The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-15

many (as the writer sleep out during
the whole yepr. There are not FIVE days
III the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, out OF doors. in this climate in
iuricS and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There, has been no epidemic, ex-
ccpt IN whooping cough, for years.
THE winter months, from the middle
of September 10 the first of May, are in
this locality he finest in the world. One
bright sunshiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating. the
whole country green with the richest
yerdue 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 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.'
Dr. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson is city Of | o, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line Of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2 400 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 heing
269 and Sc espe,tively. 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 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 a climate the United States
| does not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach TO it Is Arizona.
'Phv sicians rareiv send their pat:~nts
to the arid -exioas 5nfri1g a-m=zer nd
this ! consider n great --istake. 1he
patients should be sent to the arid re-
gions so soon as there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be 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 ofsending them
TO a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
in some instances greater. than that Of
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country. but the fogs which come IN
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to the inland desert regions tor
phthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as general rule that wher-
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 irrigation /
and malaria go together.
THE city of Tucson has. in my opin-
ion, advantages as a health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere In
North America. know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
| and such a low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercular patients
/ to an altitude of ZOO feet, or over. In
! fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required TO bc
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 1000 feet. The altitude of
! Tucson is 9 400 feet, and that seems <c
be amply high for all bnt the most ex-
ccptional cases The city il situated hi
basin near the underground SAS1ta
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled III
! bv massive mountain ranges. - &hG
north is the Santa Catalina ranGs M
the east, the Rincon; to the soutM the
Santa Rita; and on the west, 8n& 1MGr
son. Each of these ranges has Ns Mi
/ tude of 1000 feet at least. Mou Ie-
mon. the highest peak of the 1unr,
has nm elevation Of 10000 nnd
Mount Wrightson in the Sa&30 Hikea,
reaches an altitude Of reakly "A ,QQo
| feet, sssSs
"The scenery at Tucson u Y. 49,
sive as anywhere in the nxcfEy ulofl1l-
tains, and the gorgeous sarxjne at1d as1ls
set beggar description.
During the nine naonft, 0cepa IN M
June, inclusive, 1884,, tiiere le INN
twenty-five cloudy days, nnd 1T e
these were in one month, o1n< en a.
the transparency sof the n
be had when STATE thek, at
and with the unnidcd -, ! hese e
Venus when it was huk tea de6reeo
l faR