The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-19

"i'hy Nao IuC WTlLSTJ steep out uuIIuk
the whole year. 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 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 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
or other sections to die among strang-
ers."
DR.. Fl. ". Fenner. OF Tucson, Surgeon
vi Liz NDoulHSLn i tiNittA IN M sd
Tucson is a city OF 10, 600 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
260 and $50 respe, lively. The rainfall
is 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 ofhumid
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable
aud the most healthful part OF the year.
Sunstrokes 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-tuberoular periods.
/ DR. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor lite in the
/ treatment of pulmonary tubcrculeSis. In
order that the patient may live contln-
uously III the open air tor period Of sew
eral months, or. for that matter. for
year. OF several years, climate is re-
qured which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap-
proach to II Is Arizona.
Physicians rar.iv send their patents
TO the arid -eg:ocs cEsri1g t-mler I'D
this consider a great -tstake. 4 ht
patients should be sent TO the arid re
gions So soon as there IS evidence O. In
lection from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made 10 remain there uutil
they are well, or until il is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
! MANY physicians IN the east order
patients tn California tor the winter
? apparently with ylcw o; sending them
20 a dry climate The relative humidity
10 southern California Is a. great. and
; in some Instances greater than that o.
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the bcst
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatN patfcuts
; to Tucson. California iS a beauttiu,
country. but the fngs which come 10
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vas. irrigated regions make i; far
. interior TO the inland desert regions for
phthisicai patients. think 1t may be
assumed as a general rule that wher-
. ever there is irrigation there rs high
) degree of relative humidity. andpatients
. suffering from pulmonary ph;hisis
should never bc sent to an irrigated die
tr,ct. Indeed, some OF the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
The CITY ~ Tucson has, ia my opiu.
/ ION. advantages as a health resort
which can not be equaiied anywhere IN
North America. know oi no locality
wherr such moderate winter climate
and such a low degree of relative humid
,ty are combined with the same latst ude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercuiar patients
10 an altitude OF 5. 900 feet. or over. In
fact. CLINICAL experience has proven that
more frequently patients required 10 nc
sent TO IN altitude or less. rather than
more than Z, 900 fcet. The altitude oi
Tucson is ., 400 feet. and that seems 20
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptionai cases The city is situated IN
a basin near the underground Santa
Cru. river. 1t IS completely walled IN
by massive mountain ranges. 10 the
north is the Santa Catalina range; TO
the east, the Rincou; TO the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
sou. Each of these ranges has an att
"a tude OF 5, 900 feet at least. Mount Le'
!, mon. the highest peak of the Cataiinas
, has au elevation OF 10000 feet, and
: Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas
reaches au altitude of nearly 1,OoC
;. feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impress
siye as anywhere i'll the Rocky noun
= taiHs, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
$ sssibeSgar description.
During the nine months, October tc
D Iuue. inclusive. 1S94-5, there were but
twenty five cloudy days, and nine o
/! these were in one month. Some idea o
q the transparency of the atmosphere may
+ be had when state that, at midd ay
+ and with the unaided eye. have seer
t Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
!, Of the sum-
: Or. N, H. Matas, a Physician OF Il
2 wears practice in this City, says
''Since consuuptives must depend on th'
+ resisting forces OF nature tor the cure o
L.