The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-14


becoming raw and cold within few
hours, and as these are atmospheric con.
ditions to be avoided, it would NOT he
ADVISABLE to spend these seasons there
THOSE having peculiar type of const;.
tuition with a hereditary tendency n
consumption would do we'll TO avail
themselves OF an opportunity and come
heIe ana remain exempt from disease,
II 10 tact that those born hereof
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as they re-
nam in TINS climate. 1t is my opinion
u .hat ,nere IS no other section of the
united States which will compare favor.
aoie with that i'll and about Tucson for
the relief of pulmonary affections"
DR.. A. c. Jones. of Tucson. said-"Tbe
past seven years have afforded me largo
opportunities in the observation and
study of the climatic treatment of MI
monary tuberculosis. Within that fine
nave visited the resorts of Florida,
Texas, New Mexico, Colorado. Califor-
ma ana Arizona Five years of that |
nave devoted to active practice in two of
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one year i'll this city.
Tucson, in my Judgment. possesses
advantages over all the resorts of nv ac-
qaaintanoe, else should not be here I
came III quest OF the best possible cli-
nIatic auVantages for an aggravated
case OF bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuoercu'osis IN the second stage For
SIX months | had been unable to dis
cnarge my professional duties for sin:
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 a bronchial cough. have been
anie to resume practice and have, the
pas. lew 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 my
former weight and strength"
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, in his journal. he
New York Tribune Oh ARIZONA in Win.
ter, among Other AZ says:-"During
a five months resid ", southern Ariz.
ona in winter the Kas but one day
when the weather made Il actually u,i-
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 a weather observer
would describe as cloudy, ana some
that were showery;' but during the five
months from November, 1896 to May,
1S96) there were only four DAYS when
dsI T.. 4
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 rres
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day. but it
Is never prudent for q stranger to be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear,
tonic and dry. have never seen it
clearer any where in the world. Is 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. i'm Arabia
Patraea. 1t il much irier than any part
of the valley of the Nile north of Gatar-
act. It 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. Froml here the markets OF Los
Angeles, and even of Ds nsci are largely
supplied. Good beet, mutton and poul-
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and veuison from the vicinity can also
be had. Vegetables and fruits are 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 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 vet 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-
cupatiou for him."
DR.. A. W. Oicott. health officer of Tue
son. says:-"The climate of Tucson is
characterized by pure, dry, invigoratsng
air. a 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 ard regions. Its south
ern position gives il a mild winter CHI
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out-ofdoor life the entire year, and
permit those suffering from lung and
bronchial diseases daily exercise and lite
in the open air. This treatment. III spite
of nunberless cures for consumption. ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con-
fidcnce of the people and of the medical
profession as the best single means
known sfcombating the dread disease
tuberculosis. The out-of-door lite, with
proper medical treatment, has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be-
yond hope of cure, and cured many in