The Tucson citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz.) 1901-1928, 1902-03-01
Wbere the Climate is pure
lind the Hir is Balmy.t~

nu Soiorado during the fall and
winter, as the changes are often severn
becoming raw and cold within y fc,y
hours, ana as these are atmospheric con-
oitions to be avoided, it would not he
a 40 to spend these seasons there
nose having peculiar type of const;.
tuition with hereditary tendency to
consumption would do well to avail
themselves OF an opportunity and come
ie,C anu remain exempt from disease.
IL II TACT that those born hereof
! tuberculosis parents seldom ever hnvc
Tue ulsease develop, so long as they re-
| mann III tins climate. 1t is my opinion
mat there is no other section of the
United States which will comparc favor
able with that in and about Tucson for
the rellct of pulmonary affections"
pr. A. [, Jones, of Tucson. saitl.-"The
past seven wears have afforded me laroc
opportunities III the observation and
study OF the climatic treatment of mi.
monary tuberculosis. Within thai time
= nave VISITED the resorts of Flor1da
lc&as, New Mexico, Colorado. Califor-
ma ana Arizona Five Years of that /
nave devoted TO active practice in twoof
inc most frequent resorts OF Colorado
ana one year III this city.
ncSon' IN my Judgment. possesses
advantages over all the resorts OF ,nvac-
4nalntnnce, else should not be here |
came III quest OF the best possible eli.
halic advantages for an aggravated
case OF bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuhefculosis IN the second stage For
SIX months | had been unable To dis.
charge my professional duties iui Il sin.
gle day. The former three months of
tins time was attended bv two trained
nurscA and halfadozen doctors. Have
been. Disappointed No. am in bet
ter condition than when | came and
have had year $ respite from the ter
rorS OF ii bronchial cough have been
ahic 10 resume practice and have, the
pas, lew months, reinvaded the irving
heiu OF hcaFy surgery. Had | given up
M professional work entirely on nay ar.
rival and engaged in some more active
hnc OF business physically | should now
be Tar along the road TO recovery OF nv
former weight and strength.
Hon, Whitelaw Reid, in his journal. the
New York Tribune OF. ARIZONA III Vim.
ter, among othei 4,s During
a tive months rcsid southern Ariz.
ona IN winter the Sas bnt one day
when the weather made il actually un.
pleasant for me to take exercise III the
open air at some time or other during
the day. oicoarse there were good
many days which weather observer
would describe as cloudy. ami soms
that were 'showery,' but during the five
months from November, 1895 to MAY
1s96l there were only four days wher
We did not have brilliant sunshine al
some time during the dav. Even mors
than Egypt, anywhere north at Luxor
Arizona is the land oi the sunshine.
The nights throughout the winter arr
apt to be cool enough for wood nres
and blankets. Halt the time An over
goat 10 not needed during the day. but i
IL never prudent for stranger to b
without onc at hand.
The atmosphere is singularly clear
tonic and dry, ! have never seen i
clearer anywhere in the world Ii seem
to have about the same bracing and ex
hilarating qualities as the air of tn
great Sahara in northern Africa or O
the desert about Mount Sinai in Arabic
Patraea. 1t is much drier than any par
of the valley Of the Nile north OF Gatar
act. 1t seems to me about the same IL
quality as the air on the Nile bctweci
Assouan and Wady Halfa. but some
what cooler.
as 10 food. there is plenty, and it il
good. From here the markets ot Lo
a a. - II f,, |,
supplied. Good beef, mutton and poul
try are plenty aud cheap. Quail, duck
and venisou from the vicinity can als'
| be had. Vegetables and fruits are abund
ant in their season, and sometimes tn
season is a long one. Ii is the one coun
| try have lived III where straw berrie
! ripeu in the open air ten months IN tn
| year. have had them ON my table
| fresh picked from the open gardens, a
| Christmas.
THE man who goes 10 any consider
| able Arizona town with the idea OF til
southwest derived from novels, or iron
The Arizona Kicker, will be greatly mys
tilted. He will find as many churche
as in towns ofcorrcsponding size in Penn
svlyania or Ohio. and probably NOR
school houses, and yet he will ndplent.
of liquor shops. too, and gambling
houses. and yet he will see little disorde
unless he hunts late at nigls Tor it, AM
he will find community OF ten thou
sand people requiring i'll the daytim
only one policeman, and very little %
cupation for him.
DR.. a. w. 0lcott health officer of Tue
son. savs:--"rhc climate of Tucson
characterized by pure, dry, invigoratin
mir n small amount of rainfall, ami a
cyer-shining sun. 1t rs surrounded d
mountains which cut of the chiilin
winds of winter, and the dreaded san
storms of most arid regions. Its soutl
crp position gives il q mild winter Ct
mnte, These conditions render pleasan
an out-of-door life the entire year, an
hermit those suffering from lung an
bronchial diseases daily exercise and III
IN the open air. This treatment, i'll spit
If numberlcss cures for consumption, eA
ploited monthly, stands first in the COZ
fdencc of the people and of the mcdicf
nrolcssion as the best single mean
known of combating the dread diseas'
tuberculosis. The out-ot'door liie, wit
| - .,,,- ,,,ndira 4 ire tfneflt. has attOrde