Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-11-23
HEALTH HINTS FOR
TUBERCULAR PEOPLE
A Book Filled With Advice Both Elk.
oelent and Exact Written About
Arizona by w. e. Woodruff
cf Phoenix.

\ In a small brochure called Hints -
Health Seekers" W. Edgar Woodruff,
! formerly OF Minneapolis but now
resident of Phoenix. tells the person
who is seeking aid for Tubercular
trouble in the wonderful climate of Ari-
IONA. practically everything that he
should know before coming here. Most
( OF the victims of the Great White
1 Plague" are sent To Arizona or some
: ether western state as soon as they
consult physician and he finds olt
! that the patients lungs are affected
THE patient arrives knowing absolute
! ~ nothing about the climate Of the va
riOus sections of the territory. and
there is practically every sort from the
semi tropical climate of Yuma and
Phoenix To the chilling atmosphere of
the snowcapped peaks of the San
I Francisco mountains whose frosty
heads are seldom bare even in summer.
Mr.. Woodruff i'm his book divides the
TERRITORY in three climatic belts south
Icrn. central and northern and names
the towns in each belt telling of their
location. facilities for caring for out
lsiders such as hotels. sanatariums the
licensed physicians engaged in prac-
tice: churches and libraries. He also
gives The approximate altitude of the
towns, population. average tempcra-
ture. rainfall and in fact anything he
thinks will be of value to the health
seeker
i Mr.. Woodruff dcVOteS one chapter ii
the twelve i'm the book to The Food
Problem in which he deprecates tho
'Isms" preached i'm regard To food By
various sorts Of faddists and follows
i with a sensible talk on what ana
how To eat. He finishes the chapter
with this excellent motto: Eat the
most YOU can of the best you can get,
and get the best"
Another chapter deals with the prob
| lem of What To Wear a subject 81
| superlatiVe Importance i'm a country
where the sun shines practically every
day i'm the year and one is always
warm in the sun but at night the cold
wind that sweeps across the valleys is
very penetrating
Another chapter on The Patients
/ Personal Habits" is full of necessary
! tips for the man who chases the god
]
Chapters on Cost of Living in Ari-
znna.' "Remunerative Employment"
Taking the Disease In Time. Doc
tors and Doctors are all full Of ideas
and suggestions. for the man whose
lungs are weak"
| The resume is worth the price
charged for the whole book. and
should BE- carefully committed To mem
| ory by every hunger"
Two paragraphs follow: Don't lis
! ten FOR a moment TO the siren voice of
/ the patent medicine vender, or quack
doctor. Their dope" will only
hasten YOU To your grave and then the
/ pious brethren" who have pocketeI
Your cash, won't even pay the under
! takcr" Don't lie about what ails
you. The average Westerner can spot
! a consumptive almost as far az he can
see him. So tell him plainly What your
! trouble is and assure him that you are
in the habit of keeping your person
and living quarters clean. He will ac-
! commodate YOU just as quickly"
| When one consuIts Il man or his
( written word in regard To matters per-
tanning To- health. he likes To know
| what qualifications his advisor has,
and why his ideas are valuable. The
writer is personally acquainted with
| Mr. Woodruff. having met him several
years ago while in the northern part
of the territory on camping trip. He
/ is a university graduate. and was for
merly pastor of the Chicago Avenue
| Baptist church. one of the largest re-
| hgious edifices in Minneapolis several
years ago. The energetic young pas
tor saw so much that needed doing
and tried so hard to accomplish it all.
that his health became undermined
and he joined the army of health seek
/ erS who nov. call Arizona home
He has gone about restoring his own
health in a systematic manner ana has
/ passed the knowledge which he has
cleaned from experience. study, obser-
alton and consultation with physi
clans and those who know the various
parts of the territory. on To others, in
his book Hints To Health Seekers
/ which may be obtained at all book
stores.