Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1902 — ARIZONA AIR. [ARTICLE]

ARIZONA AIR.

Claimed to Be the Best in the World for Pulmouargr Troubles, t Just now, while n' good deal Is being said In the newspaper* about the socalled “open-air treatment” for consumptives, it will be interesting to relate the actual experience qf one suffering from lung trouble who lias been fully restored to health. The person referred to was a good many years ajto assistant rector of an Episcopal church In Baltimore, and his clerical duties Involved an early communion service (7 o’clock n. m.),. which he usually performed before breakfasting. His lung trouble developed while he was a theological student, and tin* discharge of his daily clerical duties at so early an houy, without taking any stimulating food, Increased his weakness. Finally he was attacked with severe hemorrhages of the lungs while at the altar, and was hurried to hls hoine, wherefor some time he remained, a close Invalid. The host, medical advice he could get, apparently, was to go to Florida (the graveyard for consumptives, as a writer ouce remarked), and the preacher soon removed to Tallahassee as a rector of a church there. It did not take him long to discover that the “openair” treatment In Florida was not the treatment for him: the\ hemorrhages returned, and he grew emaciated. His next move was at Santa Fe, N. M., where he took charge of a church. The clear, dry atmosphere (with a remarkably moderate mean temperature) at once proved beneficial. The hemorrhages and cough were arrested, and the Improvement continued steadily until almost perfect health and strength were restored. It was while at Santa Fe that the preacher was told of the wonderful effects produced by the jlry, rarlfied air of Arizona, and subsequently he took charge of a church at Prescott, in that territory. The improvement of his lung trouble was even more rapid and marked at Prescott; and hfi has declared that the “open air” of Arizona is the best place "fjnr consumptives in the United States. So complete has been his restoration to health that he has been able to accept residence In Southern California (moving there to Improve liis wife’s health), where he conducted a chureli and school for several years. He is now travelling abroad with his family, and walks, with a springy step, half a dozen miles a day in England without feeling the least fatigue. “The dry, rarifled atmosphere of Arizona,” he wrote recently, “Is the best for lung trouble to be found anywhere. Fresh meat lying In the open air on a peg cures, instead of decaying; imagine the effects on the lungs.”