The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24

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
iuries and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex.
cept in whooplng cough, for years.
"'rhe 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
vcrdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is 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 well; nor have
known OF one in the second stage that |
did not improve. But cannot refrain
from raising my voice against the out I
rage of sending advanced cases to this
or other sections ~ die among strang- /
crs."
Dr.. II. W. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
! VI khS NOhlhSlI 'AAAiIN m ~ 30
| Tucson is a city of i0,0 900 Inhabitants, T
/ 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 bv the Spanish con-
querors. Ii is now the commercial and
! railroad ceuter of Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum beng
26o and $50 respet 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 lowdegree ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerabe,
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-
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 tor 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
cral months, or, for that matter, for
year or several years, a climate rs re-
quired which is continuously warm and
: dry. Such a climate the United States
: does not possess, but the nearest ap-
I proach to 1t IS Arizona.
Physicians rarelv send their pa '-'nts
to the arid -eg;ous SrIrl1g :-Hn7er ~
this | consider a great --istake. .hs
: patients should be sent TO the and re
] gions so soon as there Is 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
a, the case IS hopeless
n MANY physicians in the east order
Il patients TO California for the winter
-e apparently with view OF sending them
r, to dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California is as great and
-e in some instances greater. than that o.
: the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best
: uhysicians in California regularly send
!. their tubcrcular and asthmati> patients
"a 70 Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come IN
rom the sea, and the emanations from
- the vast irrigated regions, make 1t tar
- inferior to the inland desert regions tor
'S phthisical patients. think 1t may bs
assumed as a general rule that wher
* ever there is irrigation there IS a hIgh
y degree of relative humidity, andpatletts
:. = suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis-
: trict Indeed. some OF the California
IN nhvs,cians have declared that irrigation
" and malaria go together
The city OF Tucson has, in my opin
ion, advantages as nealth reSof
is which can not be equalied anywhere II
os North AmerHca. Know OF no iocaht,
ly v,hrrr such moderate winter ciimat'
IT. and such low degree OF relative humid
Ks ;tv are combined with the same latitud
30 and altitude. 1t No no longer CONSIDERED
d. ;mperatiye to send tubercular patient
he 10 an altitude of 5. 900 feet. or over. IL
n fart clinical experience has proven tina
es more frequently patients required to b
he sent 70 an altitude or less, rather thar
le, ynore than 3. 900 feet. The altitude o
at Tucson is 400 feet. and that seems T.
he amply high for all but the most ex
eent;oual cases The city is situated Il
a basin near the underground SAINT
ne Cruz river. It is completely walled =
'"' nv massive mountain ranges. 10 tn
~ north is the Santa Catalina range; I
'es the east, the Rincon: to the south, tn
'h- Santa Rita; and on the west, the "
'Ie son. Each OF these ranges has an ait
ny tude of {, 900 feet at least. Mount Ia
ng ,g mon, the highest peak of the Catalina
&c. has an elevation of 10000 feet; an
nc no Mount Wrightson in the Santa Kita ia
'u reaches an altitude OF nearly ll'oo
oc- feet.
"The scenery at Tucson IS as impre
s;ve as anywhere in the Rocky mou
uc- tains, and the gorgeous sunrise ana su
is set beggar description.
ing During the nine months, October
an rupe inclusive. 1so4-5. there were b.
by twenty-five cloudy days, and nine
ing these were in one month. Some idea
md the transparency of the ATMOSPHERE, mi
TIL he had when | state that, at m'dd
eli and with the unaided eye, have se'
ant Venus when it was hut ten degrees cas-
mo of the sun"
lS ,;Sr Or. N, H. Matas. a Physician OF
,;te @ wears practice in this City, says
ex "Since consumptives must depend on
m. resisting forces OF nature tor the cure
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