The herald., 1897-04-18

tember 1t is customary to sleep out OF
doors.
DR.. Stroud is a noted specialist IN
lung difficulties of every description ana
conducts a well-regulated sanitarium
at 631 North Center street Phoenix,
where all who are fortunate enough to
secure accommodations enjoy the best
of care and treatment.
SCIENTIFICALLY DETERMINED
Among the eminent physicians of
Phoenix, few are as widely known and
none so thoroughly familiar with every
phase and attribute of the climate here
as DIR. W. Lawrence Woodruff. He is n
distinguished graduate of the we'll
| known Hahnemann medical college Of
| Philadelphia, and came here from New
| Jersey five years ago. He has erected
/ for his own exclusive use a commodious
brick building just west of the court
house. This contains his office. reception
| parlors, operating rooms and laboratory,
| which are all elegantly furnished, con-
veniently arranged and magnificently
equipped. During his long sojourn and
wide professional experience here the
doctor hes made most careful scientific
study of the peculiarities of climate
which are found here. From statistics
that are reliable, cautiously compared
and dissected, he draws his conclusions
as to the effect of the prevailing natural
conditions here upon life, health and
longevity. His opinions and advice are
therefore of especial value. After ex-
haustive investigation and experiment
scientifically conducted, DR.. Woodruff
declares that during the summer months
Salt River valley is the healthest spot
on earth. This is the season when the
invalid makes his greatest Improvement.
To get the most benefit from this cli-
mate he must come during the spring
and summer, rather than in the fall and
winter. This is the rule and the con-
trary the exception. II is perfectly safe
for people from any part of the land to
come here during any part OF the heated
term. The hot dry air here ie stimula.-
ing and not in the least debilitating.
When the sufferer has sufficient vitality
left to reasonably expect any benefit
the gain in weight and strength usually
continues while the warm weather lasts
A summer spent here with its unloading
of poisonous, broken-down tissues pre-
pares an invalid to get the greatest bene-
fit from our mild winters. The appetite
is better in the hot weather than in the
cold. Everyone drinks water copiousiy
during the heated term and without risk.
1t is a natural appetizer and is followed
by profuse perspiration, flushing" out
the system. Then all can live in the
open air the lawn is parlor, dining room
and sleeping apartment The diet is
largely fruit of great variety and abund-
ance. The foliage of quick growing trees
forms a grateful shade from the perpet-
ual sunshine of the day and at night the
beauty of the moonlight is unsurpassed
1t is the very luxury of life to eick and
we'll alike to thus live in the open air
throughout the dewless night, dressed
in the lightest garments without fear OF
taking cold.
CLIMATE AND THE EYE, EAR, ETC.
DR.. L. d. Dameron came to Phoenix
five years ago from Missouri. He is sur
geon at the Indian school near here and
a member of the United States board Of
pension examiners. He also has a large
private practice as a specialist in dis
eases of the eye, ear. nose and throa,.
Acute troubles of the eye are not uncom-
mon here. They probably originate from
the glare of reflected light and heat, but
yield readily to treatment. Throat diff
ficulties, such as catarrh, and diseases of
the respiratory organs, such as asthma,
are readily cured in this climate. The
summer time is the most favora BILE sea-
son in the great majority Of such cases.
Many come in the fall and after prosper
ing more or less through the mild winter
they leave on the approach of warm
weather. AS a rule that is just where
they make the great mistake. There Is
something about the dry, pure air of the
hot season that often heals when all
else fails.
DR.. Dameron has seen Phoenix more
than double in population during the
past five years of his residence here.
WHAT STATISTICS PROVE
DR. William Duffield is secretary of the
Arizona Medical association and among
the most popular, well-advised and sue
cessful members of the medical profess
sion here. He points to the health of the
resident population of Phoenix and vi
cinity as the best criterion of the health
fulness of the climate. During the Pc
riod from May, 1895, to May 1896, there
were reported at the health office in
Phoenix seventeen cases of scarlet fever,
nine cases of measles and three cases OF
diphtheria-none of which were fatal.
There were in the city and country ad-
jacent 194 deaths from population Of
about 10000 OF this number sixty were
non-residents who died of tuberculosis.
Some consumptive patients from the
north are only sent here when ready -
die. When one considers the thousands
who seek this climate in all the stages OF
this disease annually this is remark
ably low death rate. Pneumonia during
the year claimed only eight victims and
heart disease" only thirteen. The most
striking feature of the years record Is
shown in the deaths from continued and
periodic fevers and acute diseases of the
stomach and bowels. OF the first class
there were only nine deaths. OF the sec
ond group there were from diarrhoea.
three; dysentery, one; cholera infantum,
two; peritonitis, two; obstruction of the
bowels, three; entritis, two. Thus it will
be seen that during the long, hot year,
with fruit to be had for the asking, there
were only eight deaths from acute bowel
diseases in a population of about $1,000.
Multiply this by ten and you have a
proportionately low rate for infants
alone in almost any of the large eastern
cities. Such contrasts most forcibly
illustrate the healthfulness Of this Ari-
zona climate.
THE INTRODUCTION OF OZONE
George H. Bliss, president of the Ozone