The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-10

many Gas the writer) sleep out during
the whole yepr. 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 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 another;
the nights are cool and exhilarating: the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
it is a joy to live.
''At present have never known per.
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocating
in che 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."
DR.. III. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific X. r., says
Tucson is city of 10, 900 inhabitants.
on 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.
qnerors. 1t is 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
260 and go respectively. The rainfall
10 small and but little irrigation Ia car
ried on. The water supply il excellent.
The summers are long. the therm ometer
ity makes the clear warmth tolerabie,
and the most healthfnl part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations are
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience to be particul.
arIy beneficial to most cases of pulmon-
airy phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubcrcular periods.
DR.. Mark 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 contin-
uously in the open air for q period ofsev-
cral months, or, for that matter, for
year. or several years. q climate 10 re-
quired which 10 continuously warm and
dry. Such n climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap-
proach to IL 10 Arizona.
physicians rmresv send their pa.'-nts
TO the arid -e9.ous caring WINNER Id
this | consider great .-istAke. h.
patients should be sent TO the arid re-
gions 90 soon as there 10 evidence Of in
fiction from the tubcrcie bacillus, and
should be made to remain there until
they are well. or until it 10 apparent that
the case 10 hopeless.
MANY physicians in the east order
patients to California for the winter
apparently with view OF sending them
to d dry climate The relative humidity
IN southern California 10 as great, and
in SOME instances greater. than that oi
the Atlantic coast. and many of the best
physicians in California regularly send
their tnbrreuiar and asthrnatis patients
TO Tucson. California 10 beautifts.
country, but the fogs which come in
rom the sea, and the cmanations from
the vast irrigated regions, make il far
inferior to the 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 atients
suffering from pulmonary phthisis
should never be sent to an irrigated dis
trict. lndced, some of the California
physicians have declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
"The city M Tucson has. in my opin-
ion, advantages as a health resort
which can not be equalled anywhere in
North America. know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and sucl, a low degree OF relative humid.
ity arc combined with the same latitude
and altitude. II is no longer considered
to an altitude OF s. 600 feet. or over. In
more frequently patients required to be
sent to an altitude or less. rather than
more than 1900 feet. The altitude oi
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 10 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 slti-
tudc of S, 900 feet at least. Mount Le-
mon. tn. highest peak OF the Catalinas,
has an elevation OF 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly 1,000
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
Iune. inclusive, 1S94-5, there were but
twenty-five cloudy days, and nine o'
these were in one month. Some idea OF
the transparency of the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midd ay
and with the unaided eye. have seen
Venus wher it was hut ten degrees east
Of the SUM-"
DIR. N, II. Matas, Physician of II
years practice in this City. says
'Since cousumptivcs must depend on the
resistiup forces of nature for the cure of