The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-28

many tas the wT1ter) Slcep out during
the whole ye9r. 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 iu-
iuries and wounds heal very rapidly;
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex-
cept III 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 cxhlarating. the
whole country green with the richest
vcrduc and the brightest flowers. Truly
Il is Il JOY 10 live.
AT present ! have never known a per-
son coming 10 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 sccoud stage that
did not improve. But ca nnot refrain
from raising my voice against the out
/ rage ot sending advanced cases to this
/ or other sections 70 die among strang-
crs.
/ Or. II. ". Fenner. of Tucson. Surgeon
/ OF the Southern Pacisc X. r, says
/ Tucson IS city of TO- 900 inhabitants,
on the main line OF the Southern Pacific
( Railway, altitude 400 feet above the
ses level. Tucson is one of the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con-
qnerofs. II - 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
20 and 56 respectively. The rainfall
Is small and but little irrigation is car
red on The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long, the thermometer
ranges high. but the low degree Of humid
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable.
and the uost healthfrl part of the year.
Suusirokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate Of Tucson has
bccu found bv experience to be particui-
ariy beneficial TO most cases OF pulmou-
AIRY phthisss. especially those of the
: earlier on pre~tubercular periods.
: Dr Mark A. Rogers, OF Tucson, says:
MY experience has impressed upon
E me the necessity for outdoor life IN the
4 treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live coutin-
uousiy in the open air for a period of sew
= erai months, or, for that matter for a
year. or several years, climate is re-
qu,red which is continuously warm and
dry. Such "a climate the nitcd States
docs not possess. but the nearest APP
pFoach 10 II is Arizona,
Physicians rare'v send their paints
to the arid -eZ.ons tIiri1g s-rnze- nd
this consider great --sstake. he
patients should be sent to the arid re-
gions so soon as there is evidence of in
lection from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are well. or until il 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 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 best
physicians in California regularly send
their tubercular and asthmatic patients
TO Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make it far
inferior to tho inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think il may be
assumed as "A general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is high
degree of relative humidity. and dpatients
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 60 together
The city of Tucson has in my opin-
ion. advantages as health resort
which can not he equalled anywhere in
/ North America. know OF no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
itv are combined with the same latitude
and altitude. 1t is no longer considered
imperative to send tubercular patients
to an altitude of 5000 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 3. 900 feet. The altitude of
Tucson is 2, 400 feet and that seems to
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ceptional cases. The city is situated In
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; to the south, the
Santa Rita: and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an slti-
tude of 1000 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrigbtson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly IL, 600
feet sss
"The scenery at Tucson 10 ~ impres-
sive as anywhere in the Rocky moun-
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise md sus-
set beggar description. 81
During the nine months, Octobex 10
Iune inclusive, 1S94~5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine a
these were in one month. Some idca 81
the transparency Of the atmosphxfe s1ay
be had when state that, at midday
and with the unaided eye, Thave oelz1
Venus when it was hut ten degrees -
of the SUM-"