The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-12


middle ,f May until September, and
many (as the writer sleep out during
the whole yepr. There are not five days
in the whole year but the most delicate
Invalid can spend part of the day, at
Ieast, out OF doors. In this climate in
iuries and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mid. 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 i'll
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
yerduc and the brightest flowers. Truly
1t is Joy to live.
AT present have never known per.
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages ot pulmonary disease andlocating
III 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."
DR.. II. w. Fenncr, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific K. H., saws
Tucson is a city of 10000 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
26' and 560 respectively. The rainfall
Is small aud but little irrigation is car
RED on. The water supply is excellent
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumId
lty makes the clear warmth toerable
and the most healthful part of the year
SMstrokes and heat ,prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found bv experience to be particul
arIy beneficial to most cases of pulmon.
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 i'll the
order that the patient may live contin.
uously in the open air for period of sew.
eral months, or, for that matter, for q
year, or several years, a climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
drv. Such a climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap.
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rare'v send their pa; rnts
to tae arid -t2:ons .n-i.g 9-Sn=:e- I'D
this | consider a great -istake. -hs
patients should be sent to the arid re
gIons so soon as there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made To remain there until
they are we'll, or until it is 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 Il dry climate The relative humidity
IN southern California is as great, and
III SOME instances greater. than that oi
the Atlantic coast, ard many of the best
physicians III California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is beautifu,
country. but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanatons from
the vast irrigated regions. make ii far
Interior to tho inland desert regions for
/ phihisical patients. think il may bs
assumed as Il general rule that wher
ever there is irrigation there is IA 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 of Tucson has in my opin.
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not he equaIled anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
where such moderate winter climate
aud sucira low degree of relative humid
itv are combined with the same iatit udt
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercuiaI patients
to an altitude OF 200 feet. or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required 10 be
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is ., 400 feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex
ceptionai cases. The city is situated in
a DaSin near the Underground SaHta
Cruz river. It is completclvs walled III
bv massive mountain ranges. To the |
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the enst, the Rincon; To the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an alti |
tude of 5 900 feet al least. Mount Le
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has IN elevation OF 10000 teet. and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches au altitude of nearly IL ,0OG
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere III the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set bcggar description.
During the nine months. October to
Tune. inclusive. lS94-5, 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 midday
and with the unaided eye. have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of TIE sum-"
DR.. n, II. Matas, Physician OF II
years practice in this City. says
IL a. f,t1 iifs