The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-13
Mbere the Climate is pure
Hnd the Hir is Balmy.%

advisable to spend these seasons there.
Those having peculiar type of consti-
tuition with a hereditary tendency to
consumption would do we'll TO avail
themselves OF an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
1T is fact that those born here of
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, SO long as they re-
main III this climate. 1t is my. opinion
that there is no other section of the
United States which will compare favor
able with that in and about Tucson for
the reliet OF pulmonary Affections"
DR.. A. {. Jones, of Tucson. said 1.-The
| past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities in the observation and
study of the climatic treatment of pull
monary tuberculosis. Within that time
! have VISITED tho resorts OF FLORIDA,
Texas, New Mexico. Colorado. Cnliior-
MIA and Arizona Five Years of that
| have devoted to active practice in two Of
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear III this city.
Tucson, in my Judgment. possesses
| advantages over all the resorts of r,v ac-
qualntante, else should no, he here. |
came III quest OF the best possible eli.
matte advantages for an aggravated
case of bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuberculosis in the second stage. For
SIX months | had been unable TO dis.
/ charge my professional duties for a sin.
gle day. The former three months of
| this time was attended hy two trained
nurses and half-a-doun doctors. Have
| been Disappointed No. am in bet.
! fas
have had year 5 respite from the ter
rors of bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have, the
pas. few months, reinvaded the trying
field OF heavy surgery. Had given up
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 my
former weight and strength"
Hon. Whitelaw Reid in his journal, the
New York Tribune oi. Arizona in Win.
/ ter, among othet - During
| a tlve months restu southern Ariz-
ona in winter the Aas 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. OF course there were good
many days which Il weal her observer
would describe as cloudy ana some
that were 'showery; but during the five
months tfrom November. 1898 TO May
1S96l there were only four DAYS wher
we did not have brilliant sunshine a,
some time during the dav. Even NOR,
than Egypt, anywhere north of Luxor
Arizona is the land OF the sunshine.
THE nights throughout the winter ar
apt to be cool enough for wood rres
and blankets. Halt the time an over
coat is not needed during the day, but
is never pruden, for stranger 10 b
without one at hand.
. The atmosphere 10 singularly clear
tonic and dry. have never seen
!, clearer anywhere in the world IL seem
to have about the same bracing and ex
hIlarating qualities as the air of tn
great Sahara in northern Africa or {
I the desert about Mount Sinai in Arab
Patraea. 1t is much drier than any par
of the valley of the Nile north OF Gatar
; act. II seems to- ME about the same il
quality as the mir on the Nile bctweeI
Assouan and Wady Halta, but some
what cooler.
4 "As to food. there is plenty. and it i.
good. From here thr markets OF Lo.
Angeles. and even OF IL nset are largely
supplied. Good beet, mutton and poui
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and veuison from the vicinity can also
be had. Vegetables and fruits are abund
ant III their season. and sometimes the
season IS long one. 1t is the one coun.
| try have lived in where Strawberries
! lsA f,a
year. have had them on my table,
fresh picked from the open gardens, at
| Christmas.
| The man who goes to anv consider.
| able Arizona town with the idea of the
southwest derived from novels, or from
The Arizona Kicker, will be grcatlvm mys-
tilted. He will find as many churches
| as in towns otcorresponding size in Penn.
syivania 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 in the daytime
| only one policeman, and very little oc-
cupatiou for him.
| DR.. A. w. Olcott, health officer of Tue
| son, says:--"The climate of Tucson is
characterized by pure, dry, invigorating
air; small amount Of rainfall. and an
ever-shining sun. 1t is surrounded by
mountains which cut off the chilling
winds of winter and the dreaded sand
storms OF most arid regions. Its south
ern position gives it a mild winter cli-
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out oi.door life the entire year, and
permit those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and life
i'll the open air. This treatment, in spite
of numberless cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly. stands first IN the con-
fidence 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 treatment, has afforded
relief to numbers OF sufferers who are be-
yond hope of cure, and cured many in
the earlier stages of consumption.
DR.. Harrison E. Stroud says of the
| Climate of Arizona.--"The summers are
hot. There are some warm day in May,
gradually increasing into June, and from