The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08

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 sunshiny day succeeds anotl er;
the nights are cool and exhilarating: he
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."
/ DR.. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific X. r., says
Tucson is city of 10000 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 560 respe, lively. The rainfall
/ 10 email nd hat Ia. e
RED 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 by experience to be particui.
arly beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
ary phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubcrcular 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 a period of fscv- |
eral months, or, far that matter, for a
year, or several years, a 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 it IS Arizona.
Physicians rare'w send their pa; ;-nts |
to the arid -eg.ons :tri5g s,-xn--sr nd
this consider a great @-istake. he |
patients should be sent to the arid re |
gions so soon as there IL evidence of in. |
fiction from the tubereie bacillus, and |
should be made to remain there until !
they are WEB. 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 y,
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best |
physicians in California regularly send |
their tubercuiar and asthmatie patients |
to Tucson. California is beautiful, |
country, but the fogs which come in |
rom the sea, and the emanations from |
the vast irrigated regions, make 1t far |
inferior to the inland desert regions for /
phthisical patients. think it may be |
assumed as general rule that wher |
ever there 10 irrigation there is 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 o' Tucson has. in my opir. |
ion, advantages as health resort |
which can not be equaiied anywhere in
/ A. . II
where such a moderate winter climate |
and such low degree OF relative humid. |
| ity are combined with the same latitude |
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered |
| imperative to send tubcrcuiar patients |
to an altitude of 5000 feet, or over. In |
fact, clinical experience has proven that |
more frequently patients required to bc |
sent to I'm altitude or less, rather than |
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson 10 z, 400 feet. and that seems to |
be amply high for all but the most ex- |
ceptionai cases. The city is situated In |
| a basin near the underground Santa |
Cruz river. 1t 10 completely walled in |
| bv massive mountain ranges. To the |
north in 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 slti |
tude of S, 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 IL ,000
feet.
1.-THE scenery at Tucson is as impres.
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun.
set bcggar description.
"During the nine months, October to
Tune, 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 midd ay
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the sum-"
DR.. N, II. Matas, a Physician OF II
wears practice in this City, says
HSince consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces of nature tor the cure OF
their disease, it is evident that an early