The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-04

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many (as 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 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
yerdue ard the brightest flowers. Truly
1t is n JOY to live.
AT present have never known a per-
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocating
III the altitude suited to their particular
case that did not get well; nor have
known of one i'll 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.. II. W. Fenner of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson 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
alTiar
20" aud $50 rcspe. lively. 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 healthfut part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience to be particul
arly beneficial to most cases of pulmon.
AIRY phthisis, especially those of the
earlier Or pre-tubercnlar periods.
DIR. 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 contin-
uouSly in the open air for a period OF sew
eral months, or, for that matter, for
lyear, or several years, 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 rarsiv send their pat
to the arid -eg;ons curing '-Kn-.er nd
this | consider a great -=istake. 1hs
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions SO soon as there is evidence OF in
fiction from the tuberele 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 cast order
patients to California for the winter
, apparently with view OF sending them
to a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California - as great, and
:. III some instances greater, than that u,
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercuiar and asthmatic patients
? | to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the togs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions. make it far
: inferior to the inland desert regions for
: phthisical patients. ! think it may be
assumed as general rule that wher
!. ever there is irrigation there is high
! degree Of relative humidity. and patients
!. 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 ot Tucson has. in my opin-
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
= North America. ! know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter china te
+ and such low degree of relative humid.
y ity are combined with the same latitude
o and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
l. imperative to send tubercuiar patients
e TO an altitude of {. 900 feet or over. In
l. fact clinical experience has proven that
3 more frequently patients required TO be
&c sent to IN altitude or less, rather than
:, more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
4 Tucson is z. 400 feet. and that seems to
he amply high for all but the most ex-
ccptional cases. The city is situated in
basin near the underground Santa
= Cruz river. Ii is completely walled IN
= by massive mountain ranges. To the
p north is the Santa Catalina range: to
. the cast, the Rincon; to the south. the
;. Santa Rita: and on the west, the NC
: son. Each of these ranges has au alti
: tudc of 900 feet at least. Mount lie
q mon, the highest peak of the Catalinas
', has an elevation of 10000 feet, anc
~ Mount Wrightson in the Santa Rtas
reaches an altitude of nearly 1l,Oot
=. feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impres
s;ye as anywhere in the Rocky noun
C. tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
is set beggar description.
ig During the nine months, October t.
IN Tune, inclusive 1S94-5. there were bu
,y TWENTY-FIVE cloudy days. and nine
ig these were i'll one month. Some idea
1d the transparency of the atmosphere ma.
n he had when state that, at midd ~
n and with the uhaided eye, have seer
mt Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
NJ the sun"
;ee DR.. N. II. Matas, a Physician OF I
;.e wears practice in this City, says
- IS;uce consumptives must depend on tn