The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-20


the whole year. There are not five DAYS
IN the whole year bpt the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, out OF doors. In this climate in
turies and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic. ex-
ccpt III whooping cough, tor years.
The winter months, from the middle
OF September to the FIRST OF May, are in
this locality the finest III the world. One
bright sunshny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating: the
whole country green with the richest
yerdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
il 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 ot sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
crs."
DR.. II. w. Fenner. of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K H., SAYS
Tucson IS a city of &c, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line oi 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
- ty.aI, l~y coll
| is small and but little irrigation is car
RED on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long. the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree of humid
ity makes the clear warmth tolerabie,
and the most healthfui part OF the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found bv experience TO be partieul-
arly beneficial TO most cases of pulmon-
airy phthisis, especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercuiar periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, saws:
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 a
/
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
| does not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach to ii is Arizona
physicians rare'v send their pat; ;-nts
to the avid -egscas stsrI-g eu=cS I'D
this l consider a great -.stake. he
patients should be sent TO the arid re-
gions SO soon as there is evidence of in
fiction from the tubercie bacillus, and
should he made to remain there until
they are well, or until it is apparen 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 a 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 Tucson. California is 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
hthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as a 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 of Tucson has. in my opin.
ion. advantages as n health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. | know of no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the same attitude
aAd altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tuhercuiar 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 1000 feet. The altitude of
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems To
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated III
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled Ii
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range: 10
the east, the Rincon; TO the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tuc-
son. Each of these ranges has an nIti-
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the CakaafnA1
has nm elevation of 10000 fect, al
Mount Wrightson IN the SAINTS Rif4
reaches an altitude of nearly u, ,QG
feet. @
1.-THE scenery at Tucson ID - in35Il1 =
sive as anywhere in the Rocky ~
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise am
set beggar description.
During the nine months, oct
June. inclusive, 1S94-K, thefe kIl
twenty-five cloudy dAyp, a1 VI
these were in one month. Sun y
the Transparency OF the atuap = = y 81
be had when stair th1s, q ! =
and with the unaided 1e - Y ID
Venus when It was hnt t6n G. = e l1| u