The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25

middle )t May until September, ana
many las the writer sleep out during
the whole year. 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
iures and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex-
cept i'll whooping cough, for years.
The winter months, from the middle
OF September to the first of May, are in
this locality the finest i'll 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
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 gases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
ers."
Or. II. w. Fenner of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific r. r., says
Tucson is city of 10000 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude : 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 respe,tively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation Is car
ried on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the THERMOMETERS
ranges high, but the low degree ethunid-
itv makes the clear warmth toierable.
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 particui-
ariy 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 coutin-
uously in the open air for period ofscv-
eral months, or, for that matter, for q
year, or several years, climate is re-
quired which Is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, bat the nearest ap-
proach 10 il is Arizona.
"physicians rnre'w send their pa"'~nts
to the arid -eg.ons ;Exri1g s-nzer Id
this | consider IA great .-istakc. a hx
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence of in
lection from the tubercle bacillus and
should be made to remain there until
they are well, or until il 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 ..
the Atlantic coast. and Many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercuiar and asthmatic patients
10 Tucson. California is a beautiful
country. but the togs which come IN
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions. make II tar
inferior to tho inland desert regions to'
phthisical patients. think il may be
assumed as a general rule that wher
ever there 10 irrigation there is high
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 irrigation
and malaria go together.
The city ot Tucson has. in my opin-
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not he equalled anywhere IN
North America. know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree Of relative humid.
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t Us no longer considered
imperative to send tubercuiaT patients
to an altitude of S 900 tect, 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 {, 900 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is z, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex.
ceutiouai cases. The city is situated IN
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. Il is completely walled IN
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is tine 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 slti-
tude OF 5000 feet at least. Mount lie.
mon, the highest peak OF the Catalinas.
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightsou in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly II, ,OO0
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
Tune, inclusive, 1S9+5. there were but
TWENTY-FIVE cloudy days, and nine ei
these were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be Rad when state that, at midd ay
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the SUM-"
Or. N, II. Matas. Physician OF II
wears practice In this City, says
/ 1eray,I nT1 he