The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05

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many (as the writer) sleep out during
the whole yer. There are not five days
IN the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part Of the day. al
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 anotf err;
the nights are cool and exhilarating: the
whole country green with the richest
verdtft and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is a 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."
DIR. Fl. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
OF the Southern Pacific X. r., says
Tucson is q city of l0, 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 IL exceedingly dry and bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly iows the
yearly minimum and maximum being
260 aud 56o rcspe, lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation In car
ried ON. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the Thermometer
ranges high. but the low degree ofhunnid.
ity makes the clear warmth tolerahie,
and the most healthfni part of the year.
Sunstrokes aud heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found bv experience TO be particui.
arly beneficial to most cases OF pultuon-
AIRY phthisis. especially those Of the
earlier or pre-tHbcrcular periods.
DIR. Marx A. Rogers, of Tucson, says:
--"M My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor life in the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live eontin-
&4ssNsy A AAs& 0EAn &AAf AoA - AfE&t0A 1S ~ "
eral months. or, for that matter, for a
quired which 10 continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United States
doea not possess. bus the nearest ap-
proach to it 10 Arizona.
physicians rarrsv send their pa.; -nss
60 the arid -sgsons suriag s.xn-zer nd
this consider q great -..astake. 4hs
patients should Ire sent to the arid re
gions 50 soon an there ID evidence of in
fection from the tnbercle bacillus. and
should be made to remain there until
they are we'll. or until it 10 sappauent that
tho case in hopeless.
"Many physicians in the east order
patseuts TO California for tho winter
apparently with view of sending them
10 d dry climate. Thx relative humidity
in southern California 10 as great. and
Id sosase Instances greater. than that ..
the Atlantis coast. and many Of the best
physscsans In California regularly send
their tabercnlar and asthmatss patients
to Tncson. California IL a beautiful
sounsry, bat the fogs which come In
rom the sea, and the exaanations from
the vast irrigated FegIons, make II far
inferior 10 the inland desert regsons foy
phthisieai patients. think it may be
assumed AZ general rule that wfscT~ |
ever there is irrigation there IN high |
degree oil relative husnidity. and patients |
salSwriug from pulmonary phthasis |
slsoaId never be sent To an irrigated dis |
trict. Indeed, some of the California |
physicians have declared that irrigation |
and malaria 10 tDgcther.'
"The city os Tucson has. i'm my opin. |
ion, advantages as a health resort !
which can not be equalied anywhere ia /
North America. know of no locality |
where such moderate winter climate |
and snch low degree of relative humid |
ify are combined with the same latitude |
and altitude. Ii IL no longer considered
imperative to send tubercusas patients
to an altitude OF 5. 900 feet, or oxer. La
fact, clinical experience has proven that
moro frcquently patients required to be
sent to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 8, 600 feet. The altitude OF
Tucson il 9, 100 feet, and that seems 10
be ansply high for all but the most ex-
ceptiOnal cases. The city ID situated in
u basin near the underground Santa
crax river. II 10 completely walled in
bv massive mountain ranges. To the
norm In EME E14M&M &0tAfBSaM AMAENs ~
the east, the Rincon: to the south, the
Santa Rita; and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an alti.
tusle of 5000 feet at least. Mount LIE
mon. thu highest peak of the Cataiinas.
has nm elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude Of nearly III, ,O0e
feet.
1.-THE scenery at Tucson is 40 impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun-
set beggar description.
"During the nine months, October TO
Tune, inclusive, ts94-5, there were but
TWENTY-FIVE cloudy days, and nine OF
these were in one month. Some idea oil
the transparency of the atmosphere may
he had when state that, at midd ay
and with the unaided eye, have seen
| Venus whcn it was tut ten degrees east
of the snn."
DR.. N, H. Matas, a Physician OF II
wears practice in this City, says
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