The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-21
Wbere the Climate is Dure
And the Hir is Balmy.%

commend Colorado during the fall and
winter, as the changes are often severe
becoming raw and cold within few
hours, and as these are atmosnher;c con.
ditions to be avoided il wn,Id NOT ho
advisable to spend these seasons there
nose having peculiar type OF consti.
tuition 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 tact that those born hereIof
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, ST. long as they re-
main IN this climate. l. is my o,iniou
that there IS no other section OF the
Cnited States which will compare favor
able with that in and about Tucson for
the relief OF pulmonary Affections
Or. A. I. Jones, Of Tucson, id:.-"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
| nave visited the resorts of Florida,
texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Califor-
ma and Arizona Five wears of that I
nave devoted to active practice in twoo of
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear in this city.
tucson, IN my Judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts of o,v ac.
quahtance, 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 my professional duties Tor a sin.
gle day. The former three months of
this time was attended by two trained
nurses and haif.a-dozen doctors. Have
been disappointed, No. am in bet
ter condition than when | came and
have had years respite from the ter.
rors Of bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have, the
pas few months, reinvaded the trying
field OF heavy surgery. Had I 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. Whiteiaw Reid, in his Journal the
New York Tribune vi. Arizona in Vim
ter among othes .a-s says:-'During
hye months resid NJ southern Aria-
ouas in winter the ~Sas but one day
when the weather made il actually un.
pleasant for rue TO take exercise in the
open air at sOnae time or other during
the day. Ofcnssrse there were a good
many days which weather observer
would describe as cloudy, ana some
that were 'showery.; but during the Eve
mouths from November, 1895 to May
iS96l there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine a,
sofnc tifnc during the dav. Even NOR,
than Rgyp., anywhere north OF Luxor
Arizona 10 The land OF the sunshine.
THE nights throughout the winter ar,
apt to be cool enough for wood nres
aud blankets. Halt the time an over
coat is not needed during the day, but Il
is never prudent for stranger to b,
without one at hand.
The atmosphere is siagularly clear
tonic and dry. | have never seen il
clearer anv whrrc in the world IL seems
to have about the same bracing and ex
hilarating qualities as the air of the
great Sahara in northern Africa or o
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabia
Patraea.- It is uinch dricr than any par,
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 betweer
Assouan and Wady Halta, but some
what cooler.
AS to food. there is plenty, and it is
4 f,m bats Sx* rs
Angeles. and even OF Ds nvei are largely
supplied. Good beef, 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 III 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 mouths in the
year. have had them on my table
fresh picked from the open gardens, at
Christ mas,
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 corresponding size in Penn
sylyania 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 "a community OF ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytime
only one policeman. aud very little oc'
cupation for him.
Or. A. w. oicott. health officer of. Tue
son. says:-"The climate of Tucson il
CHARACTERIZED by pure, dry. inyigorating
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 arid regions. It's south
etu position gives it mild winter cli-
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an ont-ofdoor 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 nunberess cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con,
hdence of the people and of the medical
nrotcssion as the best single means
known Of combating the dread disease.
tuberculosis. The out-of-door life. with
nroper medical treatment, has afforded
reI;ef to numbers of sufferers who are be-