The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-07

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the whole yesr. There are not five days
in the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the 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
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 andiocatine
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 10 900 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,40O feet above the
sea leyeh 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 braciug,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26o and $50 respeA 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 heaithfui 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-tubercular 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-
uousiy in the open air for period ofsev-
crai months, or, for that matter, for q
year. or several years, a climate 10 re
quired which 10 continuously warm and
dry. Such o climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap
proach to it Is Arizona.
Physicians rareiv send their paints
to the arid -e9:o<s .ixxri5g sxn1e. 7d
this ! consider a great =istake. .hs
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions 50 soon as there 10 evidence of in.
lection from the tubercie bacillus. and
should be made to remain there until
they are well. or until it is apparent that
the case 10 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
IN southern California is as great, and
/ in some instances greater, than that ut
the Atlantic coast. and many of the best
| physicians in California regularly send
their tubereuIar and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful.
country. but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the esnanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make il far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
pht hisicai patients. think it may be
assumed as a general rule that whcr-
ever there IL irrigation there ia high
degree of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent 10 an irrigated dis
tr3ct. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria 60 together
"The city M 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. Ii is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercuiar patients
to an altitude of 1000 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required TO bc
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems 10
be amply high for all but the most ex
ceptional cases. The city is situated ia
basin near the underground Santa |
Cruz river. II is completely walled in
by massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range: to
the east. the Rincon; to the south, the
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son. Each of these ranges has an slti-
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le
mon. tn. highest peak OF the Catal, mas,
has nm elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas.
reaches an altitude of nearly IL ,o00
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impres
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
taius and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
June, inclusive. lS94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days. and nine OF
these were in one month. Some idea oi
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that. at mdd ay
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the sun."
DR.. \, II. Matas, a Physician of II
years practice in this City, says
"Since cousurnptives must depend on the