The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-06

custom 10 sleep out OF doors from the
middle of May until September. and
many las the writer) sleep out during
the whole yePr. 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
mid. 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 another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
vcrdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is n JOY to live.
AT present have never known a per
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocatine
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
crs."
DR.. II. w. Fenner of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K. K, says
Tucson is city of O,0O0 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
G.. 4.
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
260 and 560 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-
AIRY 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 offs
eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, climate is re
qurcd 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 rarely send their pas
to the arid -eg:ous curing .-Ruler I'D
this ! consider a great -%,stake. Ihs
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon al there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubcrcle bacillus. and
should he made to remain there until
they are well, or until il 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 o.
| the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
! physicians in California regularly send
/ their tubcrcrlar and asthmatic patients
i to Tucson. California is n beautifu,
country, but the fogs which come IN
1 rom the sea, and the ernanations from
/ the vast irrigated regions, make IL far
/ inferior to the inland desert regions for
| phthisical patients. ] think II may bc
assumed as general rule that wber-
ever there is 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
physicians have declared that 'irrigat ton
and malaria go together.
/ "Thc CITY ot Tucson has. in my opin.
! ion, advantages as a health resort
which can not be equalied anywhere in
| North America. know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
| and such "A low degree of relative humid
! itv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. Ii is no longer considered
! irnperatiye TO send tubercular patients
10 an altitude OF 5000 feet. or over. In
| fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to bs
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 1000 feet. The altitude ot
/ Tucson is 2, 400 feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex
ceptioual cases. The city is situated III
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled IL
bv massive mountain ranges. To thu
north is the Santa Catalina range; te
the east, the Rincon: 10 the south, thu
Sa~ta Rita: and on the west, the Tue
so, Each of these ranges has an aiti
tude of 900 feet at least. Mount lie
mon, the highest peak of the Catalinas
has an elevation of 10000 feet. ant
Mount wrightson in the Santa Ritas
reaches an altitude OF nearly 11,oo'
feet.
THE scenery at Tucson is as impres
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October t
Tune. inclusive, 1S94-5, there were bu
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine
these were in one month. Some idea
the transparency of the atmosphere ma.
be had when state that, at m'dd a,
and with the unaided eye, have see
Venus wher it was hut ten degrees east
Of the sun"
DR.. n, II. Matas, Physician OF /