The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-28

ShN Aot~ fNTAs dLC HOk htC uNyS
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
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
this 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
it is a jov 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 70 this
or other sections to die among strang-
ers."
DR.. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson is 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 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
26o and So respe. lively. 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 toIerable. |
and the most healthful part OF the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
been found bv experience 10 be particul- !
arly beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
airy phthisis. especially those OF the
earlier or pre-tubercuiar periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers. OF Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor lite IN the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin- I.
uously in the open air for period of sew /
eral months, or. for that matter. for n /
year or several years, climate is re- |
quired which is continuously warm and |
dry. Such a climate the United States |
does not possess, bat the nearest ap |
proach to il is Arizona.
Physicians rarriv send their pa 'i"rts |
TO the arid -tg:ons snri7g s-gn=zsr nd !
this | consider "A great -=.stake. hs /
patients should be sent TO the ard re
gions so soon as there Is eyidencc OF in
fiction from the tubercle bacillus. and
should be made 10 remain there until
they are well, or until it is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians in the cas-, order
patients to California toy the winter
apparently with a view of sending them
TO a dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California 10 as great. and
ia some instances greater, than that %.
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the best
phvsicians in California regularly send
their tubcrcular and asthmassS patsents
to Tucson. California is a beautifn.
country, but the sogS which come in
rom the sea, and the rmanatious from
the vast irrigated regions, make ii tar
inferior TO tho inland desert regions sor
paAtSaAAs iAAAaA ~ ~
assumed as a general rale that " her
ever there 10 irrigation there ~ a 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 tina, irrigation
and malaria go together.
"The city M 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 q moderate winter climate
and such a low degree OF relative humid /
ity are combined with the same Ia tStude |
and altitude. II - no longer considered /
imperative to send tuberculaf patients /
to an altitude OF 5000 feet, or over. La |
fact, clinical experience has proven that /
more frequently patients required TO he |
sent to an altitude or less. rather than !
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems TO |
be amply high for all but the most ex. /
cept;onal cases The city is situated IN /
basin near the underground Santa |
Cruz river. /; is completely walled in /
bv massive mountain ranges. To the |
north is the Santa Catalina range; to !
the east, the Rincon. to the south, the |
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue |
son. Each of these ranges has an slti /
tude OF :, 900 feet at least. Mount Le |
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas, |
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightsou in the Santa Ritas, |
reaches an altitude of nearly IL, ,000
feet
"The scenery at Tucson is as impress |
siye as anywhere in the Rocky noun. |
tains and the gorgeous sunrise and sun |
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to |
Iuue, inclusive, 1s9+5. there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine ei
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-"
Dr.N. II. Matas, Physician OF II
wears practice in this City, says
''Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces of nature tor the cure OF
their disease, it is evident that an early
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