The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-13

HdiY vas tnc WT1tCT) steep out uuIlHe
the whole year. There are not FIVE days
III the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, out ot doors. In this climate in
iurics and wounds heal very rapidly,
contagious diseases are usually very
mild. There has been no epidemic, ex
rept III whooplng cough, tor years.
The winter months, from the middle |
OF September TO the first OF May, are III
this locality the finest i'll the world. One
bright sunshIuy day succeeds another;
the nights are cool aud cyhllaratng; the
whole country green with the richest
verduc and the brightest flowers. Truly .
1t is Il IOv to live.
AT present have never known per
son coming to this Territory III the early .
stages ot 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.
DR.. II w. Fcnner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacihc K. K, says
Tucson is city OF 10, 900 inhabitants
ON the main line of the southern Pacific
Railway, altitude = 400 feet above the
sea level Tucson ,ls one OF the oldest
settlements made by the Spanish con
querors. It is now the commercial and .
railroad center ~ Southern Arizona. 7 he
climate is exceedingly dry and bracing,
the humidity being exceedingly low; the
Il, hen
20 and 81 respe, tivcjy. The rainfall
is small and but httie irrigation is car /
fied on The water supply is excellent
The summers are long, the thcrmometc'
ranges high, but the low degree oi humid
ity makes the clear warmth tolerable. /
aud the most healthtul part OF the year.
Sunstrokcs and heat prostrattons are
unknown The climate OF Tucson has
been found by experience TO be particul /
arlv beneficial to most cases Of pulmon- /
ary ph;hisis, especially those OF the
earlier or pre- tubercuiar periods.
DR., Mark A. Rogers, OF Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity ior outdoor hte III the
treatment ot pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contln-
uouslv III the open an tor period ot sew
eral months. or, for shat matter, for
year. or several years. q climate is re
quirci which is continuously warm and
dry. Such a climate the United states
does not possess. but the nearest al.
proach 10 it Is Arizona
"Phvsicians rtr~'v stud their pa''~nts
10 the ard .x.oCs Orig sr--sr al
this consider a E-c5t ~lStaae. .hs
patients should by sem a. The ard s.
gious so soon as there . evidence ~ 81
icct,cn from the tu1crCie bas1,lus aH@
should be made 10 -csuaW fhett unt't
they arc wcll or until - - appsreut thai
the case ~ Dotese~s.
"Mauv physicians IL t3e cas-; order
patients 10 Cahiusu taf the winter
apparently with a View so sending then
to a dry climate be relative humidity
IN southern l. 3h'oEusa - as great, and
IN some instances greater. than that y.
the A;iantlN coa>t ard Dauy ot Fhc f'cs;
phvssS,aus IN GalyinruIa regularly send
then tub, rtular and asst t.taatf p3t'ents
to Tnc<on. California - 3 beautsfu,
country. hut thc foes which rome ~
r3fu the sea, aud the etuauattous from
the vast irrigated regions, make II ia'
iuferlor 20 the INLAND desef, regions iof
phthssieal patients. think n may l5s
assumed as a general rulc that wher
ever there il irrigation tacrc IS high
degree Of relative humidity, and patients
suffering from pulmonary pbthi~'s
should never bc scnt to an irrigated dis
tr,ct. Indeed. some OF tho Nahiornia
physicians have declared thar irrigation
and malaria go together
The citv o' Tucson has. in my opIn-
ION. advantages as hea':h resort
which can not be equalsed auyw here IN
North America. know of H. locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree Of relative humid
ity are combined with the same iatIi ude
and altitude. 1t ~ no longer considered
imperative TO send ,nbercuiar patients
,o an altitude OF 5 900 feet. or over. In
fact. clinical experience has proven that
more frequently patients required th IN
Sent 10 au altitude or less. rather thap
more than 900 tect. The altitude OF
Tucson is =. 400 feet. and that seems TO
he amply high for all bat the most ex'
! ceptiouai cases. The city Is situated in
"a basin near the underground Santa
{ rux river. 1t is completely walled IN
by massive mountain ranges. 10 the
north ia 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 alti-
! tude OF s, 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. tn, highes peak OF the Catalinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 feet. and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas
reaches an altitude OF nearly 1,00G
feet
The scenery at Tucson is as impress
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
tains. and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
set beggar description.
During the nine months, October to
Tuue, inclusive. ts94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine OF
these were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
he had when state that, at midd ay
and with the unaided eye, have seen
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
Of the sun."
Or. \, II. Matas. a Physician of II
wears practice in this City. says
Since consumptives must depend on the
oTs Ksar fla ~