On the con ! trary they should take none at all CT as little as possible. If one has sore | foot he does not walk on it or exercise it to make it strong. If he has d broken i knuckle he does not move the knuckle l but he keeps his finger strengthened that there may be no movement of t
 So it should be in the case of a sore lung. Nothing should be done to excite ! .,4sx
 is an exchange of air of about 2o0 cubic inches. In a condition of activ-
 ity the exchange increases to from ]. 200
 to 1,600 cubic inches. That increase cannot be beneficial 10 sore or weak lungs"
 The doctor is pleased with the town
 as well the climate During his stay | here he was kept bus.er than he would have been if he had remained at home. for there are scores of invalids ha,e sent by him and when they heard that he was in town they called upon him
 CT sent for him.
 To laymen Dr. Murphy is better known as the inventor Of the famous i Murphy button. which has saved thou sands of lives and is now used in sur Sery all over the world. About 10 eco are used annually. The button is a metal contrivance in two parts. Both
 parts are perforated to admit the pass
 age of liquid through the intestine In
 case of the outing or the perforatfcn
 of an intestine n&rt Of the button is
 put into each end, which is secured to
 it and then the parts of the button are bucklad or pushed together tightly. The
 button is wholly within the intestine.
 By the time the joined parts of the in
 tesrine have grown together the ends
 il the grasp of the button have
 sl0ughed off and the button is dis 1 charged.
 It may be interesting to know that
 the inventor has never derived any
 financial benefit from his invention lie
 is in no way connected with the manu-
 fracture of them. but he buys those h.
 uses in his practice the same as any
 other surgeon has to do
 But with the scientific world Dr.
 Murphys fame does not rest on the
 button. He was known throughout