The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-09

i Mnpet, a. rnr cnanRes are often severe
bccofiing raw and cold within a few
hours, and as these are atmospheric CON
ditions to be avoided, it would not b.
ADVISABLE to spend these seasons there
Those having peculiar type of consti
tuition with hereditary tendency ia
consumption would do well to avail
themselves of an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
1t IS a fact that those born here. O,
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, SO long az they re.
main in this 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 relief of pulmonary affections"
DIR. 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 Pive years Of that |
have devoted to active practice in two oi
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one year in this city.
1
Tucson. in my judgment. possesses
/ advantages over all the resorts of r,v &C.
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 my professional duties ior n sin.
gie day. The former three months oi
this time was attended by two trained
nurses and halfa-doxcn doctors. Have
| been disappointed No. am in bet.
ter condition than when | came and
have had a years respitefrom the ter
rors of q bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have, the
pas. few months, reinvaded the trying
held OF heavy surgery. Had given up
| my professional work entirely on my ar.
rival and engaged in some more active
hnc 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 vi. Arizona In Win.
ter. among othe. ..os says:-''Durine
atve months re&id southern Arix.
| ona In winter the. sas but one day
when the weather made /. actually uri.
| pleasant for me to take exercise Ia the
open air at some time or other during
the day. ,Ofcoursc there were a good
many days which weather observes
| would describe as cloudy, and some
| that were 'showery::' bat during the FIVE
| months from November, 1895 to May,
1885, there were only four days when
we did not have brilliant sunshine al
some time during the dav. Even more
than Egypt. anywhere north of Luxor
Arizona 10 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 daring che day. but II
10 never prudent for stranger TO be
without one at hand.
The atmosphere 10 singuiariy clear,
tonic and dry. | have never seen ID
clearer anywhere in the world. Ii seems
| to have about the same bracing and ex
hilarating qualities az the air Of the
great Sahara in northern Africa or Of
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arabia
Patraca. II is 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
Assouan and wady Halfa, but some
what cooler.
"As to food, there 10 plenty, and it 10
good. From here the markets of Los
Angeles, and even of In uvei are largely
supplied. Good beet. mutton and poui-
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
and venison from the vicinity can also
be had. Vegetables and fruits arc abund.
ant In their season, and sometimes the
season 10 long one. 1t is the one coun-
try have lived in where straw berries
ripen i'm the open air ten months i'm 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 viii be greatly mys-
tilted. He will find as many churches
as in towns oicorresponding size in Penn
sylvania 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 community OF ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytime
only one policeman, and very little oc-
cupation for him."
DR.. A. w. Olcott. health officer of Tue
son. says:--"The climate of Tucson is
characterized by pure, dry. inyigorating
air; small amount of rainfall. and an
ever-shiniug 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 il q 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, in spite
of fnumberless cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con-
fidence of the people and of the medical
profession as the best single means
known sfcombating the dread disease,
tuberculosis. The out-of-door life, with
proper medical treatment. has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be-
yond hope of cure. and cured many in
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