The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-05

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many tas tlie writer) sleep out during
the Whole yesr. There are not ave 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 cxhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is a joy to live.
AT present have never known 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."
DR.. Fl. w. Fcnner. of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific X. r., says
Tucson is city of 10000 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,4O0 feet above the
sea level. Tucson is one of the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con-
querors. II 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
ia small and but little irrigation 10 car
ried on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long. the thermometer
ranges high, hut the low degree ofhnnid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerabic.
and the most healthful part OF the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostratious are
unknown. The climate of Tncson has
been found by experience to be particuI
arly beneficial TO most cases OF pn|mon-
airy phthisis. especially those Of the
earlier or pre-tubcrcular periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers. Of Tucson. says:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor litc In the
treatment OF puimonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uoasiy in the open air for a period ofsey-
eral months. or, for that matter. for q
year. or several years. q climate ID re-
quired which 10 continnously warm and
drv. Such a climate the United States
docs not possrss. but the nearest ap-
proach to il 10 Arizona.
Physicians rare'w s~nd their pa'i>nts
TO the arid -xg.ons tssri7g s-nles nd
this / consider q great --.lstake. s b
patients should be sent TO the ard re
gions 10 soon ~ there In evidence of in
iccfion from the tnbercie bacillus, and
should he made to remain there until
they are well, OF until IN is sapparent that
she case 10 hopeless.
MANY physicians IN the east order
patients to California for the winter ).
apparently with yiew OF s~uding then,
10 dry climate The relative humidity
ia southern California In as great, and
in some instances greater. than that ut
the Atlantic coaat. and many os the best
physieians In California regularly send
their tntscrCnfar and asthmasis patsents
10 Tncson. California 10 beautiful.
country, but the fogs which, come in
rom the sea, and tho csnana tons srosn
the vast irrigated regions. make II fas
Ez5fE4tt{E NJ E5fN &0tats&A NB6%EEN 4I&tts&1N
phthSsicai patients. think il nay be
assumed N q genxsal rule that whcr.
ever there h irrigation there III n high
degree OF relative humidity. and patients
snlfering from pulmonary phfhisis
should newer be sent TO an irrigated dis
triSa. inseed. some Of the California
phyAicaans have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
ssThr city ~ Tucson has, i'm my opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be equailed anywhere in
North America. know ni no locality
where such q moderate winteT climate
and such low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the sarae latitude
and altitude. Ii is no longer considered
imperative 20 scud tnbefcuIas patients
To an altitude Of s, 600 ieet, or over. Ia
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent 20 an altitude or less. rather than
more than q, 900 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson ID 2, 400 feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all bat the most ex-
ceptionaI cases. The city 10 situated Ia
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t in completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
north 10 the Santa Catalina range, co
the east, the Rincon: to the south, the
Santa Rita: and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an slti-
tudc of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. tht highest peak of the catalinaa,
has an elevation of 10000 fect. and
Mount Wrightson IN the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly ii ,00e
feet.
.'The scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun.
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set bcggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Time, inclusive. 1s94-5. there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these were in one month. Some idea oil
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midda
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the SUM-"
DIR. N, Fl. Matas, a Physician of II
years practice in this City, says
"Sincc consumptives must depend on the