The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-04

many las the wr1ter) sleep out during
the whole year. There are not five days
III the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, al
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
ccpt in who0ping cough, for years.
THE winter months, from the middle
ot September TO the first OF May. are in
this locality the finest in the world. One
bright sunshiny uay succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhllarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
II IS 10Y to live.
"At present have never known per
son coming TO this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease audi0CatiuP
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 20 thu
or other sections to die among Straug
ers.'
Dr. II. ". Fenncr. OF Tucson, Surgeon
ot the Southern Pacific K r.. says
Tucson is city Of 10. 600 inhabitants
an the main line OF tho Southern pacitl(
Railway. altitude = 400 feet above tht
sea level. Tucson is one OF the oldest
settlements made by the spanish con
qucrors. 1t Is now the commercial anC
railroad ccutcr ot Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing
the humidity beng exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum aud maAmum beng
- and 10 fcspc, lively. he raInia
j. 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 OF humid
lty makes the clear warmth tolerahle
and the most healthfnl part OF the year
~uUsttokes aud heat prosttatmns art
unknown. The climate ot Tucson has
been found by experience "a be partieul
ary beneficial to most cases Of pulrnon
AIRY phthisis. especially those o' tbs
carrier or pre- uhcrcGlaf periods.
Dr. Mark A. Rogers, of Tucson, says
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity Tor outdoor lite in the
treatment o; pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient NAV live coutIn
nously VA the OPEN air Tor period o' scv
craI months. or. for that matter tor a
wear. pr several years. "a climate ~ re
Qu1red wlisch is continuously warm and
drv. Such "a climate tc nitcd State
does NOT possess hu; the nearest ap
ptoach 10 II - Ar,Rnha.
"Phs sicsans far~'r 81 nd tl}eif pa'+"nts
ga The ard * ocs .tfa~e -su-aeE 7d
th.s ! sousitict "a great stake. i. h.
patients should tse scns e. thr arid r.
gsons sn soon ss here - evidence o' 10
ssctton from the tgt~-fcs< bacillus, an
should be masic to FcmsJn there uD5l
they srv well. or uu;tl 1t - p1aa srrt that
the case IS hnt.e}ess.
Many physlciass 81 tst cas, order
patients To California tor tbs winte,
appaycnsiy wl1h sn.w os sending shrrn
t,9 sirs cisma3e ! he selstyc hnsn'dHs
in southern CAlisofuia - IS great and
sa some snstaucVs greater. than that :"
tsss Atlantis ceast. and many OF the hcst
.s'7, sg>lat4s va California regularly Sepd
thes' ut.sstulSr and sst lEtuatt> jIat,ents
so ru.~on aiISofuia us bcaat7fu
country. bat the fags whish coue IN
rogn the s~a, and the csaaaatious fran
the vast irrigated rxgspfss. mak he st tat
,ttcsgof Ia tbs inland tte~cft regions tos
phthss,cal sstscnts. tssnk u mas bs
assumed as geaerai fulr that " heF
ever there - irrigation there - a hi2h
saerrev of relative hunsdtsx, and asscnts
suffering from pulmonary ph'hisss
should never be Scnt to- al irrigated dis
trlci Indeed some ot the California
psfvs.cians have declared that srr7ga;ion
and malaria GO together
The city o' Tucson has in my opln.
ior advantages as health resort
" hsch can not tDc equaltcsa ans here In
North America. | know ot no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such iow degree ot relative humid.
lty are combined with lse same latitude
and altitude. 1t ss no longer considered
imperative TO send tuiscTcuar patients
to an altitude of s, 600 feet. or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
nlorw frequently patients required 20 he
sent to IN altitude or less, ra ather than
more than 3, 900 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson ~ 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most cx-
ceptsouaI cases. The city ts situated IN
a BASIN near the underground Santa
Cruz river. II is completely walled IN
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north ,s the Santa Catalina range; to
the cast. the Rincon. to the south, the
Santa Rita and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an slti-
tude OF S. 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon ths hiRhes peak of the Catalinas,
has An elevation OF 10000 iect. and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas.
reaches an altitude of nearly IL zoe
feet.
The scenefv 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
Iunc, inclusive. 1S9+-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 midda
and with the unaided eye. | have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
Of the sum-"
DR.. n, II. Matas. a Physician OF IL
wears practice in this City, says
''Since cousumptives must depend on the
resisting forces of nature tor the cure OF
l.