The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-13

tuition with hereditary tendency 70
consumption would do well to avail
themselves OF an opportunity and come
mere and remain exempt from disease.
1t is fact that those born hereof
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as thcv re-
man III tins 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 relief OF pulmonary affections"
DR.. a. {. Jones, of Tucson. said.-"The
past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities in the observation and
study of the climatic treatment of null
monary tuberculosis. Within that time
have visited the resorts of Florida
Texas, New Mexico. Colorado, CaIifor-
MA ami Arizona Five wears of that |
have devoted to active practice in two of
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear in this CITY.
Tucson, in my Judgment. possesses
advantages over all the resorts Of .uv ac-
( quaintantc, else should not be here. |
came III quest of the best possible cli-
matte advantages for an aggravated
case OF bronchitis and for pulmonary
/ tubcrculhsts IN the second stage. For
sIA months | had been unable to dis
/ charge ny professional duties tor a sin.
Gic day The former three months of
/ this time WAS attended hv two trained
nurses and half.a dozen doctors. Have
been disappointed, No. am in bet
/ ter condition than when came and
! have had years respite from the ter
/ rors 81 ii bronchial cough | have been
able 10 resume practice and have the
pas, lew months, reinvaded the irving
FIELD Of heavy surgery. Had / given up
/ NY professional work entirely on my ar
rival and engaged in some more active
hne 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 oi Arizona in Win.
ter, among othe, says During
a five months rcsid southern ARR.
ona in winter the Mas 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 a good
many days which "A weather observer
| "cd'd uSeSIH% as CLOUDY, an some
tha, were 'showcry,' but during the five
months from November. 1895 10 Nav,
1885, there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine al
some time during the dav Even rnors
than Egypt, anywhere north of Luxor
ArlAona Is the land OF the sunshine.
he nights throughout the winter arr
apt to be cool enough for wood iircs
| &tf f'aalcts, Fof m time ~ over
ea,,tl aat nce<le3 4arae tie aae hat i
s@ 1"ref p~as ..f 3 Stranger so t.
/ without "f re- s8u.
/ he atu arcre - s,ugHi.g,r l.car
+ ,"ine aud csy Z eaye aeyrr seen i
clearer anv@ here 1a re world IL scesap
, T. hayC sii'oGt -e s3e hrA1iuE ana ex
hilarating qualities as the air of th
great Sahara in northern Africa or @
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arab:
| fatraea. IL Is much drier than any par
OF the valley of the Nile north of Gatar
act. 1t seems TO me about the same IL
| quality as the air on the Nile between
Assouan and Wady Halfa, but some
what cooler.
"As to food, there is plenty. and it il
good. From here the markets of Los
Angeles. and even OF D,n.-c are largely
supplied. Good beet. mutton and poui-
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and venison from the vicinity can also
he had. Vegetables and fruits arc 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
| 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.
| tihed. He will find as many churches
as in towns otcorresponding sizein 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 at night for it, and
he viii find a community of ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytime
only one policeman, and very little oc.
cupatlon for him.
Dr.. A. ". Olcott, health officer of Tue.
| son, saws ne CltuiHte OF nCSOn IS
characterized by pure, dry, invigoratine
| air. a 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 mild winter eli.
mate These conditions render pleasant
an out -otdoor 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 numberlcss 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 i'll
the earlier stages of consumption.
| DR.. Harrison L. Stroud says of the
| Climate of Arizona. THE summers are
hot. There are some warm days in May
gradually increasing into June, and from
| then on until the end of August the ther.