The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-14


the whole year. There are not five days
IN the whole year but the most delicate
lnvaid can spend part of the day, at
least, 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 i'll the world One
bright sunshiny day succeeds anotl er;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verduc and the brightest flowers. Truly
! 1t 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 we'll nor have
known of one in the second stage that
did not improve. But | cannot refrain
from raising my voice against the out
rage at sending advanced cases TO this
or other sections to die among strang.
ers."
DR.. II. W. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K. H., says
Tucson is a city Of 10, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line OF the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one Of the oldest
settlements male by the Spanish con
querors. II 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
26' and Sc respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is> car
ried on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the therm mometer
ranges high. but the low degree ofhumid
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable,
and the most healthtui part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown The climate of Tucson has
been found bv 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 III the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously iii the open air for period OF sew
eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
. dry. Such climate the nited States
does not possess. but the nearest ap
proach to 1T Is Arizona.
physicians rarelv send their pa''9nts
to the arid -eg.ous ;rIriIg i-xn-:ec 1d
this consider great -~istake. Lht
patients should be scut To the arid re
.NE
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 "A view OF sending them
TO a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is as great. and
in some instances greater, than that u.
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubcrcular and asthmatir patients
10 Tucson. California IS beautltti'
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make II far
, Inferior to the inland desert regions tor
phthisical pa atients. think II may be
assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is high
degree of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthiS's
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some OF She California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
"The city ot Tucson has, in my opin.
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. know OF no locality
where such moderate winter climate
:. and such n low degree OF relative humid
$ ity are combined with the same latitude
, and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
: impcrative to send tuberculaT patients
c To an altitude of s. 900 feet. or over. In
: fact, clinical experience has proven that
9 more frequently patients required TO be
c sent to an altitude or less. rather than
:. more than 3, 900 feet. The altitude OF
t Tucson is 2, 400 feet, and that seems TO
he amply high for all but the most ex.
ceptionai cases The city is situated IN
basin near the underground Santa
:. Cruz river. 1t is completely walled IN
by massive mountain ranges. 10 the
: north il the Santa Catalina range; to
the east. the Rincon: to the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the uc'
Z son. Each Of these ranges has an slti-
> tude of T. 900 feet at least. Mount Le'
\ mon, tn. highest peak of the Catalinas,
:, has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
q Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly 11,o0V
=. feet.
The scenery at Tucson is as impress
s;ve as anywhere in the Rocky noun
Z tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
is set beggar description.
& During the nine months. October tc
n lime. inclusive. 1s94-5. there were but
Y twenty-five cloudy days, and nine o
& these were in one month. Some idea o
ID the transparency OF the atmosphere may
h. he had when state that, at midd ay
il and with the unaided eye, have seer
IT Venus when ii was hut ten degrees east
~ of the SUM-
e. DR.. \. H. Matas, a Physician OF L
te Years practice in this City, says
: ''Since consumptives must depend on tn
=. resisting forces of nature tor the cure o
=, H. d;seose II is evident that an earl