The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-14

many las the writer sleep out during
the whole year. There are not five days
IN the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day. at
least, ont Of doors. In this climate in
iuries 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
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.. H. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson is a 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 braciug,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
:, 260 and $50 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
y ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable.
e and the most healthful part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
I unknown. The climate of Tucson has
II been found by experience to be particul-
~ arly beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
AIRY phthisis especially those of the
T. earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
IS DR.. Mark A. Rogers, of Tucson, says:
, My experience has impressed upon
,e the the necessity for outdoor life in the
If treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
a order that the patient may live contin-
+ uous1y in the open air for a period ofsev-
r eral months. or, for that matter, for a
n year, or several years, a climate is re-
n 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.
S Physicians rare'v send their pa";-
s to the arid -egions curing s-cn=1e. nd
this consider a great --istake. 1he
+ patients should be sent to the arid re-
S gions so soon as there is evidence of in-
0 fiction from the tubercle bacillus, aud
+ should be made to remain there until
they are well or until it is apparent that
: the case is hopeless.
Many physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter,
, apparently with view of sending them
to 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 enanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
, inferior to the inland desert regions for
? phthisical patients. think it may be
| assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is high
degree Of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some of the California
: physicians have declared that irrigation
S and malaria go together.
"The city Of Tucson has. in my opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
: which can not be equalled anywhere 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 is no longer considered
imperative to send tuberculaT patients
to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
!, more than 1000 feet. The altituds OF
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
: be amply high for all but the most ex-
!, ceptional cases. The city is situated ii
!, basin near the underground Santa
j Cruz river. 1t is completely walled III
: bv massive mountaia ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; to the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tuc-l
son. Each of these ranges has an elti-
, tude of s, 1000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon, the highest peak Of the CAta1inas.
: has an elevation of 10000 feef. and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly ia, 900
!. feet.
4 1.-THE scenery at Tucson il 10 impress
I sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise ard nune
: set beggar description.
> During the nine months, 0ckoh<rto
!, June, inclusive, 1895. there gere buk.
: tw salty-five cloudy DAYS, alId nine ck
: these were in one xzncnth. Sou1c idea
y the Transparency 81 .tne afll3I
!, and with the unAided ~, 4 hnve ae<n
: Venus when It waa hut - teee t11<
4 Of the sun. 2