The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-02

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 exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is Il JOY to live.
AT present have never known per-
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocatlng
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.. II. ". Fcnncr, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific X. r., says
Tucson is a city of 10, 900 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 56' respe, 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-
itv makes the clear warmth toleTable,
and the most healthful 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-
ary 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 lite IN the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for period OF sew
eral months, or, for that matter, for
year. or several years, climate IS re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap-
proach 10 it is Arizona.
physicians rareIr send their pa''"nts
to the arid -eg;cus snri1g SIMMER I'D
this | consider a great =istakc. Ahs
patients should be sent to the ard re
gions so soon as there is evidence of in
i. L. IztE ~
should be made to remain there until
they are well, or until ii is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
"Manv physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter
. apparently with view OF sending them
TO a dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
, in some instances greater. than that u.
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
! their tubercular and asthmati> patients
> TO Tucson California is beautiful,
country, but the foes which come IN
rom the sea, and the emauations from
the vast irrigated regions, make 1t far
: inferior to the inland desert regions tor
phthisical 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 phthis's
: should never be sent TO an irrigated dis
. trict Indeed, some of the Cahfornia
= physiciaus have declared that irrigation
). and malaria go together.
"Thc city of Tucson has, in my opin
ION. advantages as health resort
IS which can not be equalled anywhere II
IS North America. know of no locality
y where such moderate winter climate
l. and such a low degree of relative humid
IS ;tv are combined with the same latitud'
70 and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
l. imperative TO send tubercuiar patient
le IN an altitude of 5 1000 feet, or over. II
n fact. clinical experience has proven tha
Is more frequently patients required 70 D
1e sent to an altitude or less, rather thar
c, more than 1000 feet. The altitude
It Tucson is q 400 feet, and that seems t
he amply high for all but the most ex
ccptional cases. The city is situated Il
basin near the underground SAINT
le Cruz river. 1t is completely walled L
" bv massive mountain ranges 10 IN
north is the Santa Catalina range Z
es the east. the Rincon; to the south. IN
u Santa Rita; and on the west, the u
W-n Il
'e son, Each of these ranges has an ait
y tudc OF S 900 feet at least. Mount IA
" mon. the highest peak of the Cataiina
81. has an elevation of 10000 feet, an
u nnu Mount Wrightson in the Santa Rita Ia
u reaches an altitude of nearly ll,oo
No. feet.
- THE scenery at Tucson is as impre
s;ve as anywhere in the Rocky mou
nc- tains. and the gorgeous sunrise ana SUI
is set beggar description.
ng During the nine months, October
an Iunc. inclusive, 1S94-5, there were h'
by twenty-five cloudy days, and mne
ng these were in one month. Some idea
nd the transparency OF the atmosphere, ms
TIL he had when state that, at m'dd
CHI and with the unaided eye, have SCI
INT Venus wher it was hut ten degrees ea'
ma of the SUM-
Tto M DIR. n. II. Matas, Physician OF
ute M years practice in this City, ! SAYS "a, !,
"x 'Sincc consumptives must depend on I
a. resisting forces OF nature tor the cure
on1 o tbc;r disease it is evident that an eaI
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