The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-16

in the wsbole 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 andlocatin9
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 straug- |
ers."
DR., H. w. Fenner, of Tucson. Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific R. R., says
Tucson is city of 10, 900 inhabitants,
VA lAS main lib~ vi tue NpoENi4CAh Ia 4 1@AhN
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
go and So respectively. 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 aud 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 coutln-
uously in the open air for a period OF sew
eral months or, for that matter, for a
year, or several years, a 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 rare'v send their pat'-nts
to the arid -eg;ons tnriag s~enzsr .7d
this / consider a great --.stake. 4 hs
patients should be sent TO the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubercle 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 o. sending them
to dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
10 some instances greater. than that o.
the Atlantis coast. and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tuhercalar and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come IN
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make II far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisicai patients. think il may be
assumed as a general rule that " her
ever there is irrigation there is high
degree of relative humidity, audpatients
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 o' Tucson has. in my opin-
ion. advantages as a health resort
which can not be equalied anywhere in
North America. | know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such a low degree OF relative humid
ity are combined with the same latit ude
and altitude. 1t 10 no longer considered
imperative to send tuberculaS patients
to an altitude of S. 900 feet. or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently pa tients required to be
sent to an altitude or less. rather than
more than 8, 600 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems TO
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptioual cases. The city is situated 10
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled IN
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincou: 20 the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an alti-
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has au elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson IN the Santa Ritas.
reaches an altitude of nearly 1,000
feet.
THE scenery at 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
Iune, inclusive, 1s94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days. and nine ei
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
Venas aeu it was but ten degrees east
Of tbc sun.
n. n. n Mates, a Physician of II
Gears practice IN this City, says
Since cousGnptives must depend on the
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