Arizona daily citizen., 1901-11-01

six months ! had been unable to dis
charge my professional duties Tor a sin
gle day. The former three months o
this time was attended by two traineC
nurses and half-a-dozen doctors. Have
! been disappointed? No. am in bet
ter condition than when | came anc
have had years respite from the ter
rors of bronchial cough. have beer
able to resume practice and have tn,
pas; few months, reinvaded the trying
| field of heavy surgery. Had | given VI
my professional work entirely on my ar
rival and engaged i'll some more active
line oi business physically should now
be far along the road to recovery OF my
former weight and strength"
! Hon. Whitelaw Reid, in his journal, the
| New York Tribune Oh Arizona in Win
ter, among othct ..Cs SUBSTITUTING
a five months resid southern Ariz'
ona in winter the Aas but one day
when the weather made il actually un-
pleasant for me to take exercise i'll the
open air at some time or other during
the day. Ofcourse there were good
many days which weather observer
would describe as cloudy and some
that were 'showcry;' but during the five
months (from November, 1895 to May,
1866 there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine at
some time during the day. Even more
than Egypt, anywhere north of Luxor,
Arizona is the land of the sunshine.
The nights throughout the winter are
apt to be cool enough for wood nres
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day, but it
is never prudent for stranger to be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear,
tonic and dry. | have never seen il
clearer anywhere in the world. 1t seems
to have about the same bracing and ex
mlarating qualities as the air of the
great Sahara in northern Africa or OF
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabia
Patraea. 1t is much drier than any part
of the valley of the Nile north of Gatar-
act. 1t seems to me about the same in
quality as the air on the Nile between
Assouan and Wady Halfa, but some
what cooler.
LAS to food, there is plenty, and it is
good. From here the markets Of Los
Angeles. and even of H ntci are largely
supplied. Good beet, mutton and poul-
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and venison from the vicinity can also
be had. Vegetables and fruits are abund.
ant in their season, and sometimes the
season is long one. 1t is the one coun-
try have lived in where Strawberries
ripen in the open air ten months IN the
year. ] have had them on my table,
fresh picked from the open gardens, at
Christmas.
The man who goes to any consider
able Arizona town with the idea of the
southwest derived from novels, or from
The Arizona Kicker will be greatly mys-
tilted. He will find as many churches
as in towns otcOrresponding size in Penn
sylvania or Ohio, and probably more
school houses. and yet he will find plenty
of liquor shops. too, and gambling
houses, and vet he will see little disorder
unless he hunts late al night for it, and
he will find n community of ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytime
only one policeman. and very little oc-
cupation for him
DR.. 4. ". Olcott, health officer of Tue
son, says:-"Thc climate of Tucson is
characterized by pure, dry, invigorating
air, a small amount of rainfall, and an
cr-shining sun. 1t is surrounded by
mountains which cut of the chilling
winds OF winter, and the dreaded sand
storms of most arid regions. Its south
ern position gives il a mild winter eli
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out-of-door life the entire year, and
permit those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and life
III the open air. This treatment, in spite
of numberless cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con-
fdcnce OF the people and of the medical
profession as the best single means
known OF combating the dread disease.
tuberculosis. The out-of-door life. with
proper medical trea atment, has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be-
yond hope of cure, and cured many in
the earlier stages of consumption.
Dir. Harrison E. Stroud says of the
Climate of Arizona.-"Th summers are
hot There are some warm daysiu May,
gradually increasing into June, and from
then on until the end Of August the thcr
mometer ranges high, but with Septrm
Der comes cooler days and nights.
"The heat is peculiar; it is never close
md oppressive; there is never sense OF
snffocation. The summers are the most
healthful period of the year. The dry
heat oxidizes and desiccatcs refuse mat
ter and prevents fermentation that is
the great cause of disease, especially
among children, in most countries during
the summer. To my knowledge there
has never been case of cholera intan-
tum in the territory, nor has there been
Il case of sunstroke, except drunkardS
inebriatcd at the time. 1t is theeommon
custom to sleep out of doors from the
middle of May until September, and
many las the writer sleep out during
the whole year. 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 arc 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 Joy to live.
AT present have never known a 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."
DrIV GafT ex-Surpeon of the S. P.