The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-15


middle If May until September, anc
many (as the writer) sleep out durinl
the whole yecr. There are not Eve day.
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 aud wounds heal very rapidly
contagious diseases are usually yer,
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. Ono
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 JOY to live.
AT present have never known a per
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocatinR
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 nay voice against the out
rage OF sending advanced cases to this
or other sections to die among strang
ers."
DIR. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific r. R., says
Tucson is 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
qucrors. 1t is now the commercial and
railroad center of Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and braciug,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
yearly minimum and maximum being
26' and $50 respe, lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation il car.
ried on. The water supply is excellent
The summers are long. the Thermometer
ranges high. bat the low degree ofhumid |
ity makes the clear warmth tolerabIe. |
and the most heaIthfui part Of the year. |
Sunstrokes aud heat prostrations are |
unknown. The climate of Tucson has |
been found bv experience TO be particul |
arly beneficial to most cases of puimon- |
airy phthisis. cspecialIy those of the |
earlier or pre-tubercular periods. h
DR.. Mark A. Rogers. of Tucson, saws:
--" My experience has impressef upon |
me the necessity for outdoor lite in the |
treatment Of pulmonary tubcrculcsis. In |
order that the patient may iixe contin. |
uously in the open air for d period of sew |
-ral months, or, for that matter. for q
year, or several years. climate is re- |
luired which l. scontinuously warm and /
drv. Such climate the rnited States |
does not possess, bat the nearest ap-
proach 20 Il 10 Arizona.
Physicians raresy s=nd their pa4s-nts
to the arid -sg.ons Sxsri1g fcxnner .ad
this | CONSIDER a great ----istake. rhx
patients should be sent 10 the arid re
gious 20 soon as there ID evidence OF In |
ection from the tubercie bacillus, and
should BE made to remain there uutil
they are well, or until II Is isappafent that
the case b hopeless.
"Many physicians In the east order
patients To Caiitors1ia for the winter
with view of sending them
to 4 dry climate. The relative humidity
in southern California 10 a. great. and
ia tome instances greater, than that ..
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best
phvsicians ID Caiifornia regularly send
their tnbcrcnlnr and asthmafis patients
TO Tucson. California h 4 beautifui
COUNTRY, bat the logs which come la
rom the sea, ana the emanations from
he vast irrigated fxgions, make 1t far
nferioe 90 the inland desert regions 4or
patients. think Ii may be
assumed as q generai rule that wher-
.ver there is irrigation there is high
iegree of relative humidity. and patients
Iuhering from pulmonary phthisis
'hould never be sent 10 an irrigated dis
net. Indeed, some of the California
physicians have declared that 'irrigation
md malaria 90 together.
"The city ot Tucson has. In niy opin.
ON. advantages as a health resort
which can not be cquailed anywhere in
forth America. / know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
md such low degree of relative humid
ty are combined with the same latitude
md altitude. 1t 10 no longer considered
TO send tuberguias patients
o an altitude of S 900 feet, or over. In
act, clinical experience has proven that
more frcquently patients required TO be
eut to an altitude or less, rather than
more than 5000 feet. The altitude OF
rucsou is 100 feet. and that seems to
,e amply high for all bnt the most ex.
optional cases. The city is situated ia
basin near the underground Santa
..ruz river. II is completely walled in
" massive mountain ranges. To the i
orth Is the Santa Catalina range; to
he east, the Rincon; to the south. the
anita Rita: and on the west, the Tue.
on. Each of these ranges has An slti- u
ude Of s, 900 feet at least. Mount Le- l.
lon. th. highest peak of the catalinas, II
as an elevation Of 10000 feet, and
aount W'rightson In the Santa Ritas,
caches an altitude of nearly 11,O08
.et.
"The scenery at Tucson is an impress
i've as anywhere In the Rocky noun
aims. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun.
ct beggar description.
''During the nine months, October to
une, inclusive, 1s94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
hese were in one month. Some idea OF
he transparency of the atmosphere may
e had when state that, at midday .
nd with the unaided eye, have seen
'enus when it was but ten degrees east
tbe.sun."
DR.. n, H, Matas, a Physician of II