The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-16

n"ny \ns ShS WTISGj uaSSP VuL NNAAb
the whole yesr. There are not FIVE days
in the whok year bat the most delicate
invalid can spend part ofthe day, at
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
vcrdre and tlge 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."
DIR. II. w. .Penner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific X. R., says
Tucson is q 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
26o and $50 respectively. The rainfall
10 small and but little irrigation il car
ried on. The water supply IN excellent.
The summers are long. the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid
Iy makes the clear warmth toicrable.
and the most healthful part of the year.
Samstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found bv experience to be particul-
ariy beneficial to most cases of puImon.
AIRY phthisis. especially those of the
carrier or pretubcrcuiar periods.
Drz Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor life IN the
treatnseut Of pniunoaary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for a period of sew.
erai months, or, for that matter. for
year. or several years, a climate ia re-
quired which 10 continuously warm and
drv. Such a climate the tinited States
does not possess. bat the neasest ap
proach TO il 10 Arizona.
"physiciars rarwsv send their pal >nts
to the arid .exscns sxxrizg ysxu=zeT Nd
this consider a great .-tasake. .hs
patients shoAad be seut 20 che arid re
gsons 90 soon No there 10 evidence of sn-
fecsson from the tuierrie hacslssas. and
should be made to remain there unttl
they arc well, or nntil Il 10 apparent that
the eass ID hopeiess.
"Many physicians in the east order
patients TO California for the wantea
apparently with view Of sendin9 them
To q dry climate. The relative humidity
ia southern California 10 ~ great, and
/ i'm romse instances grcateg. than that III
/ tise Atlantic eoast, ard many OF the best
| PHYSICIANS in California regularly send
their fuherruiaT and asshmafss passeats
| To Tucson. California IN as~ansffu.
country. bat the fags which come IN
| rom the sea, and tho csHanafioas 1rom
/ the vast irrigated regions. make IL far
| inferior to tho Inland desert regions for
phshssseai patirnts. think ii may be
assumed as a general rule that wheTs
ever there il irrigation there Ia a high
degree os relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary rhthisis
should ncver te sent 10 an irrigated dis
sriet. Indeed. some of the California
physicians ha We declared that irrigation
and malaria go together
The city es Tucson has. Ia nav opin.
ion. advantages as healih resort
WHICH can not te equalled anyw here IN
North America. ! know OF no locality
whcrr such moderate winter climate
and sueh low dcgrc~ OF relative humid.
ity are combined with the same latitnds
and altitude. II is no longer considered
imperative to send tubcrculas patients
to an altitude of &. 900 fret. or over. in
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required 10 be
cent TO IN altitude or less. rather than
more than q. 900 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson n 2, 400 fret. and that seems to
be amply high for all hut 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 ia tne Santa Catalina range: to
the cast. the HfuFon, I'D tnS Spuths SuS
Santa Rita: and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an aiti-
sutie OF 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. tht highest peak Of the Cataiiuas.
has nm elevation of 10000 feet and
Mount Wrghtson in the Santa Ritas.
reaches an altitude of nearly ii ,0O0
fret.
The scenery at Tucson il as impres.
sive as anywhere IN the Rocky moun-
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months. October to
June. inclusive. 1s9+-5. there were but
twenty y-fee cloudy days, and nine oi
these were in one month. Some idea OF
the Transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midd NY
and with the unaidcd 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
'Since consumptivcs must depend on the
yaSiStinty forces of nature for the cure of