The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-22

inebriated at the time. 1t is Uncommon
custom to sleep out of doors from the
middle Of May until September. and
many las the writer) sleep out during
the whole yer. There are not FIVE days
IN the whole year but the most delicate
nvalid 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, cx-
cept i'll whooping cough, for years.
The winter months, from the middle
OF September to the first of May, are in
tins 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
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
IT is 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.
crs."
DR.. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K. r., saws
Tucson is city of 10, 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 being
26' and So respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
RED on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree oihumid-
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.
ariy beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
AIRY phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubcrcuiar 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 coutin.
uously in the open air for period of sew.
eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, a climate is re.
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rare'v send their pa; mt:
to the arid -e2.ons ,uri-g s-sn=1es I'd
| this / consider a great -istakc. hs
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubcrcle bacillus. aut
should be made to remain there unit
they are well. or until it is apparent thai
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east ordet
patients to California for the winter
apparently y tn view of sending then
TO "a dry climate. The relative humidit,
in southern California is as great, am
i'm some instances greater. than that u
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the hes
physicians in California regularly sen
their tubercular and asthmatic patient
to Tucson. California is beautifu
country. but the fogs which come j,
| rom the sea, and the carnations from
the vast irrigated regions. make it fa
inferior to tho inland desert regions TO
phthisical patients. think it may b.
assumed as n general rule that wher
ever there ia irrigation there is higf
degree OF relative humidity. impatient.
suffering from pulmonary phthisi,
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed. some of the Calitoruis
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
1.-THE city of Tucson has. in my opin
| ion. advantages as health resort
North America. know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such 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 5000 feet, or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to b
sent to an altitude or less, rather thar
more than 5000 feet. The altitude o
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems tc
be amply high for all bnt the most ex
ceptional cases. The city is situated ii
a basin near the underground SAINTS
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; to the south. ths
Santa Rita and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an alti
tude of S, 900 feet at least. Mount lie
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas
reaches an altitude of nearly IL ,00G
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
June. inclusive, 1S94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
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
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