The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-08

@oiotauo curing the fali and
winter, as the changes are often severe
becoming raw and cold within few
hours, and as these are atmospheric con.
ditions to be avoided, it would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
lhose having peculiar type of consti.
tuition with n hereditary tendency 70
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. of
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as 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. {. Jones, of Tucson, -"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, CaIifor-
MIA and Arizona Five years of that l
have devoted TO active practice in two of
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one year in this CITY.
Tucson, in my Judgment. POSSESSES
advantages over all the resorts of fny ac.
quaintance, else should not be here. I
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
| ~ aftyfa efxr &c. n a
gle day. The former three months of
TINS time was attended by two trained
nurses and hali-a-dozen doctors. Have
l been disappointed? No. am i'm bet
ter condition than when ! came and
have had years respite from the ter
rors Of bronchial cough. have been
able to resane practice and have, the
pas. few months, reinvaded the irving
field 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 my
former weight and strength.
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, in his journal. the
New York Tribune oi. Arizona in Win
ter among othel :. ssays:-"During
a ahvc months restd - isouthern Ariz.
ona in winter the xas hut one day
when the weather made ii actually un.
| pleasant for me to take exercise in the
open AR at some time or other during
The day. Ofcourse there were a good
many days which O weather observer
would describe as cloudy, and some
that were 'showcry::' 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,
Arizona is the land of the sunshine.
"Thc nights throughout the winter are
apt to be cool enough for wood nres
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 singuiarly clear,
tonic and dry. | have never seen it
clearer any ywhere 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 ot
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Axabia
Patraea. 1t is much dricr than any part
of the valley of the Nile north of Catar-
act. 1t seems to me about the same in
quality as the air on the Nile between
Assouan and wady Haifa, but some
what cooler.
i "As to food, there is plenty, and it is
good. From here the markets OF Los
/ Angeles. aud even of Ds nvct are largely
supplied. Good beet. mutton and poui-
try arc 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. II Is the one coun-
try have lived in where Strawberries
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
1 The Arizona Kicker, will be greatly mys-
tiled. 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 1t, and
he will find "A community OF ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytime
only one policeman. and very little oc-
cupation for him."
/ DR.. A. w. .6lcott. health officer of Tue
son. says:--"The climate of Tucson is
characterized by pure, dry, invigorating
air: a small amount of rainfall, and an
cver.shining 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
en position gives il mild winter CHI.
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 numberlcss cures for consumption, ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con,
fdcnce of the people and of the medical
4 profession as the best single means
known sfcombating the dread disease
tuberculosis. The out-of-door life. with
proper medical treatment. has afforded
....x.Y>c~a Of asffferere who are be-