The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-19

advisable to spend these seasons there
ihose having a peculiar type of consti
tuition with hereditary tendency tc
consumption would do well TO avail
themselves of an opportunity and com,
here and remain exempt from disease.
1T is a fact that those born here.o
tuberculosis parents seldom ever hav,
the disease develop, SO long as they re
main IN this climate. 1t is my opinion
,nat tnere IS no other section Of the
United States which will compare favor.
able with that i'll and about Tucson for
the relief of pulmonary affections"
DR.. A. c. Jones. of Tucson. sa;d.--"Tb.
past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities in the observation and
study OF the climatic treatment of mi.
monary tuberculosis. Within that time
| nave visited the resorts of Florida
lexas, New Mexico, Colorado, Califor-
ma and Arizona Five years of that
nave devoted to active practice in two o.
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one year in this city.
Tucson, in my Judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts of c,v ac.
auaintanee, else should not be here.
came IN quest OF the best possible eli
matte advantages for an aggravated
case OF bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuberculosis in the second stage. Fo,
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 trained
nurses and halfa-dozen doctors. Have
| been disappointed? No. / am in bet
ter condition than when came and
have had years respite from the ter.
rors os bronchial cough. have beer
able to resume practice andhave, the
pas. few months, reinvaded the TRYING
held OF heavy surgery. Had given ur
| my professional work entirely on my ar.
rival and engaged in some more active
line of business physically should now
| be far along the road to recovery of nv
former weight and strength"
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, in his journal. the
New York Tribune oL Arizona in Vim.
ter, among Other ...e ssays:-'During
| a i've months resid ~ southern Ariz.
ona IN winter the xas bnt one day
when the weather made IL actually un-
| pleasant for me to take exercise in the
/ opeu air at some time or other during
the day. Ofcourse there were a good
many days which weather observer
would describe as cloudy and some
that were 'showery;' but during the five
months from November, 1895 to May,
lS96l there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine at
some time during the dav. Even more
than Egypt, anywhere north of Luxor,
Arizona IL the land OF the sunshine.
| "Thc nights throughout the winter are
apt to be cool enough for wood fires
and blankets. Hall the time an over
coat Is not needed during the day. but it
is never prudent for a stranger to be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear,
tonic and dry. | have never seen it
clearer any where 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 o
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabia
Patraea. It's much drier than any part
of the valley Of the Nile north of Gatar
act. II seems TO me about the same ir
quality as the air on the Nile hetweer
Assouan and Wady Haifa, but some
/ what cooler.
"As to food, there is plenty, and it il
good. From here thr markets OF Lot
Angeles, and even of Ds nvet 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 ths
season il long one. II is the one coun
| try / have lived in where straw berrie.
ripcn in the open air ten months In the
year. have had them on my table
fresh picked from the open gardens, al
Christmas.
/ "The man who goes to any consider
| able Arizona town with the idea OF the
southwest derived from novels, or from
i The Arizona Kicker, will be greatly mys.
tilted. He will find as many churches
as in towns oicorrcsponding size ia Penn
4 syivania 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 disordei
unless he hunts late at night for it. and
he win find community OF ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytims
only one policeman. and very little oc'
cupation for him"
/ DIR. A. w. Oicott, health officer of Tue
sou. says:-"The climate of Tucson IL
characterized by pure, dry, inyigoratine
air: small amount OF rainfall, and ar
ever-shining sun. 1t is surrounded By
mountains which cut off the chilling
winds OF winter, aud the dreaded SAINT
storms of most ard regions. Its south
eru position gives it mild winter eli
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out-ofdoor life the entire year, ant
permit those suffering from lung ant
bronchial diseases daily exercise and lif'
in the open air. This treatment, in spit
of numberless cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con
tidencc of the people and of the medica
profession as the best single mean
known sfcombating the dread disease
tuberculosis. The out-of-door life. will
proper medical treatment, has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be
yond hope of cure, and cured many II
the earlier stages of consumption.
DIR, Harrison Il. Stroud says OF tn
Climate of Arizona .--"The summers ar
hot. There are some warm daysin May
w., ,d,aIiv increasing into Iuue, q nd from