The Tucson citizen., 1902-04-15

becoming raw and cold within a fev
hours, and as these are atmospheric con.
ditions to be avoided, it would not be
advisable to spend these seasons there.
Those having peculiar type of cousti.
tuition with hereditary tendency to
consumption would do well 70 avail
themselves OF an opportunity and come
mere and remain exempt from disease.
1t is a fact that those born hereof
tuberculosis parents seldom ever have
the disease develop, SO long as they re-
main IN this climate. 1t is my opinion
tnat 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, caIifor-
MIA and Arizona Five wears of that
nave 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 c,v ac-
quaint anee, else should not he here. |
came IN quest of the best possible cii-
mAtic advantages for am 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 sin.
gie day. The former three months OF
this time was attended by two trained
nurses and haif.a-dozen doctors. Have
1 been disappointed? No. am in bet
ter coalition than when I came and
have had Il years respite from the ter
rcrs nf bronchial cough. hare been
able to resume practice and have, the
past few months, reinvaded the trying
.ttcid Qf 1easy xnrgery. Had giyen up
NY professional work entirely on my ar
rival and engaged in some more active
lire of business physically should now
be far along the road to recovery of INV
brnaer weight and strength
Hon. .White'aw Reid, in his journal, the
New York Tgibune oi. Arizona in Win.
ter" amoug othes .lss ssays:-"During
q i've mOnthS resid ~ southern Arss.
csta ID winter thc. sas but one day
when the weather mndris acsuaiif an
pleasant for me TO take exereise ID the
open air at sOsne time ar other during
tie day. 0fcourse there were good
many days which u weather observer
woui6 describe an 'cloudy,' ana souse
that were 'showery:' but during the fiys
months tfrons November. 1896 70 May,
1885, there were eniy four days when
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some time during the das. Even more
than Egypt. anywhere north OF Luxor
ARIZONA 10 the Land OF the Sunshine.
''Thc nights Throughout she winter are
apt 10 be cool enough for wood sirxs
and blankets. Half the time an over
coat is not needed during the day. bat II
is ncvrr prudent fnr d stranger TO lss
without one NJ hand.
The atmosphere is singulariy clear,
tonic and dry. ! have never seen II
clearer anvwhrrc In the world. lf se<sns
TO have about the same hracsug and ex
hiiarnting qualities as the AIR of the
great Sahara ia northern Africa ar ol
the desert about Mount Sinai. iu Arabia
Patraea. II is much irier than any part
of the valley OF the Nile north OF Gatar.
quality as the air on the Nile hetween
Assouan and wady Haifa, but some
what cooler.
AS TO food. there il plenty. and II il
good. From here thr markets OF isos
Angeles. and even of In nsvs arc largely
supplied. Good bccf, mutton ard poul.
try are plenty and cheap. Quail, ducks
4 al
be had vcgetahies and fruits arc abund'
ant In their season. and sometimes ths
season is q long one. IL In the one coun.
try have lived in where straw berries
ripen in the open air ten months in ths
year. have had them ON my table
fresh picked from the open gardens. nj
Christmas.
"Thc man who goes to any consider
able Arizona town with the idea of ths
southwest derived from novels, or from
The Arizona Kicker, viii be greatly nys-
tifed. He will find as many churches
as In towns otcorresponding sizesn Penn
syivasia or Ohio. and probably mors
school houses, and yet he viii fnd plenty
of liquor shops, too, and gambling
houses, and yet he viii see little disorder
unless he hunts late at night for it, and
he will find Il community of ten thou
sand people requiring in the daytims
only one policeman. and very little oc'
cupation for him"
DR.. A. w. Olcott, health officer of Tue
son. says:--.The climate of Tucson il
characterized by pure, dry. insigoratine
air: a small amount of rainfall. and an
eycr-shining 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
crn position gives il a mild winter CHI
mate. These conditions render pleasant
an out-ofdoor life the entire year, a,t
permit those suffering from lung ane
bronchial diseases daily exercise and lift
| in the open air. This treatment. in spits
of numberless cures for consumption. ex
plotted monthly, stands first in the con
iidence of the people and of the medica
profession as the best single means
known sf combating the dread disease
| tuberculosis. The out-of-door life. wltf
proper medical treatment, has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be
yond hope of cure, and cured many n
-, L. - a oeu of e0u uSsiyurfion