The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-21
Wbere the Climate is pure
Hnd the Hir is Balmy.%

dItiOns to be avoided, it would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
Those having a peculiar type of consti-
tuition with a hereditary tendency to
consumption would do well to avail
themselves of an opportunity and come
here and remain exempt from disease.
ut is fact that those born here of
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, so long as they re-
man III 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"
DR.. A. {. Jones. of Tucson, said:-"The
past seven years have afforded me large
opportunities in the observation and
study of the climatic treatment of pull
monary tuberculosis. Within that time
have visited the resorts of Florida.
Texas, New Mexico. Colorado, Califor-
MIA and Arizona Five years of that
have devoted 10 active practice in oof
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear ~ this city.
Tucson, in my Judgment, possesses
advantages over ali the resorts Of ,nvac-
quaintauec. else | should not be here.
came IN quest OF the best possible eli.
matte advantages for an aggravated
case ot bronchitis and for pulmonary
tuterculosis in the second stage. For
si& months ! had been unable 10 dis
charge my professional duties ior SIN.
Glc day. The former three months of
this time was attended by two trained
nurScs and half-a-dozen doctors. HAVE
/ been disappointed No. am in bet
+ ter condition than when came and
/ have had a years respite from the ter
rors Of tt bronchial cough. have been
/ ahic to resume practice and have the
! pas. few months, reInvadcd the irving
I field ot heavy surgery. Had ] given up
/ my professional work entirely on my ar
/ rival and engaged in some more active
/ hne OF business physically should now
! be tar along the road to recovery of nv
former weight and strength
Hon. WhiteIaw Reid in his journal. the
/ New York Tribune -. ARIZONA in Win.
ter, among othe 80 says During
| a five months resid = southern Ariz.
ona in winter the Aas but one daN
when the weather made il actually un.
pleasant for me to take exercise in the
open air at some time or other during
the dav. OF course there were a gooc
many days which a weather observer
would describe as cloudy. ana som,
that were 'showery:' but during the tiv,
months from November, 1895 TO Nav
1866 there were only four days whcI
We did not have brilliant sunshine n
some time durlng the dav. Even NOR
than Egypt, anywhere north of Luxor
( Ar,.f he 1a 4 81
THE nights throughout the winter ar
apt TO be cool enough for wood nre,
aud blankets. Half the time an ove1
coat is not needed during the day. but
Is never prudent for "A stranger TO
: without one at hand.
> The atmosphere is singularly clea
tonic and dry. | have never seen
clearer anywhere in the world Il seen
, to have about the same bracing and ex
hilarating qualities as the air of II
great Sahara IN northern Africa or
the desert about Mount Sinai. in Arab
= Patraea. 1t is much dricr than any par
OF the valley of the Nile north of Gatai
act. 1t seems 10 me about the same i
quality as the air on the Nile betwec
Assouan and Wady Halfa, but some
what cooler.
f "As to food, there is plenty, and it i
good. From here the markets Of Lo
Angeles. and even OF Dt npcl are largei'
supplied. Good beef, mutton and poul
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, duck
and veuison from the vicinity can als'
be had Vegetables and fruits are abund
ant IN their season, and sometimes tn
season is long one. 1t is the one conn
try have lived in where strawbcrrie
ripen 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 to any consider
able Arizona town with the idea of tn
southwest derived from novels, or iron
The Arizona Kicker, will be greatly mys
tilted. He will find as many churche
as in towns otcorresponding size in Penn
sylvania or Ohio, and probably NOR
school houses, and yet he will find plent,
of liquor shops, too, and gambling
houses, and yet he will see little disorde
unless he hunts late at night for it, ant
; he will find "A community OF ten thou
sand people requiring i'll the daytim
only one policeman, and very little oc
Cupatton tor hiul.
Or. A. w. Olcott. health officer of Tue
son, says:-"Thc climate of Tucson
characterized by pure, dry. invigoratinl
, air: small amount of rainfall. and a
ever-shining sun. 1t is surrounded b
mountains which cut off the chilling
winds of winter. and the dreaded san
storms of most arid regions. Its south
ern position gives it mild winter eli
! mate These conditions render pleasan
| an out -ofdoor life the entire wear, an
t permit those suffering from lung an
{ bronchial diseases daily exercise and hi
= in the open air. This treatment. in spit
, of numberlcss cures for consumption, ex
] plotted monthly, stands first IN the cor
+ hdence of the people and of the medica
: profession as the best single mean
c known of combating the dread disease
t tuberculosis. The out-of-door life. wit
proper medical treatment. has aiforde
rcief to numbers OF sufferers who are bt
voud hope of cure, and cured many i
= the earlier stages of consumption.
:, DR.. Harrison f. Stroud saws of th
Climate of fArizona.-"Thes summers ar
hot There are some warm days i'll May
5 gradually increasing into June, and fror