The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-22

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many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole yeer. 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
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 sunshiny day succeeds anotl er;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; The
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it 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 of sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang-
ers."
So a. W. vi SuI&NOB
OF the Southern Pacific X. K, says
Tucson is city of 1000 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2,4oO 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
26S and 56o respectively. The rainfall
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 toierable.
and the most healthfui part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience TO be partieul
arly beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
AIRY phthisis. especially those of the
carrier or pre-tubcrcular periods.
DR.. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
nae 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 n period of sey-
erai months. or. for that matter, for q
year. or sevcrai years, n climate is re-
qnirxd which 10 continuously warm and
dry. Such q climate the United States
doea not possess, bat the nearest ap-
proach 70 il 10 Arizona.
"physicsans rareiv s~nd their pa+i-nts
10 tho arid -eg.ocs sssri3g s.mzsr nd
this / consider a great -lstake. Aha
patients should be sent To the ard re-
gions 20 soon as there 10 evidence OF In.
kesiou from the tnbcrcie bacillus. and
should I've made to resnaiu there anfil
they are well. or until IL 10 apparent thst
the case ID hotelcss.
"Many physicians in the east order
patients 10 California for the winter
apparently with a vsew OF sending them
TO a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California 10 az great. and
In some instances greater. than that .,
the Atlantic coast, ard many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tuhefeaiar and asthrnatic patients
to TucsoY. California 10 a hcansitas
country. but the fogs which cusssc ia
rom tho sea. and The csmanationx from
the vast irrigated regions. make IL far
interior To the inland desert regions for
plfiaisscal patients. think II may bc
assumed as general rule that wiacT'
ever there is irrigation there is a high
degree Of relative humidity. and patisnss
suffering from pulmonary phshssis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trsct. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
''The city ~ Tucson has. in my opin-
ion, advantages as "a health resort
which can not he equalled anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humld-
itv are combined with the same iatitndf
and altitude. II Is 40 longcv considered
imperative TO send tuiscrCnlaf patients
tn an altitude of s 900 frct. 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 3, 600 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson is =. 800 feet. and that seems TO
be amply high for all but the most ex'
eeptional cases The city il situated ~
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. II is completely walled in
by massive mountain ranges. To the
north is tnc Santa Catalina range, to
the east, tho Rineon: 10 the south. the
Santa Rita, and on the west, the Tue
son. Each OF these ranges has an aiti
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le'
mon. tn. highest peak OF the Catalinas.
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly 1000
feet.
"The scenery MT Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise end sun
set bcggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Iunc. inclusive. 1S94-5. there were but
TWENTY-FIVE cloudy days, and nine al
these were in one month. Some idea oi
the transparency OF the atmosphere may
be had when state that. at midd ay
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the SUM-"
DR., y, II. Matas, a Physician OF II
wears practice in this City. SAYS
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