The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-24

hours, and as these are atmospheric CON
dltions to be avoided, it would not be |
advisable to spend these seasons there. |
nose having peculiar type OF consti- |
tuton with a hereditary tendency to |
consumption would do we'll TO avail |
themselves OF an opportunity and come
mere and remain exempt from disease.
1t is fact that those born hereof
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, SO long as they re-
main IN this climate. T. is my opinion
that there IS no other section OF the
United States which Will compare favor
able with that III and about Tucson for
the relief Of pulmonary affections.
DR.. A. {. Jones, OF Tucson, said THE
past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities III the observation and
study of the climatic treatment of pull
monary tuberculosis. Within that time
have visited the resorts OF Florida
Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Califor-
MA and Arizona Five years of that
have devoted to active practice in two of
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear i'll this city.
Tucson, in my Judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts of ,nv ac-
/ quaintance, else should not be here. |
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 NV professional duties ior a sin.
gle day. The former three months of
! . | I'D h,, ,nI
nurses and halfa dozen doctors. Have
| been disappointed? No. | am in bet
ter condition than when | came and
have had a years respite from the ter
rors OF bronchial cough. hare been
able TO resume practice and have, the
pas; few months, reinvaded the trying
field 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 isjournal, the
New York Tribune OF ARIZONA in Win
ter" among othel says;-"During
five months resid southern Ariz'
ora in winter the, gas but one day
wheu the weather made ii actually un-
pleasant for sne 70 take exercise in ths
open air at some time or other during
the dav O tcourse there were good
many days which weather observer
would describe as cloudy ana som'
that were 'showery; but during the fiv'
months tfrom November, 1895 to May
1866 there were only four days wher
. we did not have brilliant sunshine a
i hu Hnr RNynT PYsf
than Egypt. anywhere north of Luxor
Arizona is the land of the sunshine.
The nights throughout the winter ar
apt to be cool enough for wood nre'
and blankets. Half the time an ove'
coat is not needed during the day. but
is never prudent for a stranger to b
without one al hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear
= tonic and dry. | have never seen !
. clearer any whore in the world. IL seem
TO have about the same bracing and ex
hilafating qualities as the air ot tn
4 great Sahara in northern Africa or {
/ the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arab
c Patraea. 1t is much drier than any par
e of the valley of the Nile north OF Gata
J. act. Ii seems to me about the same
{ QUALITY as the air on the Nile betwee
o Assouan and Wady Halfa, but some
. what cooler.
= AS 10 food, there is plenty, and It
n good, From here the markets OF La
r Angeles. and even of Dt nvei are largei
d suppIicd. Good beet, mutton and pou
n try are plenty and cheap. Quail, duck
and veuisou from the vicinity can ais
he had. Vegetables and fruits are abunt
e ant in their season, and sometimes II
e season is a long one. 1t IS the one coui
t try have lived iu where straw berri'
IS ripesi in the open air ten months IN u
le year. have had them ON my tabi
+ fresh picked from the open gardens,
y Christmas.
,r "The man who goes to any conssde
te able Arizona town with the idea OF Il
ir southwest derived from novels, or fro
of THE Arizona Kicker, will be greatly my
= t;6ed. He will find as many church
be as in towns otcorfesponding SIZE IN ren
at sylvania or Ohio, and probably mo
school houses, and yet he VIII mao p,en
of LIQUOR shops, too, and gambiil
IS houses, and yet he will see little disord
~ unless he hunts late at night sor u, a.
he wilt find community OF ten tno
cn sand people requiring in tn. dayf'
only one policeman. and very little
e. cunation for him.
;s Dr.A. W. Olcott. health officer OF II
, son. says:-"The climate OF Tucson
;rr characterized by pure, dry, 'nvigorat'
l a or. small amount OF ofrainfaii, and
'n a ever-shining sun. 1t is surrounded
tmn- m .so,,nta;ns which cut off the chilli
e' winds OF winter, and the dreaded sa
storms of most arid regions. Its SOU
ny ern position gives it mid winter
cal mate. These conditions render pieasa
lat an out-ofdoor hfe the entire year, a
he neru,it ,,e those suffering from lung a
uc- bronchial diseases daily exercise ana
to in the open air. This treatment, IN sp
ial nf m uumberless cures for consumption
for nloited monthly, stands first IN the 6, G.
fer f;dence of the people and OF the meo'
ote nTofession as the best single nei
of Prown secombating the dread disea
tuherculosis. The out-of-door iife: W
., nroper medical treatment. mas amor
an, ppa,;ef to numbers of sufferers who are
aas aas vond hope of cure, and cured many
tne the earlier stages of consumption
oi DR.. Harrison E. Stroud says OF
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