The Tucson citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz.) 1901-1928, 1902-02-28
Wbere the Climate is pure
lind the Hir is Balmy.%

iseoii''pS raw and cold within n few
noutS' ana as these are atmospheric con
: "'.'ohs to he avoided it would not h,
adVisable to spend these seasons there
, nose having peculiar type of const;
tuition with hereditary Tendency r
: consumption would do well TO nvol
themselves OF an opportunity and com,
mere ana remain exempt from disease.
IL Is tact that those born hcre.o
tuberculosis parents seldom ever hav,
the disease develop, so long as they re.
man III this climate. 1t is my oniuion
that there is no other section Of he
Ohitcd states which will compare favor
able with that in and about Tucson for
the rcei OF pulmonary affections"
Or. a. {. Jones, of Tucson. said.-"Tbe
past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities i'll the observation and
study OF the climatic treatment of mi.
monary tuberculosis. Within that time
! have visited the resorts of Florida
Texas, New Mexico, Colorado. CaIifor-
MA and Arizona Five years of that
nave devoted to active practice in two OF
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear in this city.
Tucson, i'll my judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts of ,nv nc.
qua'ntance, else should not be here.
came III quest of the best possible eli.
matte advantages for an aggravated
case OF bronchitis and forpulmonarv
tuberculosis in the second stage. For
six months had been unable to dis
charge my professional duties for n sin.
gle day. The former three months of
this time was attended by two trained
nurses and half-a-dozen doctors. Have
! been disappointed? No. am in bet
| ter condition than when ! came and
nave had years respite from the ter
rors OF a bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have, the
| pas few months, reinvaded the irving
held 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 nv
former weight and strength"
| Hon. Whitelaw Reid, in his journal the
New York Tribune, oi. Arizona in Win
ter, among othe ass says:-'During
tive months rcsid southern Ariz-
ona in winter the, Xas bnt one dav
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. Ofcourse there were a good
many days which weather observer
would describe as cloudy ana some
that were 'showery;' but during the five
months tfrom November, 1895 to May,
1866 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 is the land of the sunshine.
THE nights thranghout the winter are
apt to be cool enough for wood fires
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day, but il
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear
tonic and dry. | have never seen il
clearer anywhere in the world. 1t seems
to have about the same bracing and ex
hilarating qualities as the air of the
great Sahara in northern Africa or OF
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabia
Patraea. 1t is much drier than any part
OF the valley of the Nile north of Gatar-
act. 1t seems to me about the same in
quality as the air on the Nile between
Assouan and Wady Halfa, but some
what cooler.
"As to food, there is plenty, and it is
good. From here the markets of Los
Angeles. and even of D,ntct are largely
supplied. Good beef mutton and poul-
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 Tong one. 1t is the one coun-
try have lived in where Strawberries
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 to any consider
able Arizona town with the idea of the
southwest derived from novels, or from
The Arizona Kicker, will be greatly mys-
tilted. He will find as many churches
as in towns corresponding 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 in the daytime
only one policeman, and very little oc-
cupation 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 of 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-of-door life the entire year, and
permit those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and life
in the open air. This treatment, i'll spite
of numberless cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con-
iidence 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 III
the earlier stages of consumption.
Or. Harrison +. Stroud says of the