The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25

becoming raw and cold within few
hours. and as these are atmospheric con
ditions to be avoided, it would not be
| advisable to spend these seasons there.
| Those having peculiar type of consti-
tuition with a hereditary tendency to
consumption would do we'll to avail
themselves Of an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
ut is a fact that those born hereof
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop SO long as they re-
main in this climate. Il is my opinion
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.
DR.. A. {. Jones, of Tucson said:--"The
past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities i'll the observation and
study Of the climatic treatment of pull
monary tuberculosis. W:.hn that time
| | have visited the resorts OF Florida,
! Texas, New Mexico. Colorado, Califor-
MIA and Arizona Five wears of that
have devoted to active practice i'll two
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear IN tins 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 clI-
matte advantages tor 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 Tor sin'
gle day. The former three months of
II.
nurses and half-a-dozen doctors. Have
| | been disappointed? No. am in bet
ter condition than when | came and
have nad years respite from the ter
rors of bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have, the
past 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 my
former weight and strength"
Hon. Whitelaw Reid in his journal. the
New York Tribune ot Arizona in Win
ter, among othet E. says" During
tlve months reSid southern Ariz-
ona in winter the Sas but one day
when the weather made i, actually un-
pleasant for me to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
the dav. icourse there were a good
many days which a weather observer
would describe as cloudy ana some
that were showery;;' but during the FIVE
| mouths from November. 1895 TO May.
| lS96l there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine at
some time durlng the dav. Even more
| than Egypt. anywhere north of Luxor,
| Arizona is the land OF the sunshine.
THE nights throughout the winter are
apt 10 be cool enough for wood rrcs
and blankets. Halt the time an over
coat is not needed during the day. but it
is never prudent for stranger to be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear,
tonic and dry. have never seen it
clearer anywhere in the world Ii seems
| to have about the same bracing and ex
| hilaratiug qualities as the air of the
great Sahara in northern Africa or OF
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabia
Patraea tits much drier than any 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
| ASSpudu anu WAoy AA~AA"g "~N @"A"N~
! what cooler.
"As to food, there is plenty, and It is
good. From here the markets OF Los
| Angeles. and even of Dx uvet are largely
supplied. Good beef, mutton and poul.
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and vcnison 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
wear. | 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 otcorrespouding size IN penn'
svlvania or Ohio, and probably more
school houses, and yet he will hnd 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 IA community OF ten thou-
sand people requiring in tn 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, inyigorating
air; a small amount of rainfall, and an
eyer-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 Cit
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 lite
in the open air. This treatment, IN spite
of numterless cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first IN the con,
6dence of the people and OF the medical
: profession as the best single means
I known Of combating the dread disease
tuberculosis. The out-of-door life, with
nroner medical treatment, has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be-
: voud hope of cure, and cured many IN
the earlier stages of consumption.