The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-02

many las the writer sleep out during
the whole ye?r. 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
Iurics 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 III 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
II is a JOY To live.
AT present have never known per-
son coming 10 this Territory in the carly
stages OF pulmonary disease and dlocating
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."
/ DIR. II. W. Fenner. of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K. r., says
/ 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-
uuerors. 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
260 and Sc 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 ofhuniid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable.
and the most heaithful part OF the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown The climate of Tucson has
been found bv experience to be particui-
arly beneficial to most cases OF pulmon-
ary phshisas. especially those OF the
; earlier OF pre-tubercular periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
E me the necessity for outdoor life in the
4 treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
\ order that the patient may live contiu-
I uously in the open air for a period of sew
= eral months or, for that matter, for
n wear, or several years, a climate 10 re-
u ouirrd which is continuously warm and
= drr. Such a climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest APP
proaeh to il is Arizona.
q 'phvsicians rarS'v send their pat: .nts
s to the arid -tZ.cns txri1g s.eu.ser s7d
J this ! consider q great --.stake- he
i patients should he sent TO the arid re-
S gions so soon as there is evidence of in
0 iection from the tubcrcle bacillus, and
i 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 a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
: in some instances greater. than that of
z 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
e rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make It far
, iufrior to tho inland desert regions for
r phthisicai patients. l think it may be
] assumed as general rule that whcr-
= ever there is irrigation there Is a high
e 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 irrigafion
and malaria go together.
The city ri Tucson has. in my opin-
ion. advantages as a health resort
: which can not be equalled anywhere IN
; North America. know of no locality
where such "a moderate winter climate
and such a low degree of relative humid
itv are combined with the same latitude
, and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
J imperative to send tnhercuiar patients
TO an altitude of 5000 feet, Or over. III
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to b.
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
/, more than 1000 feet. The altitude Of
Tucson is 400 feet. and that sccTns 70
be amply high for all but the most -
!, ceptional cases. The city ID situated II
!, basin near the underground SANTA
Il Cruz river. 1t 10 compIetely walled In
bx massive mountaial ranges. 10 the
north is the Santa Catalina rAnkt; M
the east. the Kincon; ko the eott] IT,
Santa Rita; and ON the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges hAa nn Nlti-
; tude Of 5000 feet al least. Munnt L.
mon. tht highest peak of tn Catahnns,
:, has an elevation of 10. 600 fces, md
Mount Wrightson III the S4ntA Ritas.
reaches an aititudc of ueAriy u, ,030
:. feet.
II "The scenery al Tueson = = spsess
:. sive as anywhere IN ~ Rcc
J tains, and the gorgeous
!. set beggar descrip tioti. e
= > During the nine nc1
. June. inclusive, fs< ;. U A.! ~ !
!, the transparency y, III ~ 1
= be had when q
= and with 1l
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