The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-27


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
mid, There has been no epidemic, ex-
eept 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 aud 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-
crs."
DR.. II. W. Fenner. OF Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson is city of 10,O 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
qucrors. 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 Sc 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 ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerabie
and the most heaithfui part of the year.
SunstrokcS and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate o. Tucson has
been found bv experience to be particul-
arly beneficial to most cases OF puirnon-
AIRY phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercuiar periods.
Dir. 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 opcn air for a period of sew
eral months, or. for that matter. for
year, or several years, a climate In re
quircd which is continuously warm and
dry. Such "a climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest APP
proaeh to it Is Arizona.
Physicians rarcs~ send their pa'i-nts
10 the arid -eg.ous tariag s.1n=sr I'D
this | consider great -sstake. Ihs
1t Il 4 L. al "A
gions so soon as there is evidence OF in
fiction from the tubcrcie bacillus, and
should he made 10 remain there until
they are well. OF until il is apparent that
the case 10 hoE<iexs.
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 ms great, and
in some instances greater, than that %.
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmattc patients
to Tacson. California is a beautifus
coun,ry, but the togs which coue 10
rom the sea, and the einanaiions srom
the vast irrigated regions. make ii far
inferior To tho inland desert regions for
phthisscai patients. think il may be
assumed as a general rule that wiler-
ever there 10 irrigation there is high
degree Of relative humidity. andpatients
suffering from pulmonary ph;hisis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some Of the California
physscians have declared that 'irrigation
and malaria go together.
"The city os Tucson has. in my opin.
ion, advantages az health resort
which can not be equalied anywhere iu
North America. | know of no locality
where snch a moderate winter climate
and such iow degree OF relative humid.
,ty are combined with the same latii ude
and altitude. II In no longer considered
imperative to send tuberculaf patients
To an aitit ude of 5, 900 feet, or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required TO be
sent to IN altitude or less. rather than
more than q. 900 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for ali but the most ex-
ccptionai cases. The city 10 situated m
n basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t il completely walled IN
by massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range: to
the east, the Rincon; TO the south. the
Santa Rita: aud on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an alti-
tudc of s, 900 feet at least. Mount Le'
mon, tht highest peak Of the Catalinas,
has nm elevation OF 10000 feet. and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly IL ,ooS
feet.
.tThe scenery at Tucson is as impress
s;ve as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set bcggar description.
During the nine months. October to
Iupc. inclusive. 1s9+-5. there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these we're in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
he had when state that, at midd ay
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus wher it was hut ten degrees east
of the SUM-"
DR.. n, II. Matas, a Physician OF II
wears practice in this City. says
''Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces of nature tor the cure OF
| their disease, it is evident that an early
selection Of a good winter climate is the