The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-19

Hliuuie d May until september, ana
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
lures and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex.
cept Ill whooping cough, for years.
The winter months, from the middle
OF September to the first of May, are in
inns locality the finest i'll the world. One
bright sunshiny day succeeds another;
the nights arc cool and exhilarating; the
Whole country green with the richest
vcrdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
1t is JOY to live.
AT present have never known per-
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andIocating
III 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.
crS."
DR.. II. W. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific r. H., saws
Tucson is a city of 10 200 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude =, 400 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con
qucrors. 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
20 and % rcspe. lively. The rainfall
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 ofhumd
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable.
and the most hcalthfrl part OF the year.
Sunstrokes aud heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate OF Tucson has
been found by experience TO be particul
ariy beneficial to most eases of pulmon.
airy phthisis; especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubcrcular 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 contin-
uously i'll the open air for 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 APP,
proach to it Is Arizona.
physicians rare'v send their pa; 'nts
to the arid -egic1s ;1sriag s-sa1e- I'D
this | consider a great -istake. III,
patients should be sent to the arid re
| gions SO soon as there is evidence of in
| fiction from the tubercie bacillus, and
should be made to remain there unit
they are well. or until il is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east ordc,
patients to California for the winter
apparently with view of sending then
to dry climate. The relative humidit,
in southern California is as great, ant
in some instances greater. than that Il
the Atlantic coast, and many of the hes
physicians in California regularly sen,
their tubercular and asthmatic patient
to Tucson. California is beautiful
country. but the fogs which come il
the vast irrigated regions. make it IA
inferior to the inland desert regions TO
phthisical patients. think it may b,
assumed as general rule that wher
ever there is. irrigation there is high
degree of relative humidity. and patient:
suffering from pulmonary phthisi.
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 opin'
| ion, advantages as n health resort
which can not be equailcd anywhere in
| North America. know OF no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid.
| ity are combined with the same latitude
| and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
| imperative to send tubercuiar patients
to an altitude of S 900 feet, or over. In
| fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to bt
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 1000 feet. The altitude OF
| Tucson is 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated in
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 Rincon; to the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue.
son. Each of these ranges has an alti
tude of s, 900 feet at least. Mount lie.
mon. tn. highest peak of the Catalinas,
has IN elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly 11,00G
feet.
1.-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
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 hut ten degrees east
of the SUM-"
DR.. N. II. Matas, a Physician of II
years practice in this City, says
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