The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-30
Wbere the Climate is pure
Hnd the Hir is Balmy.%


becoming raw and cold within n few
hours, and as these are atmospheric con
ditions, to be avoided, it would nor h,
advisable to spend these seasons there
nose haylng a peculiar type of consti
tuition with hereditary tendency to
consumption would do well to avail
themselves OF an opportunity and come
mere ana remain exempt from disease,
IT Is tact that those born here.o,
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as they re.
man IN tins climate. 1t 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 reiiet OF pulmonary affections"
DR.. A. c. Jones, of Tucson. said:-"The
past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities in the observation and
study OF the climatic treatment of pul.
monary tuberculosis. Within that time
! have visited the resorts of Florida,
Texas, New Mexico. Colorado, Califor-
mia and Arizona Five years of that
have devoted to active practice in two OF
the most frequent resorts OF Colorado
and one year in this city,
ucson, IN my Judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts of ,nv ac.
| quarntanoe, else should not be here.
came in quest of the best possible eli.
matte advantages for an appra waited
case OF bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuberculosis in the second stage. For
SIX months | had been unable to dis.
cnarge my professional duties Tor a sin.
gle day. The former three months OF
TINS time was attended by two trained
nurses and 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 ot bronchial cough. haze 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 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 his journal, The
New York Tribune oi. Arizona in Vim
ter among othct :. ssays:-"During
hve months reSid southern Ariz-
ona in winter the xas but one day
when the weather made il actually un.
pleasant for rue to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
the day Ofcourse there were a good
many days which weal lher observer
would describe as cloudy, ana some
that were 'showery;' bnt during the five
months tfrom November, 1895 to MAY,
I fhAvsa
we did not have brilliant sunshine at
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 rires
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day. but it
IL 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
hilarating qualities as the air of the
great Sahara in northern Africa or OF
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabia
| Patraea. 1t is much drier than any part
| 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 is
good. From here the markets of Los
Angeles. and even of Ds nvel are largely
supplied. Good beef, mutton and poul-
! ,.l s~t,m he
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
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-
tilted. He will find as many churches
as in towns oicorresponding size IN Penn
sylyama or Ohio, and probably more
school houses, and yet he will find plenty
of liquor shops, too. and gambling
! houses, and yet he VIII see ittie uisoraei
unless he hunts late at night for 1t, and
he will find IL 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, says:-"The climate OF Tucson is
characterized by pure, dry, invigorating
air; a small amount OF rainfall. and ar
ever-sh;ning 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
eru position gives il a mild winter CHI
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out t-of-door life the entire year, ant
permit those suffering from lung ant
bronchial diseases daily exercise and lif'
in the open air. This treatment, IN spite
Of numberiess cures for consumption. ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con
tdence of the people and of the medica
profession as the best single meant
\ known Of sfcombating the dread disease
tuberculosis. The out-of-door life. Will
nroper medical treatment. has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be
vond hope of cure, and cured many II
u, On xi;e, Of a uea of cOuSumDtiOn.