The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-15

the whole yer. There are not FIVE DAYS
III the whole year but the most delicate
Invalid can spend part of the day, at
'east, out OF doors. In this climate in.
. iuries and wounds heal very rapidly:
contagious diseases are usually very
mlld. There has been no epidemic, ex.
cept III whooping cough, for years.
The winter months, from the middle
OF September to the first of MAY, are in
TINS locality the finest in the world One
Dtight Sunshlny day succeeds anoti er;
the nights are cool and exhilarating the
whoie 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 early
stages ot pulmonary disease andlocating
IN the altitude suited to their particular
case that did not get well; nor have
known OF one III 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.. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific r. r., saws
Tucson is a city of ~, 900 inhabitants.
on the main line of the Southern Pacific |
Railway, altitude 240O feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the oldest !
settlements made by the Spanish con
| querors. 1t is now the commercial and |
rallroad center Of Southern Arizona The |
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing, |
the humidity being exceedingly low the
yearly minimum and maximum being
260 and Sc" respe, lively. The rainfall I
is small and but little irrigation is car
red on. The water supply is excellent.
he 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-
I ary phthisis, especially those OF the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
/ DR.. Mark A. Rogers, of Tucson, saws:
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 a period OF sew
cral months, or, for that matter for a
year, or several years, climate is re.
dry. Such climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach TO it is Arizona.
physicians rare'v send their pa4;~nts
to the arid -eg.ous ;mri1g s1kn-aer I'D
this | consider a great -.stake. he
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions SO soon as there is evidence OF in
fiction from the tubcrcle bacillus, and
should be made TO remain there until
they are well, or until ii is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east order
patients TO California for the winter
apparently with a view Of sending them
to dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California is as great and
in some instances greater, than that q,
the Atlantic coast, ard many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is beautiful.
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions. make it far
inferior TO tho inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. ! think it may be
assumed as general rule that wher.
ever there is Irrigation there is high
! 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 oi Tucson has. in my opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. | know of no locality
/ where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree OF relative humid
itv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercular patients
TO an altitude of 5000 feet, 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 1900 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptionai cases. The city is situated in
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
by 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 900 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 IL ,0O6
feet
"Tbe scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere irSthe Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Tune. 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 midd ay
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east
of the sum-"
Or. n, IL. Matas, a Physician of Il
years practice in this City, says
'Since consumptives must depeud on the
resisting forces OF nature tor the cure OF
"a g axrtIenf hat nt riV |