The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-06

many las the WritcrB 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
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 cxhilarating: 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 carly
stages OF pulmonary disease andiocating
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. Fl. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson is a city of 10, 900 inhabitants,
on the main line of the Southern Pacific
Railway, altitude Z, 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 So respectively. 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 toierable,
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-
ariy beneficial to most cases of pufmon-
ary 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-
uously in the open air for period ofsev-
cral months, or, for that matter, for
year, or several years. a climate 10 re-
| quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest APP
proach to it is Arizona.
Physicians rare'v send their pa+;.nts
! to the arid -ex:ons Euri1g t.n.sey nd
this ! consider a great --istake.- 1he
| patients should be sent to the arid re-
gions SO soon as there is evidence of In
| lection from the tuberclc 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 order
patients to California for the winter,
apparently with a view of sending them
to dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California is as great, and
in some instances greater, than that of
the Atlantic coast, and many Of the beat
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatie patients
to Tucson. California 10 q beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanati0ns from
the vast irrigated regions, make d far
inferior to tho inland desert regi0ne for
phthisical patients. think it may be Z
assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there ii . high
degree OF relative humidity, and patierts
| suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict. Indeed, some Of the Calii0rnia
physicians have declared that Irrigation
and malaria go together.
1.-The city of Tucson has. ID ny opin.
ion. advantages as heaIth resort y
which can not be equalled anywhere ii
North America. know Of no Iocality
where such moderate winter climate
and such a low degree ofrelative humid.
| ity are combined with The aaIue latitude
and altitude. 1t is no lonoex <onsid dered
| IMPERATIVE to send tubercuf4y uakieux4
| to an altitude of 5000 feek, ~ 1v<S. Ilk
fact, clinical experience has px0xeu TINT
more frequently patients f<qn 30 c
| sent to an altitude or icS1, rNx xkek tSnn
more than 8, 900 feet. The NIf7<u6& of
| Tucson is 2, 400 feet, and S6k = 6E16o IN I
be amply high for all bit II III ~ 4
ceptional cases. The city i6 IN 1ed f6lss
/ a basin near the unde< - p d En&(
Cruz river. 1t is con1y5l S T.
bv massive mountains fsI II =
north is the Santa g. ak6 N \ Gz n Il
the east, the Rincou; = V M
Santa Rita; and on z + = + \ |SS
son. Each of these YMTl : |Ia
/ tude of 5, 900 feet III ~ M Il
mon. tht highest ~ : q
mas an elcvdhtuM42 2&Nz.
Mount Wrightscn - I
reaches an altitude 4
feet. .ssZ8 III + s. ##
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sive as anywhere
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set beggar descxi
4 During tn
June. inclusiye
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