The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-17

MANY laa the wutefl aleep aut dnfinn
lbf vshois Ysef There are aat i've da9F
in ths hUk ttst hht ihs utpst delicate
iutnith can srend part ~ ehs dAY at
lrast pnt ut duara fh this climate im
iuttre nud Sounds heal vstv fapidly
contagious Diseases ar uabalif vsCY
wiid itete bs~ been ne epidemic ex
efr' ~ ~hnop'us tanph lof years
tr wiutfs months 6ou, fhe middie
ui 8rutruher gn che hfri nf NnY Mef tn
This iuoaitf thr Gnesi in the w0rd tins
huWht #push,uy Hay succeeds anuthef.
lhf nWhfs htr enl auf eshilatafiem the
huis country autu vith fhe t'fheHt
fffdu, anj Dee brightest Hewvta Truly
tt is iHt fa lave
A' present hovf nevrt kuawn pee
aan corning tH thit lrftttutt tH the rafly
sioars ui pnlMuusfs dtHcaae eudioeatiuR
in the attitude sHited tn lheir uatttruiai
tase that dtd nose eyt wtll nnt tavs
knmwB ~ 0ns iH tbe SECOND staRs tha'
BED uat Improve nnt cannot fefratu
tsom raising my vosre against the ont
fsWv ai seudiuW advanced rasea 10 this
go othrt sections ~ dts among sttmnW
efs
Dc " w prnurf ~ Tucson sufaeou
Tucson n titv ~ 40 600 inhabitants
on be main ltue ~ he southern racihs
Railway. altitude AOU m~t above ths
sea level Iuesan ls uur af ,he eldest
settlements uade hv the &pauish tou
qnefors tt is nuw Ia commercial aad
railroad center ~ southern Arizona The
climate is exceedingly drv and bragtug.
The humidity lseiuM exceedingly low. the
Hn@ft# E.e.s.ss
16 and 6N frepe ttvslr The rainfall
"a small ard hlt fiitls irrigation il car
fted on Per water supply is spcelirut
he summers are ianR. tho thermometer
ranges hiRh hut the low iearev otharuid
ity makes the clear warmth toierablr.
and the most hfalthful part bt the wear
sunstfokes and heat prowtratto arr
uubuowa hc climate NJ Tucaon has
bern found bv experience 80 he narticwl
ariy beneficial 90 most cases of paluaou
ary phthisis especially those oi the
earIses ~ pre tnher ainf periods
pr Mark A. Rogers. Of Tucnou. savs.
-" NY experience has impressed upon
uss The neeeesstF fut outdoor like IN ths
treatment ol pulmonary tulrergu ulsm,s, In
order that the patient mar 1--we contln-
aoualy ~ ths Open ar far period Of sev
sfai months or. ior that matter foT =
ysar or several yeara. a climate Is r.,
quired which ss continuously warm and
drv. Such n climate The utsed States
does not possess. but the mearcwt ap
proach TO Il Is Arizona
"phymiciann farriv sad their 10 'i-mta
to the arid sRous uf1ag -xnzzsr I'd
thia | CONSIDER q great ~tstake. . NJ
patients shomld be avnt to the arid re-
gions 80 aoon az there - evidence oi in
kectton from the tutDercle haeillus. and
should be made "a remain there until
they are weil. or until IL ts apps rent that
/ tho case - hopeless.
MANY physicians ia the east order
patients 90 California f8r the wlates
apparently writh q view Of sending theru
to = dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California ia as great. aud
ia some instances greater. than that @.
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the bcat
phvsscSans IN California regularly sen5
their tubercular and asthmatiS pataents
20 TmcAun. Caittornsa sa a lseautsfus
country, but the fogs whach euue 10
rom the sea, and the gnana taona trom
the vast irrigated rrglons. make II Tar
suAerioT 20 tbs tnland desert regions for
phth4mtcal patients, think II may tN
assumed as a general rule that " hcF
ever there il irrigation there Is q high
degree 81 relative humidity. and patieuts
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never he seut 20 an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed. some OF the CRhaoruia
physicians hav declared that 'irylgstio
and malaria go together.
+ The city ~ Tucson has. iu nv opiu.
ION, advantages as q health resort
which can not be eqaalied auvw here in
North America. | know OF no locality
where snch q moderate wruter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
ity are combined with the Same la tit ude
and altitude. II - 40 longer considered
imperative 20 send tnberculaI patients
TO an altitude Of 5 600 trct. or over. la
kact, clinical experience has proven that /
nnorr frequently patients required 20 be
sent 90 IN altitude or less, rather than /
morw than 3 900 Fret. The altitude 81
Tncson is Z 400 feet. and that seems e.
be amply high for all but the most eH I
ecptional cases. The city ss situated in
a basin near the underground Santa /
Cruz river. Ii is completely WALKED IN
bv massive mountain ranges. To the /
north in the Santa Catalina range TO /
the east, the Rincou; 10 the south, the |
santa Rita and on the west. the Tuc. /
son. Bach OF these ranges has an sIti |
tude of s, 900 feet at least. Mount Le |
mon. tht highest peak Of tho Catalinas |
has an elevation OF 10000 feet. and /
Mount Wrightsou ia the Santa Ritas |
reaches an altitude OF nearly L ,oO9 |
teet
The @cencrv at Tucson is as impres
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun /
tains and the gorgeous sunrise md sun /
sct beggar description.
Daring the nine months, October 20 /
June, inclusive, ts9@-5. there were but +
twenty cloudy days, and nine Of
these were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency OF the atmosphere may /
be had when stair that. az m,dd ay |
and with the unaided eve. have seen
Venus when ii was hut ten degrees east
OF the sun"
Dr. N, II Matas Physician of II
years practice IN this City says
= Since cousumptives must depend on the