The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-31

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 suushiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is a JOY to live.
AT present have never known q 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 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-
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 560 respe. lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car.
ried on. The water supply is excellent,
The summers are long, the thermometeT
ranges high, but the low degree ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolerablc.
and the most healthfrl part of. the year,
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson he's
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 III the
treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for a period OF sew
erai months, or, for that matter, for
year, or several years, climate is sc.
quired which is continuously warm and
drv. Such a climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap-
proach to it is Arizona.
physicians rare'~ send their paints
to the arid -eg:ons sxfri1g s-mzer I'D
| this | consider a great --istake. Ahs
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence of in.
| lection 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 ordefl
patients to California for the winter
apparently with view OF sending then
to dry climate. The relative HUMIDITY
in southern California is as great. ard
| in some instances greater, than that 9'
| the Atlantic coast, and many OF the isst
1 physicians in California regularly sand
their tnbercular and asthmatie patints
| to Tucson. California is a beau.ffu'
country, but the fogs which conc in
/ rom the sea, and the emanatious from
| the vast irrigated regions, make IL far
| inferior to the inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may be
{ aSSuI1eu as IL SGuEt lux budt "se~A
ever there is 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 nt Tucson has. in my opin.
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere IN
| North America. know OF no locality
where such q moderate winter climate
and such low degree OF relative humid.
ity are combined with the same Latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer eonsidef
imperative to send tuhercuiaI patie4
to an altitude OF 5000 ieet, or over. j
fact, clinical experience has proven tn
more frequently patients required to Y
sent to an altitude or less, rather tt m
more than 9, 900 feet The altitude OF
Tucson is 2,40O feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex'
ceptional cases. The city is situatei in
a basin near the underground.S < snta
Cruz river. 1t is completely wa: d IN
bv massive mountain ranges. T. the
north is 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 siti
tnde of 200 feet at least. Mount Le'
mon. the highest peak of the Cataiieas,
has an elevation of 10000 tect and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa ~ =,
reaches an altitude OF nearly IL H.
feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impres'
siye as anywhere in the Rocky moun-
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise ana sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October e
Tune, inclusive, 1S9+-5 there were but
Twenty-Five cloudy days, and nine o.
, these were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency OF the atmosphere, may
be had when state that, at m'dda
aad with the unaided eye. have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the sun."
IN. II. Matas Physician OF II
. wears practice in this City. says
'Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces of nature for the cure OF