The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-29

'"uN May until september, anu
many las the writer sleep out during
the whole year. 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
lures 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 sunshny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilaratiog; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
1t rs 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 we'll; 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
crs."
DR.. H. W. Fenncr, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific r. r., says
/ Tucson is a city of 10, 1000 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-
qucrors, 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 Sc respe.tively. 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 healthful part of the year.
SunStrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate Of Tucson has
been found bv experience to be particul-
arly beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
airy phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubcrcular periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers, of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
tne the necessity for outdoor life IN the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uousiy in the open air for period OF sew |
eral months, or, for that matter, for a
year. or several years. n climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest APP
proach to 1t is Arizona.
Physicians rare'w send their paints
20 the arid -eg.ons curing :-en=3er Id
/ this | consider a great .s.istake. Ihe !
/ patients should be sent TO the arid re
/ gions so soon as there is evidence of in.
| lection from the tuberclc-bacillus, and |
| should be made to remain there until
they are well. or until il 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 -.
/ the Atlantic coast md many OF the best
| physicians in California regularly send
/ their tubetctllar and aSthmatic patients
| 10 Tucson. California in beautitu.
/ 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
phthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as a general rule that wher.
ever there is irrigation there is a high
degxec of relative humidity. and patients
! suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never he sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed some Of the California
| physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together
THE city o' Tucson has. in my opin-
ion, advantages as health resort
which eau not be equalled anywhere in
North America. / know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such II low degree of relative humid
itv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercular patients
to an altitude of S 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 s, 900 feet. The altitude OF
| Tucson is 400 feet. and that seems TO
he amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated in
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
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 5 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude OF nearly 11,0o0
feet.
THE scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
j set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iunc, inclusive. 1915, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine oi
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 but ten degrees east
! of the snn."
DR., n, H. Matas, a Physician OF II
, wears practice in this City, says
''Since consumptives must depend on the
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