The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-27

the whole year. There are not Eve days
in the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, out of doors. In this climate iu-
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
1t is a Jov to live.
AT present have never known a 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.. Fl. 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.
qherors. 1t is now the commercial and
railroad center of Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and brncing
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26' and 56o respectively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car.
ried on. The water supply III excellent
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerabie,
'and the most healthful part of the year.
Sunstrokcs and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
been found bv experience to be particul-
arly beneficial to most cases of pulinon-
airy phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubcrcular periods.
DIR. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, says;
My experience has impressed upon
rie the necessity for outdoor lite IN the
treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live coutin-
uousiy IN the open air for period of sew
eral 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 II is Arizona.
Physicians rsaretv send their pa ~uts
To the arid -tg.ocs snrisg s-sa-zer nd
this | consider a great @@.stake. .h&
patients should be sent TO the ard re
gIons SO soon as there is evidence of In
fiction from the tubercle bacillus. and
should be made 10 remain there until
they are well. or until it is appa rsut that
the case 10 hopeless.
MANY physicians in the cas-, order
patients to California for the winter
apparently with view of sending them
to dry climate The relative humidity
In southern California is - great. and
/. IN some instances greater, than that -.
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the best
physicians VA California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatle patients
TO Tucson. California is a beautifu.
country. but the fogs whSch come IN
rom the sea. aud the emanatioas frnm
the vast irrigated regions, make IL tas
inferior to the inland desert reginna foF
phthlsical patients. think ii may he
assumed as q general rule that wheT.
ever there 10 irrigation there 10 a high
degree of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthssss
should never be sens 20 an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed. some OF the California
physicians have declared that 'irr,gatton
and malaria go together
"Ths city ~ Tucson has. Ia my opin-
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not he cqnalled anywhere tn
North America. know Of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such a low degree OF relative humid.
ity are combined with the same latis ndr
and altitude. II 10 no longer considered
imperative to send tnherculaf patients
to an altitude of s. 900 teet, ar over. is
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required TO be
sent to an altitude or less. rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson 10 2. 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all bnt the most en-.
ceptionai cases. The city 10 situated IN
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. II is completely walked sn
by massive mountain ranges. To the
north il the Santa Catalina range; to
the east. the Rincon; 10 the south. the
Santa Rita: and on the west. the Tuc.
son. Each OF these ranges has an aitr
tude OF 5000 feet at least. Mount I>e
mon. the highest peak OF the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet. aad
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly IL ,oOS
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impres-
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun-
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October TO
| Iune. 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 nidd ay
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the sun"
DR.. n, II. Matas, Physician OF II