The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-10
Mbere the Climate is pure
And the Hir is Balmy,&

NO'''lhchu colorado during the f,u ,,
winter, as the changes are often so,,'n, ,'iN
becoming raw and cold within a tn'''
hours and as these are atmosnhe,ic ,'o,, w :"
| u'.lohs to be avoided, it wouId mo- H.
| IqFlsaDlc ~, to spend these seasons tbaro
uoSe having a peculiar type of conet;.
e"l'o" win a hereditary tendency tn
Vp"suinP Ptlon would do well to ova1i
themselves OF an opportunity and COMO
"ViT anu remain exempt from disease
1t IS fact that those horn Ln,.,.e
tuberculosis parents seldom eye,. hoHn
lhe dlsease develop, so long as thc, ro -,
| mann III this climate. 1t is NV on;,irn
tllat there is no other sert;on XVIII "f tI,n
lii'eu oiI1 IlateS winch will compare favor
apc WITH that in and about Tucson for
the relet OF pulmonary affections"
Or. A. {. Jones. of Tucson. sa;d.--,,Tho
past seven years have afforded mo 1o,.l,o
opportunities III the observation and
stuuy OF the climatic treatment of pul-
I''T'l"'y tuberculosis. Within that time
Il / nave VISITED the resorts of Flor,do
ieAaS' New Mexico, Colorado, CaIifor-
,''a ana Arizona Five years of that 7
nave devoted to active practice in twoof
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear III this city.
Tucson, in my Judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts of nv ac.
quaintance, else ! should not be here T
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 my professional duties for a SIN.
gle day. The former three months of
TINS time | was attended by two trained
nurses and hali-a-dozen doctors. HAVE
been disappointed? No. am in bet
ter condition than when came and
nave mad a years respite from the ter
rors OF bronchial cough. | have been
aoie to resume practice and have. the
pas few months, reinvaded the irving
field of heavy surgery. Had | given u0
my professional work entirely on nv ar
rival and engaged in some more active
line ct business physically should now
DC lar along the road to recovery of my
former weight and strength"
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, in his journal the
New York Tribune. Oh Arizona in Win
ter, among othet AZ says:-'Durinp
hve months resid ~, southern Ariz-
ona IN winter the Nas but one day
when the weather made il actually uri-
pleasant for me to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
the day. OF course there were a good
many days which a wea,h her observer
would describe as cloudy and some
that were 'showery;' but during the five
months (from November, 1895 to MAY,
ls96l there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine at
some time during the dav. Even more
than Egypt. anywhere north of Luxor,
AriAo' IS the land of the sunshine.
The nights throughout the winter are
apt to be cool enough for wood fires
and blankets. Half 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 it
clearer anywhere in the world. 1t 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 anv part
of the valley of the Nile north of Gatar-
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
and even OF ID, ntci are largely
supplied. Good beef 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 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-
tilted. He will find as many churches
as in towns oicorrespondings size in Penn
svlvania or Ohio, and probably more
school houses, and yet he will find 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 n community OF ten thou
samd people requiring in the 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
by pure, dry, inyIgorating
air: 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 arid regions Its south
ern position gives it mild winter eli
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out-ofdoor 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 uumbcrless cures for consumption. cx
plotted monthly, stands first III the con
iidence of the people and of the medical
profession as the best single means
known of combating the dread disease,
tuberculosis. The out-ot-door life, with
proper medical treatment, has afforded
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