The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-04

/
middle ,f May until September, and
many Gas the writer) sleep out during
the whole yer. 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
luries 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 exhlarating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly |
it is JOY to live.
AT present | have never known per-
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages OF pulmonary disease andlocatins
| in the altitude suited to their particular
case that did not get well; nor have l
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."
/ DIR. II. w. Fenner, of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific K. r., says
Tucson is a city OF 1000 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
querors. Ii 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
26' and So rcspe> lively. The rainfall
is small and but little irrigation is car
ried on. The water supply is excellent.
The summers are long the thermometer
ranges high, but the low degree othumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolcrable,
and the most healthful part of the year.
Sunstrokes and heat prostrations arc
unknown. The climate of Tucson has
been found by experience 10 be particnl-
nrly beneficial to most cases OF pnIrnon-
airy phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubcrcular periods. I
Il DR. Mark A. Rogers, Of Tucson, says:
4 My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor hie in the
4 treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis. I'm
/ order that the patient may live conttn-
uousiy in the open air for a period of sew
cral months, or, for that matter. for
year, or several years, climate 10 re
ouired which is continuously warm and
!. drv Such "a climate the United States
y does not possess. but the nearest ap
proach to il IS Arizona.
"Physseians rsarciv send their paints
. to tine arid -eg.ous :mri1g t-m=er I'd
this | consider a great -.stakc. Ia
patients should be scnt 10 the ard re
gions SO soon aS there ~ evidence of IN
. lection from tho tuh~rcie bactlius and
should bc made 20 remain there untfi
. they are well, or until IL 10 appa rent that
the case is hopelesH-
"Many physicians in the east order
patients 10 California for the winter
: apparently with v,ew Of sending ihrm
10 a dry climate The relative humidity
in southern California 10 a. great, and
Z ia some instances greater. than that o.
the Atlanta coast. and many of the sscss
physicians in California regularly send
/ their tuheseulaf and asthDatsS patients
E TO Teeson. California ss heantasu'
country, but thx fngs which coHss in
rom the sea, and the emanatsos from
I. the vast irrigated rcgton&. make IL far
: inferior to tho inland desert regions fo'
rshthisicai pa tieutx. ! think u mav bt
= assumed as a gencral ruie that " heF
:, ever there 10 irTigatiou there ~ high
. degree of relative humidity. aad pataeatA
sufierIng from pulmonary phshisss
! should never be sent to an irrigated dis
! trict. Indeed. some OF thr California
. phymscians have declared that sirrsg
: and malaria 60 together.
The city q, Tucson has. 10 my opin.
lon, advantages as q health resort
which can no; he equaIled anywhere ,n
North America. know OF no ls>calliy
where such a moderate wInter elssmatE
|" and such low degree OF relative humid
ity are combined with ehs sasae ias1t tuais
. and attitude. IL - no longer considered
i i,nuera tive TO send tuhcrculas ga atsents
to an altitude OF 9, 900 tcet. or over. In
: fact, clinical experience has proven that
y more frequently patients required to he
& seut to an altitude or less, rather than
}. more than 900 fewt. The altitude OF
Z Tucson is 400 feet, ard that seems to
be amply high for all but the most cH
=. eeptional cases. The city is situated ~
:. basin near the underground Santa
!, Crua river. II IS completely walled IN
!. bv massive mountain ranges. To ths
!. north in the Santa Catalina range, TO
!. the east, the Rincon; 10 the south, the
- Sauea kfta. ana ON tne Ns@ts tuS uN-
- son. Each OF these ranges has an alti'
!, tude of S 900 feet at least. Mount lie
E mon. tht highest peak of the Cataliuas.
A has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
: Mount wrightson in the Santa Ritas,
!. reaches an altitude of nearly Ii,ooS
:. feet.
1.-THE scenery at Tucson is as impres.
sive as anywhere in the Rocky noun
c tains, and the gorgeous sunrise and sun
is set beggar description.
g During the nine montha, October tc
n June, inclusive, is94-5, there were but
y twenty-five cloudy days. and nine %
9 these were in one month. Some idea o
q the transparency of the atm osphere MAJ
q be had when state that, at niidd a Y
II and with the unaided eye, have seer
J, Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
- Of the sun"
e DR.. n, II. Matas. "A Physician OF Il
te years practice in this City, says
( "Since cousumptives must depend on th'
=, | ra,;.t;uy forces of nature tor the cure q