The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-06

jnvahd 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 a 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 cases to this
ers.''
DIR. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific r r., says
Tucson is a city of 10, 900 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
go and $50 respe, lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ried on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long. the thermometer |
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid |
ity makes the clear warmth toierable, |
and the most healthfut 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 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 ofsev-
eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, 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. v
Physicians rare'v send their pat:~nts
to the arid -egsons tt1riag SIMMER nd
this | consider a great -=istake. 4hs
patients should he sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence of in,
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, and
zHx h. a.
they are we'll, or until it 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
10 a dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California is ms great, and |
in some instances greater. than that oi .
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best /
physicians in California regularly send |
their tubercuIar and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is "a bcautift |
country. but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the cmanations from |
the vast irrigated regions. make it far |
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as general rule that wher.
ever there is 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 Of Tucson has. in my opin-
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not be equalcd anywhere in
Moth I kr,nr&r n{ LOCALITY
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
TO send tubcrcuiar patients
to an altitude of s 900 feet. or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to bc
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 2,40O feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most e1-
cases The city is situated in
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. tt rs 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. f<utH vi iahENS haS oH w.
tudc Of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas
reaches an altitude of nearly l1,OO0
feet.
The scenery Mt Tucson is ms impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set bcggar 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 midda
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
years practice in this City, says
"Since consumptivcs must depend on the
forces of nature for the cure OF
their disease, it is evident that an early
selection of good winter climate is the
r,os+ ;nnortaut factor for their cure and