Arizona daily citizen. (Tucson, Ariz. Territory [i.e. Ariz.]) 1884-1901, 1901-03-16
Dr.. Niles Medical Co. Efirhass. nd.

/ DIR. ]. VGaf, ex-Surgeon of the S P
Rairoas. says:-"Men like Sampson
Davis and Met huselah owed much @
their strength, vigor and longevity t.
the elitate which permitted them tt
sleep in tents and lead an out-of-doo
life. the question of environment is o
| first Importance in the treatment of tub
erculosis and all chronic diseases. 1t i,
illustrated by experiments performed up
1 on rabbits which were iEoculated witt
| tuberculosis. Those confined in a darE
damp place quickly succunlbed, Will.
/ Others allowed to run wild either recov
cred or showed only slight LESSONS. II
| is the same in human tuberculosis.
] patient confined to the house is in posi-
ton analogous to rabbit confined to a
hutch in the cellar; whereas the patient
| living in the fresh air and warm sun.
shine has chances comparable to the rab.
| bit running wild.
| In pulmonary tuberculosis neither the
cough, the night-sweats nor the haem.
| optysis contTadicts this rule. Only when
| the weather is cold, blustery or rainy
should the patient remain in the house
! The requirements of suitable climate
| are pure, warm and dry atmosphere
| an equable temperature, not subject to
| rapid variations, and a maximum
amount of sunshine.
| The climate of Tucson has all these
and more. 1t is possible to sleep out OF
doors 270 nights of the year and spend
800 days in perpetual Sunshine. 1t is a
progressive and prosperous city in which
a man may not only fund health but a
| means of livelihood and live in com
tort.
DIR. Harrison E Stroud says of the
Climate of Arizona. -" The summers are
hot. There are some warm days IA May,
gradually increasing into June. and from
then ON until the end OF August the Their
tnoneter ranges high. but with Septem.
Der comes cooler DAYS and nights.
The heat is peculiar; it Is never Close
| and oppressive; there is never sense oi
| snffocation. The summers are the most
healthfuI period of the year. The dry
/ heat oxidizes and desiccates refuse mat
/ ter and prevents fermentation that IL
| the great cause of disease. especial,
among children, in most commissioning
the summer. To my knowledge Their
| has never been case of cholera infan
tutn in the territory, nor has there been
| a case of sunstroke, except drunkard
inebriated at the time. 1t is thecommol
custom to sleep out of doors from tn
middle of May until September. ant
many las the writer) sleep out during
the whole year. There are not five day.
m the whole year bat the most delicate
invalid can spend part of the day, al
| least, out of doors. In this climate In
iurses 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 suushiny day succeeds another;
the nights are cool and celebrating; the
whole country green with the richest
verdue and the brightest flowers. Truly
1t is n JOY to live.
AT present have never known per-
son coming to this Territory in the early
stages of pulmonary disease andiocating
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.''