The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-03

hAthJ NttS thN WAAtNi( ciNNP O6A oNAhhtS
the whole yer. 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
iurics 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
ycrdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is a JOY to live.
"At present l 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.. III. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific r. H., says
Tucson is a city of 10, 900 inha bitants,
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
26o and 56o respe. lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car.
ried on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long. the thermo ouieter
ranges high, but the low degree OF humid.
ity makes the clear warmth toierabic,
and the most healthfrl 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 puin,on-
airy phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
DIR. Mark A. Rogers. OF Tucson. says:
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 period of sew
eral months, or, for that matter. for a
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 TO ii is Arizona.
physicians rars'v send their pa;
to the arid -tg:ons .1ariag s-ea=sss I'D
this | consider a great --ssrake. .hs
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there il evidence of in.
fiction from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are well, or until it is apparent that
the case Is hopeless.
Many physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter
apparently with view of sending them
to dry climate. The relative humidity
IN southern California is as great, and
in some instances greater, than that oi
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best |
physicians IN California regularly send
their tubercuiar and ssthmatic patients
to Tucson. California is a beautifu.
country, but the fogs which come IN
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigf ted regions make 1t 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 il 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 nt Tucson has. ia my opin- |
ion, advantages as a health resort |
which can not be cqualled anywhere in
North America. know oi no locality |
where such a moderate winter climate |
and such low degree of relative humid |
ity are combined with the same latitude !
and altitude. II is no longer considered /
to send tubcrculaT 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 5000 feet. The altitude oi
Tucson is 2 400 feet. and that seems to |
be amply high for all but the mos; ex.
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
NHG cast Lux NsHGbus ~ IflS SbuLu. ltiS
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an alti-
tude of 5000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the catalinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrghtson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly 11,0oe
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impres.
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun.
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
June. inclusive, 1S94~5. there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these were in one month. Some idea oi
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at uidd ay
and with the unaided eye. have seen
Venus when it was hat ten degrees east
of the sun."
DR.. n, H. Matas, Physician of II
years practice in this City, says
"Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces OF nature for the cure of
their disease, it is evident that an early
selection of a good winter climate is the