The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-01

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
il is a JOY to live.
AT present have never known q per-
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andiocating
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."
Or. H. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacifc K. r., says:--
Tucson is city of 1O, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 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 10 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 toierabie.
and the most heaithful part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience to be particrl-
ariy beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
airy 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 life in the
4 treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. hi
! order that the patient may iye coutin-
, uousiy in the open air for a period ofsev.
: eral months, or. for that matter, for a
D year, or several years, q climate il re
o quircd which 10 continuously warm and
y dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach to it 10 Arizona.
Physicians raresw send their pats~rts
to the arid -ez:ons curing ssxn=ser md
this l consider a great --istake. 1hs
+ patients should be sent to the arid re
. gions so soon as there is evidence Of in
D lection from the tuberclc baciilus, aud
should be made to remain there usats
they are well, or until it b sapparent that
the case is hopeless.
MANY physicians ip the east o1sies
patients to California for the winter
; apparently with view ofsending tiEnI
to dry climate. The relative hunis1itv
in southern California il - great, and
in some instances greater, than that N
the Atlantic coast, and many Of the best
physicians in California regularly 1exd
their tubercular and asthmatic paxfuts
to Tucson. California II d beaMtifnl
country, but the fogs which EcNne a
rom the sea, and the emauatiOue irons
the vast irrigated regions. nate 81 fhx
| inferior to the inland dE1ert icn fpr
phthisical patients. think Il n1y ~
assumed as q general ruIe that f1le 81
ever there 10 irrigation therc r. n k3ela
degree of relative humidity, and1 n MN
suffering from pulmOGlaxY m
should never be sent to IN It'll = ll11r
trict. Indeed, some Of EnII =
physicians have declafed rIi lx6n
and malaria 60 t0gck
"The city nj Tucsoa hn1s n ~ 81 I
ion, advantages - ~ heaIth y =
which can not be eqnallcd aInyM t1f
North America. know uf "a fY
where such a moderate VII N
and such low DEGREES " ne fS&
ity are combined with II ne
and altitude. 1t 4 ~ n p CO.
imperative to ocnd fNk elElHIaS
to an altitude OF 6 10(1 =. OF I01 Y VI =
fact, clinical expexfeuce AnIe Prov III
more frequently ~ a Icquire 4 -
sent to an altftnlie on IeGs. rat1 4
more than 8. loo fet. The IN
Tucson 10 2, 100 fr ma fhat
be amply hsRh for m hut r. T
ceptional caae Ik,e city isa i
| basin near tI1e nndefi y
Cruz river. Tt u c0mpl -
by massive u10nutnin n -
north is tn Ganta C1 ~
the east, the Kincc61e 3
Santa Rita: ana 01l 4c@
son, Each III theGe u
tudc Of &. 600 feek RI
mon. the h1ehest
has an <Iexatfo
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