The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-26

inebriated at the time. It is Uncommon
custom to sleep out of doors from the
middle Of May until September. and
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
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 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. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon !
of the Southern Pacific X. r., says
Tucson is city of 5000 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- |
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 56o respectively. The rainfall
10 small and but little irrigation 10 car
ried ON. The water supply 10 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 and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience to be particul-
ariy beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
airy phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
DIR. Mark Al. Rogers. of Tucson. says:
my experience has impressed upon
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| treatment 0f pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that The patient may Iive contin.
uousiy III the open air for 4 period ofsev.
eral n10nths, or for that matter, for a
| year, or several years, d <limate Is re.
| quired which 10 continaously WARM and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, bat the nearest ap-
proach to it Is Arizona.
physicians rare'v send their pa'i i.nts
to the arid -egions tnriag' 's-rr=er I'D
this consider a great .-=-istake. Ahs
patients should be sent TO the arid re
gions so soon as there 10 evidence of in.
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are well. or untilit 10 apparent that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter
apparently with view of sending them
/ TO dry climate. The relative humidity
1 in southern California 10 az great, and
in some instances greater, than that oi
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatie patients
to Tucson. California 10 a beautiful.
country, but the fogs 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 10 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 60 together ~
"The city ut Tucson has. in my opin.
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not be equalIed anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid.
ity are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. It Ia no longer considered
I imperative to send tubercular patients
to an altitude Of 5000 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 than 3.O00 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson is 2,400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ccptional cases. The city is situated in
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. Ii IL completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north 10 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 {, 900 feet at least. Mount lie.
mon, tn. highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas
IL ntS sA..IA zF ell
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impres-
sivc as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
! set bcggar description.
4 During the nine months, October to
June, inclusive, 1S94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these were in one month. Some idea OF
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