The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-26

/ NN''"'"H law ana COln within q few
hours, ana rs these are ntmosphericcou-
dItions to bc avoided, it would not be
advisable 70 spend these seasons there.
hose having peculiar type Of consti-
tution with hereditary tendency
consumption would do well avail
themselves OF an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
/ II IS tact that those born hereof
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, 80 long as they re-.
man III this climate. 1t is nv opinion
that there IN no other section of the
mted States which will compare favor
able with that IN and about Tucson tor
the relici OF pulmonary affections.
DR.. a. {. Jones. Of Tucson sa,d.--"Th,
| past seven wears have affortIcd me larpr
| opportunities III the observation and
study OF the climatic treatment Of ptil.
monary tuberculosis. Within that time
have visited the resorts of FLORIDA
Texas, New Mcxico. Colorado, Calitor-
ma and Arizona Five wears of that /
nave devoted to active practice IN twonf
the most frequent resorts OF Colorado
and one wear ~ this CITY.
Tucson, in my Judgment. possesses
advantages over all the resorts Of ,...lc.
/ quaintautc, else should NOT be here !
came IN quest OF the best possible ulI-
/ maliC advantages for an aggravated
! ease oi bronchitis and for pulmonary
! tuberculosis IN the second stage For
/ six months had been unable 10 dis.
charge my professional duties TOR SIN.
/ Rle day. The former three months Of
! tins time was attended by two trained
nufseA and half-n-dozen doctcrs Have
been disappointed? No. am in bet
| ter condition than when came and
have had years respite from the ter.
rors of "a bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and haze. the
pas. few months. reinvaded the irving
| field of heavy surgery. Had ! given W
my professional work entirely on my ar
rival and engaged in some more active
line of business physically should now
he tar along the road Ia recovery of NV
former weight and strength"
Hon. Whitelaw Reid in his journal the
New York Tribune Oi. Arizona IN Win.
ter, among othei !. says -" during
hve months rcsi1 southern Ariz-
ona IN winter the kas but one day
when the weather made Il actually un.
pleasant for me to take exercise IN the
open AIR at some time or other during
the day. Oi course there were good
many days which a weat her observer
would describe as cloudy, an : some
that were 'showery;' but during the i've
months (from November. 1895 to Nav,
1896 there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine al
some time durrng the dav. Even more
than Egypt. anywhere north ot Luxor,
Arizona IL the land oi the sunshine.
he nights throughout the winter are
apt TO be cool enough for wood ilres
| and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day. but il
is never prudent for a stranger to lie
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear,
tonic and dry. | have never seen il
| clearer anywhere in the world II seems
| to have about the same bracing and ex
| hilarating qualities as the air Of the
great Sahara in northern Africa or oi
| the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabia
Patraca. 1t is much drier than any part
| OF the valley Of the Nile north OF Gatar.
| act. Il seems 10 me about the same in
| quality as the arr on the Nile bet wecn
Assoaan and Wady Halia, but some
what cooler,
"As TO food, there is plenty. and il is
| good. From here tho markets of Los
| Angeles. and ewes OF IL npei are largely
| supplied. Good beet mutton and poui-
| try are plenty and cheap. Quail. ducks
| and vcntson from the vicinity can also
| be had. Vegetables and fruits are abund.
| ant in their season. and sometimes the
| season is a long one. 1t is the one coun-
| try have lived in where straw berries
| ripcn 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 10 any consider
| able Arizona town with tho idea of the
southwest derived from novels. or from
| The Arizona Kicker, will be great1v mys-
| tited. He will find as many churches
as in towns otcorrespouding 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 yet he will see little disorder
unless he hunts late at night for it, and
| he will find a community OF ten thou
sand people requiring III the daytime
only ono policeman. aud very little oc-
cupation for him.
Dr. A. W. Olcott, health officer of Tue
| son. says:-"1 he climate of Tucson is
| characterized by pure, dry invigorating
air; a small amount Of rainfall, and an
ever shining sun. Ii is surrounded by
mountains which Cut off the chilling
| winds OF winter, and the dreaded sand
storms of most arid regions. Its south
crn position gives 1t q mild winter CHI
mate These conditions render pleasant
an ont -oi-door life the entire year, and
permit those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and life
in the open air. This treatment, in spite
of numbcrleSS cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first III the con
litlcrice OF the people and OF the medical
profession as the best single means
known OF combating the dread disease,
tuberculosis. The out-ot-door life wit h
proper medical treatment. has afforded
relict to numbers of sufferers who are be
yond hope of cure, and cured many III
the earlier stages of consumption.
DR.. Harrison L. Stroud says of the
Climate of fArizona.-'The summers are
hot. There are some warm DAYS in Nav,
gradually increasing into June, and from
then on until the end OF August the thcr-
mometcr ranges high, but with Septem
Der comes cooler days and nights.
The heat is peculiar; it is never close