The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-24

| iHCDIlaLcu at tnc tifne. 1t is the common
custom to sleep out of doors from the
middle of May until September. and
many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole year. 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
iurics 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 |
1T 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 K. r., says
! Tucson is city of 10,O 900 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
26' and So rcspe, lively. 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 healthful 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 pulmou-
AIRY phthisis, especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
Dr. Marx 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-
uousiy in the open air for a period OF sew
eral months, or. for that matter, for
year, or several years, a climate is re-
Quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, bat the nearest ap-
proaeh to II Is Arizona.
Physicians rare'v ssnd their pa''"nts
TO the arid -sy:ors .ssrisg ,.rn.aer I'D
this | consider n great -.stake. hs
patients should be sent to the arid re
gions so soon as there is evidence OF in
fiction from the tubercle bacillus. aud
should be made 10 remain there until
they are well. or until it is apparcn; that
the case is hopeiess.
"Mauy physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter
apparently with view Of sending them
10 a dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California il rs great, and
in some instances greater, than that %.
the Atlantic coast. and many OF the hest
physicians in California regularly send
their tubsrcnIar and asthmatie patients
to Tucson. California Is beautiful
country, but the fogs which come 10
rom the sea, and the eKnanationS from
the vast irrigated regions, snake II tar
inis:ior TO tho inland desert regions tor
phthisical patients. | think it may be
assumed as "A general rule that whsF'
. ever there is irrigation there Is high
degree OF relative humidity. and patients
,, suffering from pulmonary phthis's
should uevcr te sent to an irrigated dts
, trict. Indeed, some OF the CahaoTnsa
! uhv gic;ans have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
,sThe city ut Tucson has, ia my opsn-
ion. advantages as "A health resort
. which can not l,e cQualled anywhere an
S North Amcr,ca. | know OF no locality
y where such moderate winter climate
: and such low degree of relative humid
. ity are combined with the same latitude
0 and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
!. ;murrat,yc to send tubercuiag patients
c 10 an altitude of 1000 feet, or over. In
l. fac, clinical experience has proven that
. more frequently patients required to be
e sent to an altitude or less. rather than
:. more than 9. 900 feet. The altitude oi
I Tucson ia q, 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most cx-
rentio,,al cases The city Is situated IN
basin near the underground Santa
8 Cruz river. Il is completely walled IN
" bv massive mountain ranges. 10 the
: north il 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 alt'
, tudc of 6, 900 feet at least. Mount Le
= mon. thu highest peak of the Cataiinas
], has an elevation of 10000 feet, ano
. Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas
: reaches an altitude OF nearly 1l,oot
=. feet.
"The scenery at Tucson is as impres
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
C tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
is set beggar description.
lg During the nine months, October t.
IN Iune. inclusive, 1s9+5. there were bu
" TWENTY-FIVE cloudy days, and nine q
lg ,bese were in one month. Some idea @
nd the transparency OF the atmosphere ma.
h, he had when state that, at nidd a,
Ii and with the unaided eye. have see
Mt Venus wher it was hut ten degrees eas'
he of the sum-"
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