The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-29

HiuuS May Until OSpCerpOer, anu
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 in
turies 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 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."
~ II. w Vi ! hNS}u, Shi kNOb
of the Southern Pacific r. r., says
Tucson is city of 10, 900 inha abitants,
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,
81. 4.
yearly minimum and maximum being
26' and So respectively. 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 ofhunid
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 bv experience 10 be particnl-
arly beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
ary phthisis. especially those oi 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-
uousiy in the open air for a period OF sew
erai months, or for that matter. for a
year, or several years, climate ~ re-
Quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the uited States
does not possess. hnt the nearest ap-
proach to it Is Arizona
Physicians rare'v scnd their pa'|-nts
to the arid -sgsons -stri7g t-snzer I'D
this | consider a great -istake. 4 hs
patients should be sent "a the arid re
gions so soon as there Is evidence OF in
fection from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made To remain there until
they are well. or until il Is appa:en: that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians is' the east order
patients to California tor the winter
apparently with s1ew o' sending them
to dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California IL as great; and
in some instances greater, than that %.
the Atlantic coast. and many oi the best
physicians ia California regularly &eRd
their tubcrcuiar and asfhmattS patients
to Tucson. California Is a beautifu,
country, but the togs which come IN
rom the sea, and the enanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make II far
inferior to thc inland desert regions foi
phthis,cal patients. think 1t may bs
assumed as a general rule that wsser
ever there is irrigation there IN a high
degree Of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthIsis
should never be sent 10 an irrigated dts
trict, Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria GO together.
The city ~ Tucson has, in my opiu-
ion, advantages as health resort
W hich can NOT be equailed anvw here IN
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 NJ no longer considered
imperative TO send tubcrcuiaT patients
to an altitude OF 5. 900 feet. or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required 10 be
sent to an altitude or less. rather than
more than 3, 900 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson 10 2. 400 feet. and that seems to
he amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city Is situated ia
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled IN
OS massive Az Lux
north il the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon: to the south, the
Santa Rita: and on the west, the Tug
son. Each of these ranges has an slti-
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas.
has an elevation o. 10000 feet. and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly 11,00e
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
Iune. inclusive, 1s9+-5. there were but
twenty cloudy days, and nine oi
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 sun"
Or. \, II. Matas. a Physician of II
wears practice in this City, says
;S;,ce consumptiyes must deDer1d on the