The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-02

AbN JNPts bSLC dIC IlOL HNS uhy
in the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, out of doors. In this climate in
ruries 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 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 JOY to live.
AT present have never known a per.
son coming to this Territory in the carly
stages OF pulmonary disease audloCatiuR
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 am0ug s,raag-
rrS."
Dr. II. w. Fcuncr, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K. f., says
Tucson is a 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.
qucrors. 1t is now the commercial and
railroad center OF Southern Arizona I he
climate is exceedingly dry aud brac,ng,
the humidity being exceedingly low the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26' and SO respe, lively. The rainfall
is small aud but little irrigation is car
rlcd on, The water supply Is cxcellent. /
The summers are long, the therm ometer
ranges high. but the low degree othumid /
Ity makes the clear warmth t0ierable, |
aud the most healthtul part OF the year I
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are /.
unknown. The climate o. Tucson has /
been found by experience To be partlcul /
arly beneficial to most eases oi pu!mon
ary phthsis. especially those OF the .
earlier or pre-tubercuiar periods.
Dr. Mark A. Rogers, OF Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon I
me the necessity for outdoor life in the +
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In .
order that the patient may live coutin- +
uousy III the open air tor a period OF sew
eral months, or for that matter, tor a /
year, or several years climate is re
qulred which is continuously warm and !
drv. Such climate the nited States .
does not possess. bu; the neares; lp- /
proach TO Il ~ Arizona.
"Physicians rare'v seu1 their PARENTS .
70 the ard -eg.oas ,IrI9R s~En-cC III .
this ! considcr great -..stake. he
patients should be sent 20 the arid re
gions SO soon as there Is evidence oi N
fection from the iubcrcle bacillus and
should be made To relnafu fhcre G0tti
they are we'll, or until il .s apparent shat
the case IL hopeless,
MANY physicians IN the cast order .
patients to California tuF the winter
apparently with a y,cw 81 sending them
TO dry climate Tie relative humidity
III southern California is as great. and
in some Instances greater ;han that -.
the Atlantic coast. and mary OF the best
physicians IN California regularly send .
their tubercuIar and asthnattr patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country. bat the fogs winch come III
rom the sea, and the efnanati0ns frosn
the vast irrigated regions, make IL far
inferior TO the inland desert regions tor
phthisical patients. think II may he
aSSuufNh hS u EAA1N'+ AZ &fA ~tAfhN ~ ~
ever there is irrigation there is a high
degree OF relative humidity and pataeuss
suffering tro4a pulmonary phth,sis
should never he 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 nv opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
w hich can not be cqualled anywhere in
North America. know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
itv arc combined with the same latitude
and altitude. II ~ no longer considered
imperative TO send tubercuiaf patients
TO an altitude OF &. 900 feet, or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required 70 be
sent to an altitude or less. rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 400 feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most cx-
cases The city is situated IN
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. It is completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the 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 alti-
tude OF 5, 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon, tn. highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly IL ,0O6
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
taius. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set bcggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iune, inclusive, lS9+-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 midd ay
and with the uuaided eve. have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
OF the sun"
DR.. \. II. Matas, a Physician OF II
wears practice in this City, says
''Since consumptires must depend on the
resisting forces of nature tor the cure OF
+Le;r disease IL is evident that an early |