The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-25

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IN the whole year but the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, at
least, out of doors. In this climate in
lures 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 anotl er;
the nights are cool and exhilarating Il he
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
1t 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 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-
ers."
DR.. H. W. Fenner of Tucson, Surgeon
of the Southern Pacific r. 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
querors. 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 ma ximum being
DRn and EGO tsy.af.y The oil
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 ofhumid-
ity makes the clear warmth tolcrable.
and the most healthfal 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 pulmon-
airy phthisis. especially those of the
earlier or pre-tubercular periods.
DR.. Marx A. Rogers, OF Tucson, says:
My experience has impressed upon
me the necessity for outdoor life in the
treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. In
order that the patient may live contiu-
uousiy In the open air for n period ofsev-
crai months, or, for that matter, for q
year. or several years, q climate 10 re
Quired which is continuously warm and
dry. Such q climate the United States
does not possess. but the nearest ap
proach to it is Arizona.
"Physicians rarely send their pas'~nts
to the arid -sx:ous fxsriag fssn1ssr nd
pat;ents should be sent TO the arid re
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tection from the tubercie bacillus, and
| should be made TO remain there until
they are weil. or until il is apparent that
the case is hopeless.
"Mauy physicians ia the east order
| patients TO California for the wintes
apparently with q view of sending them
| TO a dry climate The relative humidity
| in southern California 10 as great. and
| ia come instances greater, than that %.
the Atlantic coast, and many OF the best
physicians in California regularly send
| their tub<rcuiar and axthmatis patients
TO Tugsou. California 10 beaatifu4
country, but the fogs which come in
| rom the sea, and the emauations from
the vast irrigated regions. make IL far
I inferior to tho inland desert regions for
plthssicai patients. | think il may he
assumed as a general rule that wher
ever there 10 irrigation there IL 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
phys;ciaus ha se declared that irrigation
and malaria go together.
"The city ot Tucson has, in my opin.
I p.a~N
| which can not be equalled anywhere ia
| North America. know of no locality
where such a moderate winter climate
and such low degree of relative humid
| ity are combined with the same latitude
! and altitude. IL is no longer considered
/ imperative to send tubercular patients
| to an altitude of 900 feet, or over. In
/ fact, clinical experience has proven that
1 more frequently patients required TO be
I scnt to ai, altitude or iess. rather than
4 more than 1900 feet. The altitude OF
| Tucson ID 2, 400 feet. and that seems 20
be amply high for all but the most ex-
ccptionai cases The city is situated in
| basin near the underground Santa
4 Cru. river. Il is completely walled IN
hv massive mountain ranges. To the
Il north in the Santa Catalina range: to
the east, kHE NsuSObs ~ tnt ScAebs tAs%
Santa Rita: and on the west, the Tue
son. Each of these ranges has an alii'
tude of S 900 feet at least. Mount Lee
mon. the highest peak of the Catalinas,
has an elevation of 10000 feet, and
Mount Wrightson IN the Santa Ritas,
reaches an altitude of nearly 1,0O0
feet.
1.-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 o.
the transparency OF the atmosphere may
be had when state that, at midd ay
and with the unaided eye, have seer
Venus when it was hut ten degrees east
of the sun."
DR.. N, II. Matas, a Physician OF II
wears practice in this City, says
'Since consumptives must depend on the
resisting forces OF nature tor the cure o
| +he;r disease IT is evident that an earl,