The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-07

middle Of May until September, and
many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole yePr. 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
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
/ 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
III 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.. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K. r., says
/ Tucson is a city of 10, 600 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
26o and So respe, lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
RED on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid-
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.
DR.. 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 period of sew
erai months, or, for that matter, for a !
year, or several years, a 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 it is Arizona.
Physicians rarely send their pat; |
to the arid -e2:ons curing s-snzer 1d |
this ! consider a great --2stake. 4hs |
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gions so soon as there is evidence of in. |
fiction from the tubercle 'ec.Ilus, and |
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 a view OF sending them |
to dry climate. The relative humidity |
in southern California is as great, and |
in some instances greater. than that y!
the Atlantic coast. and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatlc patients
, TO Tucson. California Is a beautifui
country, but the iogs which come IN
rom the sea, and the emana ions from
; the vast irrigated regions, mf Ike it far
inferior to the inland desert regions Tor
phthisical patients. ! think il may be
assumed as a general rule that her
ever there is irrigation there is a high
degree OF relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent 70 an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together
The city of 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. II is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercuiar 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 3 1000 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson is :, 400 feet, and that seems TO
be amply high for all bnt the most cx
ceptional cases. The city is situated III
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river II is completely walled III
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range; 20
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Santa Rita: and on the west, the Tue
son. Each Of these ranges has an alti.
tude of . 900 feet AT least. Mount lie.
mon. the highest peak Of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet. and
Mount Wrightson i'll the Santa Rtas,
reaches an altitude of nearly ll,00G
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is rs impress
siye as anywhere i'll the Rocky noun
: tains. and lie gorgeous sunrise and sun
; set bcGear description.
, During the uine months, October to
! Iunc. inclusive, tS945, there were but
? TWENTY-FIVE cloudy DAYS and nine OF
, these were III one month. Some idea OF
! the transparency Of he atmosphere may
be had Whcu state that, al midday
and With the una,dcd eye, have seen
Venus s>hcu it was hut ten degrees east
! OF tie s1n."
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