The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-11

the whole ycPr. There are not five days
IN the whole year but the most delicate
4 invalid can spend part of the day, at
! least, out oi doors. In this climate in
iurIcs and wounds heal very rapidly:
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex-
eept iii whooping cough, for years.
THE winter months, from the middle
of September to the FIRST OF May, are iii
this locality the finest in the world. One
bright suushiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating, the
whole country green with the richest
veriue and the brightest flowers. Truly
IT il "A Joy TO live.
"At present have never known a per
son coming TO this Territory in the early
stages oil 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-
crs."
Or. H. w. Fenner. of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific X. r.. SAYS
Tucson is a city of I0, 900 inhabitants,
6n 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
qncrors. II is now the commercial and
railroad ceutcr OF Southern Arizona. The
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low: the
yearly minimum and maximum being
269 and 56o respectively. The rainfall
1 ,x,~A l.,.4I II fa
ried 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 tolerabie,
and the most heahhfni part OF the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience to be particui-
arly beneficial to most cases OF pulTnon-
AIRY phthIsis, especially those OF the
: earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
! Or. Mark A. Rogers, Of Tucson. says:
My experience has impressed upon
, me the necessity for outdoor life in the
, trratm OF pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contin.
uousiy in tho open air for a period of sew
cral months. or, for that matter, for a
year. or several years. climate is re-
quired which is continuously warm and
drv. Such a climate the United States
does not possess, but the nearest ap-
proach 20 II is Arizona.
Physicians rare'~ send their pa; ;-nts
to tae ard -eG.o1s suri1g s-n:ie- nd
this | consider a great =;stake. ;he
patients should be sent 10 the arid re-
gious go soon as there is evidence of in.
lection from the tubercle bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are we'll 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 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 asthmatie patients
to Tucson. California is a beautiful
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the emanatious from
the vast irrigated regions, make 1t far
inferior to tho inland desert regions for
phthisical patients. think it may be
assumed as a general rule that wher-
ever there is irrigation there is a 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 Of Tucson has, in my opin-
ion, advantages as health resort
which can not be 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 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 1900 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
bv 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 nlti-
tude of 6, 700 feet at least. Mount Le-s
mOns InS HlgHCcI peak OI tuc GAtAAH31y
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly 11.000
feet.
1.-The scenery at Tucson is as impres.
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun-
tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun.
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
June, inclusive, 1S94-5, there were bur
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine "a
the Transparency oi the atmospneIs nay
and with the unaided ~, Rave eeeM
Venus wherit was hut tcn degrees east
of the sun. Il