The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-17

many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole year. There are not hve 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 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 celebrating; 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."
DIR. II. w. Fcnner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific X. r., says
Tucson is a city of 10, 1000 inhabitants.
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude 2.40O 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
zee and $50 respes lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ried on. The water supply 10 excellent.
The summers are long, the Thermometer
ranges high. but the low degree ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable,
and the most heaithful part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found bv experience to be particul-
| 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
! treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uousiy in the open air for a period of sew
erai months. or, for that matter, for a
year. or several years, climate Is re-
| quired which 10 continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess. bat the nearest ap-
proaeh to it 10 Arizona.
"Physicsaus rare'v send their pa
TO the arid ~x;ors @xgi1g WINNER nd
this | consider a great <asxake. h.
patients shoaid be sent to tho arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence Of in.
fectioa from the tuberclc bacillus. and
should be made to remain there until
they are well, or until il 10 apparent that
the case is hopeiess.
Many physicians in the east order
patients TO California for the wintei
apparently with "A v,ew Of scnding them
to dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California 10 as great, aad
in some instances greater. than that oi
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubereuiar and asthsnatic patients
to Tucson. California IL "A beautiful.
country. but the fogs which come ia
rom the sea, and the emanatiopS from
the xast irrigated regions. make it far
inferior 10 the inland desert regions for
phshisscai patients. think il may be
assumed as a gcuerai rule that wher
ever there 10 irrigation there is high
degree of relative humidity. and patients
suffering from pulmonary phthisas
should never he sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some OF the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together
.tTt.a 4.s- -. Y-..sz<As. Aas 40 s,-~ rNr,,..
ion. advantages as a health resort
which can not he eqaalIed anywhere 10
North America. know os no locality
where such moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid.
itv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considerc6
imperative to send tnbercuiar patients
10 an altitude OF s 1000 feet or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be
sent to en- altitude or less, rather thar
more than Z. 200 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 2, 400 feet. and that seems TO
be amply high for all but the most ex
ccpiionai cases. The city is situated in
basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
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 &. 900 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 l1,o0o
feet.
1.-The scenery at Tucson is as impress
siye as anywhere ia the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun.
set beggar 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 OF
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.. \, II. Matas, a Physician of ~
years practice in this City, says