The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-01

the whole yer. 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 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
it is JOY to live.
"At present l have never known per-
son coming to this Territory i'll 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 a city of 10 900 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
260 and So respectively. 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 low degree ofhumid
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable.
and the most healthfui 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:
Ny experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor life in the
treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the pafientsnay live .coatin-
tiously ii the open air for a period of sew
eral months, or, for that matter, for O
year, or several years, q climate is re-
quired which Ii coafinuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
docs not possess, bat the nearcst ap-
proach to II u Arizona.
"Phyicians rare,v send their pa; .nts
to the asid sSxri1g E.enzer 1d
this / consider a great --sstake. .hs
patients should be sent to the arid re
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lection from the tubercle bacillus. and
should be made to remain there until
they are well. or until il il 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 oi
the Atlantic coast and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatie patients
to Tucson. California is bcautifii.
country. but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emauations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to tho inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as a general rule that wher- |
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
triet. Indeed, some of the California |
physicians have declared that irrigation |
and malaria go together.
"The city os Tucson has. in my opin. |
ines nH N nG nat4 vAA
which can not be equailed anywhere in |
North America. know OF no locality |
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 tuberculaY patients |
to an altitude of 1000 feet, or over. In
fact, clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required to be |
sent to an altitude or less, rather than |
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson is 2,4oO feet, and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex.
ceptional cases. The city is situated in |
basin near the underground Santa |
Cruz river. 1t Is completely walled in |
bv massive mountain ranges. To the |
north is the Santa Catalina range: to |
the cast, the Rincon: to the south, the |
Santa Rita; and ON the west, the Tue |
son. Each of these ranges has an aiti.
tudc Of 6, 900 feet at least. Mount lie.
mon. the highest peak of the Cataiiuas.
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and |
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude Of nearly II, ,00e
feet,
"Thc scenery at Tucson is as impress !
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
June, inclusive, 1Se4-5, 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 wher it was hut ten degrees east
of the sun."
DR.. N, H. Matas, a Physician of Il
years practice in this City, says
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