The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-13
Mbere tbe Climate is pure
And the Hir is Balmy.,e

-. N|'o'a auo curing the fall and
winter, as the changes are often severe
becoming raw and cold within n few
nours' and as these are atmospheric con.
u'.ions to be avoided, it would NOT he
auVlsaDle ~, to spend these seasons there
nose having a peculiar type of consti.
tuition with a hereditary tendency to
consumption would do we'll to ovaIl
themselves OF an opportunity and come
mere ana remain exempt from disease
II IS fact that those born hereof
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the aiseaSe develop, so long as they re-
man III TINS climate. 1t is my on;n;o,
.nat there is no other section of tbe
on'ted states which will compare favor
ap'e with that Ill and about Tucson for
the rellei OF pulmonary affections"
Dr' A. !. Jones, of Tucson, said-"Tbc
past seven years have afforded me laroe
opportunities IN the observation and
STUDY OF the climatic treatment of null
nhohary tuberculosis. Within that time
/ nave visited the resorts of Florida
leKas, New Mcxico, Colorado. Calitor-
ma and Arizona Five wears of thar T
nave devoted to active practice in twoof
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear in this city.
Tucson. in my judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts of ,,v ac-
quaintanoe, else should not be here. |
came IN quest of the best possible cli-
matte advantages for an aggravated
case OF bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuberculosis i'll the second stage. For
SIX months | had been unable TO dis
charge my professional duties for sin.
R'c day' The former three months of
TINS time was attended by two trained
nurses aud halt-a-dozen doctors. Have
| been disappointed? No. am in bet
ter condition than when came and
have had years respite from the ter
rors OF ii bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have, the
pas few months. reinvaded the irving
heid 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 now
be far along the road to recovery of INV
tormer weight and strength"
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, in his journal, the
New York Tribune ot Arizona in Win
ter, 4" among othe $ says:-"Duriup
anve months reSid = southern Ariz-
ona in winter the xas but one day
when the weather made / actually un-
pleasant for me to take exercise III the
open air at some time or other during
the dav. Otcourse there were q good
many days which weat her observer
would describe as cloudy ana some
that were 'showery;' but during the five
months from November, 1895 to Nav,
1S96) there were only four DAYS when
we did not have brilliant sunshine al
some time during the dav. Even more
than Egypt, anywhere north of Luxor,
Arizona is the land OF the sunshine.
"The nights throughout the winter are
apt to be cool enough for wood nres
and blankets. Halt the time an over
coat is not needed during the day. but it
is never prudent for a stranger to be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear,
tonic and dry. | have never seen il
clearer anywhere in the world IL seems
to have about the same bracing and cx
hilarating qualities as the air OF the
great Sahara in northern Africa or ot
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabia
Patraea. Ii is much dricr than anv part
OF the valley of the Nile north OF Gatar-
act. Ii 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 Ds nvct are largely
supplied. Good beet, mutton and poul-
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and venison from the vicinity can also
be had Vegetables and fruits are abund.
ant in their season, and sometimes the
season is long one. 1t is the one coun-
try have lived in where straw berries
ripeu 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 otcorresponding 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 sec 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. ". 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-sh;ning 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 CHI
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 uunberess cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first IN the CON
fdence of the people and of the medical
profession as the best single means
known of combating the dread disease,
tuberculosis. The out-of-door lile, with
proper medical treatment, has afforded
relief TO numbers of sufferers who are be-