The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-16

middle Of May until September, and
many las the writer) sleep out during
the whole yer. 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
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
i'll 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.. H. w. Fcnner, 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 2,400 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
26o 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 tolerable,
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 particul.
arly beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
ary phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
DIR. 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-
erai months, or, for that matter, for
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.
physicians rareiv send their paints
to the arid -sg:oas snricg F-an=ze, I'd
this | consider a great -istake. 4ht
patients should be sent to- the arid re.
gions so soon as there is evidence of in.
lection from the tubcrcle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are well, 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
to a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is MS great. and
|. in some instances greater. than that y.
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercuiar and asthmatic patients
; TO Tucson. California is a beautifui
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the efnanations from
! the vast irrigated regions. make IL far
: inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisicai patients. think it may be
assumed as 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
!. tricf, Indeed, some of the California
!. physicians have declared that irrigation
!. and malaria go together.
"The city ot Tucson has. In my opiu.
ion. advantages as a health resort
% which can not be equalled anywhere ID
- North America. know OF no locality
y where such a moderate winter climate
l. and such low degree Of relative humid.
10 ity are combined with the same latituds
o and altitude. Ii is no longer considered
!. imperative to send tubercuIaY patients
Ie to an altitude of s 900 feet, or over. In
l. fact. clinical experience has proven that
o more frequently patients required to b
&c cent to an altitude or less. rather thar
c, more than 1000 feet. The altitude o
Il TUCSON 10 Z, 400 feet. and that seems &c
he amply high for all but the most ex
cepfioual cases. The city is situated ii
a basin near the underground Sants
: Cruz river. II is completely walled II
!" by massive mountain ranges. To th'
: north In the Santa Catalina range; tt
: the east, the Rincon; to the south. tn
y Santa Rita; and ON the west, the Tue
:. son. Each of these ranges has an slti
y tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount lie
Y mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas
:, has nm elevation of 10000 feet. ant
- Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas
= reaches an altitude of nearly 11,OO
A. feet.
"The scenery al Tucson is as impres
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
&C. tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sur
is set beggar description.
,g During the nine months, October t
An Iune. inclusive, 1S94-5, there were bu
'y twenty-five cloudy days, and nine
ig these were in one month. Some idea c
1d the transparency OF the atmosphere ma
h he had when state that, at nidd a.
Ii and with the unaided eye, have see
MT Venus when it was hut ten degrees cas-
nd of the sun."
;s DR.. N, II. Matas. a Physician OF l
te wears practice in this City, says