The Tucson citizen., 1902-02-14

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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 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.
1T is 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
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 wears of that !
have devoted to active practice in twoo
the most frequent resorts of Colorado
and one wear in this city.
Tucson, in my judgment, possesses
advantages over all the resorts of ,nvac-
quaintanCe, else should not be here. |
came III quest of the best possible cli-
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 Tor sin.
gle day. The former three months of
this time ! was attended bv two trained
nurses and hali-a-dozen doctors. Have
| been disappointed: No. am in bet
ter condition than when | came and
have had years respite from the ter
rors ot bronchial cough. have been
able to resume practice and have, the
pas. few months, relnvaded the trying
field OF heavy surgery. Had | given up
my professional work entirely on my ar
rival and engaged i'll some more active
line 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 vi. Arizona in Vim
ter" among othet IS substituting
ahve months restd southern Ariz-
ona in winter the Xas but one day
when the weather made it actually un-
. pleasant for me to take exercise in the
/. open air at some time or other during
the dav. Ofcourse there were a good
many days which a weather observer
would describe as cloudy ana some
! that were 'showery; but during the five
months (from November, 1895 to May,
2 1S96) there were only four days when
E we did not have brilliant sunshine At
c some time during the dav. Even more
4 than Egypt, anywhere north of Luxor
| Ax-a.C "a he. 10, ,,I Is,C% 81
Y "The nights throughout the winter ar,
V apt to be cool enough for wood fires
and blankets. Half the time an over
:. coat is not needed during the day, but i
Y is never prudent for stranger to b
IS without one at hand.
Re THE atmosphere is singularly clear
!, tonic and dry. have never seen i
v clearer anywhere in the world. Ii seem
e to have about the same bracing and ex
hilarating qualities as the air of TIL
| great Sahara in northern Africa or o
u the desert about Mount Sinai in Arabic
+ Patraea. 1t is much drier than any par
{ of the valley of the Nile north of Gatar
c act. 1t seems to me about the same il
!. quality as the air on the Nile between
e Assouan and Wady Halfa, but some
, what cooler.
f "As to food, there is plenty, and it is
= good. From here the markets of Los
I Angeles, and even of DsnveI are largely
r supplied. Good beef mutton and poul-
try are 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. 1t 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
The Arizona Kicker will be greatly mys-
tilted. He will find as many churches
as i'll towns ofcorresponding size in Penn
!, sylvania or OHIO, and probably more
: school houses, and yet he will findplenty
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 a 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 invigorating
air; small amount of rainfall. and an
ever-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
ern position gives it a 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 numberless 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 of combating the dread disease,
tuberculosis. The out-of-door life, with
proper medical treatment, has afforded
relief to numbers of sufferers who are be-
vond hope of cure, and cured many in
the earlier stages of consumption.
DR.. Harrison L. Stroud says of the