The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-04

tne whole ye9r. There arc. not hve 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-
eept 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 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.. H. 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
260 and 560 pe,tiyely. 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 particut |
arly beneficial to most cases of pulrnon
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 IN the |
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In |
order that the patient may live contin-
uously in the open air for period of sew |
cral months, or, for that matter. for q |
year, or several years. climate is re-
quired which 10 continuously warm and |
dry. Such climate the United States |
does not possess, but the nearest ap- |
proaeh to it Is Arizona.
Physicians rars'v send their pa ~nts |
TO the arid -eg.ons esfriag s-mzes 7d
this ! consider a great --:.stase. &hs |
patients should be sent to the arid re |
gions so soon as there IL evidence of in |
fection 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 order
patients to California for the winter |
apparently with view of sending them |
To a dry climate. The relative humidity |
i'm southern California is as great, and !
in some instances greater, than that of
the Atlantic coast, and many of the best |
physicians in California regularly send |
their tubercular and asthmatie patients |
to Tucson. California is a beautifu. /,
country. but the fogs which come in |
rom the sea, and the emanations from |
the vast irrigated regions, make IL far |
inferior to the inland desert regions for |
phfhisicai patients. / think il may be |
ever there il 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 ot Tucson has. in my opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not be eqnailed 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 tubercuiar patients
to an altitude Of s. 900 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 400 feet. and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated ~
a basin near the underground Santa
Cruz river. 1t is completely walled in
by massive mountain ranges. To the
north is the Santa Catalina range; to
the east, the Rincon; 10 the south. the
Santa Rita; and ON the west, the Tue
son. Each OF these ranges has an siti-
tude Of {. 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL ,O00
feet.
1.-The scenery mt Tucson is as impress /
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun |
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set bcggar description.
During the nine months. October to |
I,ne, inclusive, ls94-5, there were but |
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine oi
these were in one month. Some idea Of |
the transparency of the atmosphere may |
be had when state that, at rnidd ay |
and with the unaided eye. have seen |
Venus wher it was hut ten degrees east
of the sum-"
DIR. N, II. Matas, n Physician OF 4
wears practice in this City, says
"Since consumptives must depend on the
s>f I, for he nt