The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-12

inebriated at the time. It is thecommon
custom to sleep out of doors from the
| middle IF May until September. and
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
turtles 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 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 ont
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 r. R., says
Tucson is city of 10, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,4OO 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 So respectively. 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 hcalthfui 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 pulfnon-
AIRY ,phthisis. especially those Of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
DR.. 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 aif for period of
erai months, or, for that matter. for
year, or 4severai years, a climate is re
quired which 10 continuously warm and
dry. Such n climate the United States
does not possess, bat the nearest ap-
proach 70 it 10 Arizona.
physicians raresv send their pa+:.nts
to the arid -eg;ors snriag WINNER nd
this ] consider great -.istake. th<
patients shopid be sent to the arid re-
gious 20 sooia as there is evidence Of i'm.
kction frofa the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are wef, or until 1t is apparent that
the case Is hopeless.
'Many physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter
apparently with a view of sending them
TO dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
in some instances greater. than that OF
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
to Tncson. California Is a bcautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
| rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make 1t far
inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. | think ii may be
assumed as a 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
| = nd ssa a ria sx0 rauefhar
1.-The city of Tucson has. in my opiu.
| ion, advantages as health resort
which can not be equailed anywhere In
North America. know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such a 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 6. 900 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 !. ZOO feet. The altitude oi
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated 10
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
DN ulASStSC t&ukNss Az 1A<
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 5000 feet at least. Mount Le- |
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has IN elevation of 10000 teet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL, ,00e
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun |
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sum |
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
June, inclusive, 1S9+-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 niidd ay I
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was but ten degrees east |
of the sum-"
Dr " n Matas a Physician of II |