The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-21

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many (as 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
least, out of doors. In this climate m
iuries and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex'
cept in whoopng 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 anotl er;
the nights are cool and exhlarating; i he
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is JOY to live.
| AT present have never known 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-
crs."
DR.. II. w. Fenner. of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific X. r., says
Tucson is city of 10000 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,40O feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con
quefors. 1t il now the commercial and
railroad center of Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing,
J the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26o and 56o 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 ofhufnid-
itN 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'
: ariy beneficial TO most cases of pulfnon-
airy phthiss, 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 a period OF sew
] eral months, or. for that matter, for
year, or several years, a climate is re.
quired which is continuously warm and
c dry. Such climate the United States
+ does not possess. but the nearest ap-
: proach to it is Arizona.
"physicians rareiv send their pa+@n
!. to the arid -eg.oEs :ssri1g Inner ID
|. this | consider a great --.stake. Ahs
: patients should he sent to the arid re
fSF
= fiction from the tubercle bacillus, and
/. should be made to remain there until
: they arc well. or until ii is apparent that
! the case is hopeless.
n "Many physicians IN the east order
II patients to California for the winter
re apparently with a view of sending them
r, to a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California 10 AS great, ant
rcA in some instances greater, than that u
= the Atlantic coast. ard many OF the bes
r physicians in California regularly sent
Il their tubereular and asthmatic patient
,e to Tucson. California ~ hcautiiu
country, but the fogs which come II
> rom the sea, and the cmanations iron
!, the vast irrigated regions. make II fa
- - inferior 70 tho inland desert regions fo
- phthisicaI patients. think ii may b'
:. ever there is irrigation there Is higf
!. degree of relative humidity, and patients
y. suffering from pulmonary phthis'i
- should never be sent 10 an irrigated dis
:, tvict. Indeed, some of the California
~ physicians have declared that irrigation
- and malaria go together.
..Thc city ~ Tucson has. iii my opin
ion, advantages as health resor
Is which can not be equailed anywhere ii
os North America. know OF no localit,
y where such a moderate winter climat
IL and such low degree of relative humid
Ks ity are combined with the same lati'uti
50 and altitude. II is no longer cons,defe'
a. imperative to send tuberculnT patient
nc TO an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. II
n fact clinical experience has proven tina
es more frequently patients required to b
nc sent TO IN altitude or less, rather thai
le, more than 3, 900 feet. The altitude @
at Tucson is q. 400 feet. and that seems t.
be amply high for all but the most ex
ceptional cases. The city is situated i
!. basin near the underground SAINT
~ ~ Cruz river. 1t is completely walled .
" by massive mountain ranges. To tn
- north is the Santa Catalina range: :
~ the east, the Rincon; to the south. th
Santa Rita: and on the west, the Tux
-. son. Each of these ranges has an alt
~ tude of s, 900 feet mt least. Mount Ia
~ mon. tn, highest peak OF the Catalina'
NJ has nm elevation OF 10000 feet, an
~ Mount Wrightson i'll the Santa Rita
~ reaches an altitude OF nearly 1i,oO
~. feet.
THE scenery at Tucson is as irnpre
sive as anywhere in the Rocky nou'
ic tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and SUI
is set beggar description.
ng "During the nine months, October
an Tune, inclusive, lSoi-5, there were b'
by twenty-five cloudy days, and nine
ng these we're in ono month. Some idea
nd the the transparency OF the atmosphere ma
IN be had when state that, at midd
ch- and with the unaided eye, have see
nj Venus when it was hut ten degrees eas
ho oftbc sun."
lie Or. n, H. Matas. a Physician OF
lie wears practice iii this City, SAYS:
t,c.,c. corSun,pfives must lcDend on Il