The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-02

many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole yer. There are not FIVE days
III the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, out OF doors. In this climate in
luries aud 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 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. ". Fenner. of Tucson, Surgeon
!
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 bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26' and So rcspe. 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 ofhuu1id-
ity makes the clear warmth toierabie.
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 benSncsal to most cases OF pnlrnon-
airy phthisis. especially those Of the
earlier or prc-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 coutin-
nously IN the open air for a period of sew
erai mon tbs, or. for that matter. for q
year. or several years. a climate 10 re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the limited States
does not possess. bat the nearest ap
proach to ii Is Arizona
4 Physicians rareaw send their pa |i~utS
TO the arid -.g.oes -urI1g s-en=.s< nd
this ! consider n great .-sstake. hs
patients should be srut to the ard re
Rions 50 soon as there is evidence of IN.
lection from the tubcrcle bacillus, nnd !
should be made to remain there until
they are we'll, or until il 10 apparent that
the e'case is hopeless.
"Many physicians "a the east order
patients TO California for the winter
apparently with view Of seadlng them
to dry climate. The relative humidity
IN southern California is as great, and |
IN souse tnsta noes greater. than that .,
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tnbescular and asthauatss pafaents
TO Tucson. California is teankafsa.
country. but the fogs which coSne IN I
rom the sea, and the emanatioas from
the vast irrigated reg,ons. make Il far
infrrsor TO the inland desert regions for
phthisicai patients. think it NAV hx
assumed as n general rule that wber !
ever there is irrigation there il a hsgh !
degree of relative humidity. and patients |
sasfering from pulmonary phthisas /
should never be seat TO an irrigated dis /
trict. Indeed. some Of the GaisaoYuia /
physicians have declared that irragas sion I
and malaria 60 together
.The city Mt Tucson has in my opin.
49,
which can not be eQuailed anyw here 10 7
North America. know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate 1
and such low degree OF relative humid. |
ity are eombined with the same Iatit ude i
and altitude. II - no louger considered /
imperative TO send tubcrcuiaF patients /
to an altitude OF 5000 feet, or over. In /
fact, clinical experience has proven that /
more frequently patients required TO be /
seat TO an altitude or less. rather than /
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF /
Tucson is 2, 100 feet. and that seems to !
be amply high for all but the most ex- /
cepticnai cases. The city ts situated in /
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. IL is completely walled 10
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north IL the Santa Catalina range; to
the east. the Rincon; TO the south. the
Santa Rita: and on the west. the Tue
son. Each OF these ranges has an alti-
tude of 8. 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak OF the cataiinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 feet. and /
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly IL zoe
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
of the sum-"
DR.. N, H. Matas. Physician OF ] Z |
years practice in this City, says
'.Since consumptives must depend on the