The Tucson citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz.) 1901-1928, 1902-03-01

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IN the whole year but the most delicate
Invalid 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
mud. There has been no epidemic, ex-
cept III whooping cough, for years.
The winter months, from the middle
OF September to the first of May, are III
this locality the finest in the world One
bright sunshiny day succeeds another
the nights are cool and celebrating; the
whole country green with the richest
verduc and the brightest flowers. Truly
1t IS Joy to live.
AT present have never known per
son coming to this Territory in the carly
stages OF pulmonary disease and locating
III 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
OF other sections to die among strang
crS.
DR.. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
ot the Southern Pacific X. t., SAYS
Tucson is q city Of 10, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line OF the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude $500 feet above the
sea level, Tucson is one OF the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con.
querors. II is now the commercial aud
railroad center Of Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing.
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
ny +islI EG,} f,N,iu Il iyss II
Is small and but little irrigation is car
red on. The water supply il excellent,
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high. but the low ,cgrec ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerablc,
and the most.healthful part Of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostratious 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 al 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
uousiy in the open air for period oi sew
eral months, or. for that matter, for
year, or several years, "A climate is re.
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the nited States
does not possess. but the nearest APP
proach to 1t is Arizona.
"PhysiCians r.trcie send their p8' 'rlts
! to tho arid -eg.ors .,tri1g ~En=1e: nj
this | consider great stake. b,
/ patients should be sent To the arid re
I - -
/ fiction from the tubcrclr bacillus, and
should he made 10 remain there until
/ they are well. OF until II is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east otacI
patients ia California for the wintcf
| apparently with view OF sending them
to q dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California is rs great, and
in some instances greater, than that of
the Atlantic coast, and many oi the bcsf
physicians in California regularly scud
their tui,ereular and asihmat,% patients
To Tucson. California ~ "a beautiful,
country. bat the ioes which cosne Su
rom the sea, and the carnations from
the vast irrigated regions, make II far
inferior Ia the inland desert regions fui
phthisical patients. think IL may he
assumed as general rule that wher
ever there is irrigation there is a high
degree of relative humidity, and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisik
should never he sent TO an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed some OF tho California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
THE city III Tucson has. in my opin.
4 l.sAs.A Il -
which can not I've equniled angw here IN
North America. | know of no locality
| where such moderate Winter climate
and such low degree OF relative humid
itv are cor,binctl with the same latitude
and altitude. Ii is no longer considered
| imperative 10 send tuiercuiRt patients
10 an altitude Of S ZOO feet. or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required ~ bt
sen; TO an altitude or less, rather than
more than 4. 900 feet. The altitude o.
Tucson IN Z, 400 feet, and that sccIas to
be amply high for all bnt the most ex.
ceutional cases The city is situated m
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled 10
hv massive mountain ranges. 10 tht
north il the Santa Catalina range 70
the east, the kincOH, 10 tHt eohtH, bifs
Santa Rita: and on the west, the Tue
son, Each of these ranges has an att
tudc of :, ZOO feet at least. Mount LIE
mon. thu highest peak of the CataIinas,
has mn elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Rltas,
reaches an altitude of nearly li,ooo
feet.
"Thc scenery Mt Tucson is ms impress
siyc as anywhere iii the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
, set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
lime. inclusive. lS9i-5, there were but
twenty cloudy days, and nine Of
: these were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
he had when state that. ut midday
: and with the rnaided eye, have seen
Venus " her it was hut ten degrees east
of the sun.
DIR. n, II. Matas, a Physician OF II
wears practice in this City. says
"Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces OF nature Tor the cure OF
:, 49,, - - evident that an early