The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-29

the whole yer. There are not FIVE oays
III the whole year but the most delicate
Invalid can spend part of the dav, 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 III the world. One
bright sunshiny day succeeds another.
the nights are cool and exhilarating: the
whole country green with the richest
vcrdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is "A Joy to live.
'At present have never known n per
son coming TO this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease and locating
, in the altitude suited TO their particular
case that did not get we'll nor have /
/ known of one IN the second stage that
/ did not Improve. But ! cannot refrain
from ra~ing my voice against the out
| rage of sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
ers."
| DIR. II. W. Fenner, of Tucson. Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific H. r., saws
| Iucson 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
| 260 and 569 respe. lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ried on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the therm omcter
ranges high, but the low degree OF humid
ity makes the clear warmth toicrable.
and the most healthfrl part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found bv experience To be pal a.4-iiI-
a1i} 4stei4.s.,| 70 most cases O; pulInon,
ary + hiss especially those Of the
earlier at ar5 tuhercpiar periods.
In Mark a. hogcrs, ot Tucson. saws.
: 49, NJ cE Il flta1y hss impressed uyon
,nc TIC NECESSITY ior urt-s2,or I.tg ia the
rrcnt mcut e. puAuouars tuberculosis IN
order that the patient may. live contin-
uousiy in the open air for a period of sew
eral months. or, for that matter. for a
year or several years. climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
drv. Such a climate the nited States
soeS u"t possess, but the nearest APP
proach to il Is Arizona.
Ply stCIans Tare'~ send their pa; ~nts
to the AID sg.c1s .r'rI-g s,.rr-s; I'D
tins i consider a great stake. he
patients should 1t sent to the arid re-
gions so soon as there is evidence of in
lection from the tubercie 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
20 a dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California is as great. and
in some instances greater, than that ut
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tub.rcular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country. but the togs which come i'll
rom the sea, and the enanatious from
the vas irrigated regions make it far
inferior TO the inland deser: regions for
PHI hisicai patients. | think il may he
assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is a 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 of Tucson has in my opiu-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be cqualled anywhere i'll
North America. know OF no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such iolA degree of relative humid
itN are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative TO send tuberculaI patients
to an altitude OF 1000 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 chan 3 900 feet. The altitude of
Tucson is = 400 feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ccptional eases. The city is situated in
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. II 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 ot these ranges has an alti-
tude of 5 900 feet al least. Mount Le-
mon, the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has nm elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson III the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL ,O00
feet.
THE scenery Mt Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to !
June. inclusive, lS94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nire al
these were in one month. Some idea of
the transparency Of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midday,
and with the unaided eye, have scen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees cast
of the snn."