The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-09

| e~~nS raw ana cold within q few
nours, and as these are atmospheric con
ditions to be avoided, it would not b.
ADVISABLE to spend these seasons there
ihose having peculiar type of consti
tuition with hereditary tendency r.
consumption would do well to avail
themselves OF an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
/ t 10 tact that those born here. q,
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as thev re.
main IN this climate. 1t is nv on;n;on
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"
| DIR. A. c. Jones. of Tucson. said.-"Tbe
past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities in 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. CaI;for-
ma and Arizona Five years of that I
have devoted to active practice in two OF
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and One year in this city.
tucson, in my Judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts of nv ac-
quaintance, else should not be here. I
came IN 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 Tor a sim
gle day. The former three months of
TINS 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 II bronchia, cough. have been
able to resume practice and have, the
pas. iew months, reinvaded the irving
held OF heavy surgery. Had ! given up
| my professional work entirely on nv ar.
rival and engaged in some more active
line of business physically should novs
be far along the road to recovery of NV
former weight and strength
Hon. Whitclaw Reid, in his journal, the
New York Tribune Vi. "Arixona in Win.
ter, among othe, -. ssays:-'Duriug
afive months restd ~ southern Ariz-
ona in winter the sas but one day
when the weather made il actually nm
pleasant for me to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
the day. Ofcourss there were a good
many days which a weather observer
would describe as cloudy and some
that were 'showery,' but during the five
months from November. 1895 TO May,
1s96l 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.
Ariaona 10 the land OF the sunshine.
The nights throughout the winter are
apt to be cool enough for wood tires
| and blankets. Half the time an over
coat Is moi needed during the day, but II
10 never prudent for stranger to be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singuiariy clear,
tonic and dry. ! have never seen il
clcarer 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 Of
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabia
Patraea. 1t il much drser than any part
of the valley of the Nile north Of Gatar-
kact. IL seems 10 frse ahout the same In
quality as the air on the Nile between
Assouan and wady Halfa. but some
what cooker.
| As to food. there 10 plenty. and il 10
| good. From here thr markets of Los
| Angeles. and even OF R nsci arc largely
supplied. Good heef, mutton and poul.
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and venison from the vicinity can also
be had. Vegetables and fruits arc abund.
ant i'm their season. and sometimes the
season is long one. II 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 20 any consider
| able Arizona town with the idea Of the
southwest derived from novels, or from
The Arizona Kicker, viii be greatly mys.
tilted. He viii find as many churches
as in towns otcorresponding size IN Penn
syIvania or Ohio, and probably more
! school houses, and yet he viii find plenty
of liquor shops, too, and gambling
| houscs. and yet he will sec little disordcs
unless he hunts late at night for il, and
he Win find community of ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytims
only one policeman. and very little oc'
cupation for him."
DR.. A. w. Oicott. health officer of Tue
sop. says:--"The climate of Tucson ID
characterized by pure, dry. invigoratins
air; a small amount of rainfall, and an
evcr-sfiniug sun. II is surrounded by
mountains which cut of the chilling
winds OF winter, and the dreaded sand
storms Of most ard regions. Its south.
ern position gives il a mild winter cli'
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, in spite
of numbcrless 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 sfcombating the dread disease
tuberculosis. The out-of-door life. with
proper medical treatment, has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be-
vond hope of cure, and cured many In
the earlier stages of consumption.