The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-22

ANNDi Au LNd ik lHG LlLuNs IL Is LHCCOLAAICh
custom to sleep out of doors from the
middle Of May until September. and
many (as 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, out 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
TINS locality the finest in the world. One
! bright sunshiny day succeeds anotI er;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
IT is a JOY to live.
At present have never known 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 city of 10000 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 56o 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
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 by experience to be particul
arly beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
AIRY phthisis, especially those Of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
Or, 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 in the open air for a period OF sew
eral months, or, for that matter, for
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 1t is Arizona.
Physicians rareiv send their paints
to the arid -eg;ous Sntri1g s2sn1er I'D
this | consider a great -istakc. Ahs
patients should be sent to the arid re,
gions so soon as there is evidence of IN
fiction from the tubcrcle 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 10 California for the winter
E apparently with view of sending them
, | to a dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
in some instances greater, than that o.
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
I their tubercular and asthmatie pa u.
p to Tucson. California is a beau .lt5
country, but the fogs which co.. -.
rom the sea, and the cinanations from
, the vast irrigated regions, make i aa1
: inferior to tho inland desert region r
phthisicai patients. think it m = be
assumed as "A general rule that whcr-
: 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
II physicians have declared that irrigation
: and malaria go together.
The city ot Tucson has. in my opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
rs which can not be equalled anywhere IN
IS North America. know of no locality
y where such moderate winter climate
l. and suci, low degree of relative humid
IS ;ty are combined with the same latitude
20 and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
D. ;mperative to send tubercuiar patients
ie TO an altitude OF 5 1000 feet, or over. In
n fact. clinical experience has proven that
rs more frequently patients required to b<
ie scnt to an altitude or less, rather thar
c. more than 5000 feet. The altitude o.
II Tucson is 2. 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex
ocDtioual cases The city is situated II
n basin near the underground Santa
~ Cruz river. 1t is completely walled II
" by massive mountain ranges. To ths
= north is the Santa Catalina range, tt
81 the east, the Rincon to the south, th'
y Santa Rita; and on the west. the NC
's son, Each of these ranges has an alti
= tude of 6, 900 feet at least. Mount lie
Y y. mon, the highest peak of the Catalinas
$. has an elevation of 10000 feet. ant
~ Mount Wrightson in the Santa Rtas
u reaches an altitude of nearly ll,oo'
,c- feet.
THE scenery at Tucson is as impres
s;ye as anywhere in the Rocky noun
&C. tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
is set beggar description.
ng During the nine months, October t
an Tunc inclusive, 1S94-5, there were bu
By twenty-five cloudy days, and nine
ng these were in one month. Some idea c
nd the transparency OF the atmosphere, ma
III he had when state that, at midd a.
Ii and with the uuaided eye, have see
mt Venus when it was hut ten degrees cas-
no Of the SUM-"
- n N II Matas n Physician OF /