The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-09

AAus u May Until september, anC
many las the writer) sleep out during
the whole yesr. There are not FIVE days
IN the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
ieast, out of doors. In this climate in
lures 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
TINS locality the finest in the world. One
bright sunshiny day succeeds anotf err;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
whoie 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."
DIR. H. w. Fcnner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific r. R., says
Tucson is city of 10, 900 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
260 and 560 respe. lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
red on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerabie,
and the most healthful part of the year.
Snnstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience to be particui-
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. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for period ofsev-
erai months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap-
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rafe'v send their pa
to the arid -eg.oas sariag s-m-1er nd
this | consider great ---istakr. Ahs
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence OF in
fiction from the tubercie bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are well. or until il 10 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 dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California 10 as great, and |
in some instances greater. than that o. /
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best /
physicians in California regularly send
their tubcrcular and asthmatie patients
TO Turson. California is a beautifu.
country. but the fogs which conae in
com the sea, and the emanatious from
the vast irrigated regions, make il far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
piathisicai patients. | think il may be (
assumed as a general rule that wheT- |
ever there 10 irrigation there is high /
degree of relative humidity. andpatients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis |
should never be sent to an irrigated dis /
trict. Indeed, some OF the California /
- Al.
and malaria 20 together.
'sTh< city NJ Tucson has. in my opin- |
iou, advantages az health resort /
which eau not be eqnalled anywhere in |
North America. | know of no locality /
where such a moderate winter climate /
and such low degree of relative humid I
ity are combined with the same latitude |
and altitude. II is no longer considered |
imperative to send tubercuIaS patients |
to an altitude OF s 900 feet, or over. In |
fact. clinical experience has proven that |
more frequently patients required TO be |
sent to an altitude or less, rather than /
more than ZOO feet. The altitude oi |
Tucson is 2, 400 feet, and that seems 20 |
be amply high for all hut the niost ex |
ceptional cases. The city is situated in |
n basin near the underground Santa |
Cruz river. II il completely walled In |
by massive mountain ranges. To the |
north 10 the Santa Catalina range: to |
the east, the Rincon: 10 the south, the |
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue |
son. Each of these ranges has an slti |
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le |
mon, the highest peak of the Cataliuas,
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas. |
reaches an altitude of nearly 1.00e |
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impress
sivc az anywhere in the Rocky noun |
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun.
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to |
Iunc. inclusive, 1S94-5, there were but |
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
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 hut ten degrees east
of the sum-"
DIR. n, H. Matas, a Physician OF II
wears practice in this City, says
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