The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-22
Wbere the Climate 10 pure
Hnd the Hlr is Balmy.%

commend Colorado during the fall and
winter, as the changes are often severe
becoming raw and cold within n few,
hours, and as these are atmospher;c con.
ditions to be avoided. it wonld No. ~
advisable to spend these seasons tI,on ~
anose having peculiar type of consti.
luton win hereditary tendency 10
consumption would do well to avail
themselves fan opportunity and come
ho,t ana remain exempt from disease,
IL is tact that those born hereof
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
Inc disease develop, so long as they re-
nam III this climate. 1t is my opinion
that there is no other section of the
Cnited States which will compare favor
ape with that IN and about Tucson for
the relief OF pulmonary affections"
Or. a. {, Jones of Tucson, said-"Thc
past seven years have afforded me LARGE
opportunities in the observation and
study OF the climatic treatment of NIL.
monhfy tuberculosis. Within that time
have visited the resorts OF FLORIDA
Texas, New Mexico. Colorado, Cal;for-
MA and Arizona Five years of thai 7
have devoted to active practice in twoof
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear in this city.
ucSon, IN my judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts of c,vac.
qnaintauoe, else | should no. be here. I
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 tor n sin.
gle day. The former three months of
TINS 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 ut ii bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have. the
pas tcw 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 tar along the road to recovery of nv
formsr weight and strength"
Hon. Whitclaw Reid, in his journal. the
New York Tribune oI. ARIZONA in Win.
ter, among othe' AZ says:-"During
alive months resid southern Ariz.
ona in winter the. xas but one day
when the weather made ii actually un.
pleasant for me to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
The day. Ofcoursc there were good
many days which n weather observes
would describe as cloudy ANA some
that were 'showery;;' but during the FIVE
months tfrom November. 1895 to May
1S96l there were only four days whcr
we did not have brilliant sunshine al
some time during the dav. Even NOR.
than Egypt, anywhere north OF Luxor
Arizona 10 the land of the sunshine.
"The nights throughout the winter mr.,
apt to be cool enough for wood fires
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day, but j,
is never prudent for stranger to b,
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear
tonic and dry. | have never seen il
clearer anywhere in the world Ii seems
to have about the same braeing and ex
hilarating qualities as the air of the
great Sahara in northern Africa or o,
the desert about Mount Sinai in Arabia
Patraea. Ii 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 il
good. From here the markets of Los
Angeles. and even of ID, nxe, are largely
supplied. Good beef, mutton and poui,
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and venison from the vicinity can also
be had. Vegetables and fruits are abund
ant i'm their season. and sometimes the
season is long one. 1t is the one coun
try have lived in where straw berries
ripen in the open air ten months in tho
year. ! have had them on my table
fresh picked from the open gardens, a,
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.
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-
cupation for him."
DR.. A. w. Olcott, health officer of Tue
son. savs:-"The climate of Tucson is
characterized by pure. dry, invigorating
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-of-door life the entire year, and
hermit those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and life
in the open air. This treatment, in spite
of numberless cures for consumption, ex
ploited monthly, stands first in the CON
fidencc 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
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