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Tucson as a Health Resort Advertised for Pulmonary Ailments
An 1890s Tucson health resort piece extols the dry, high desert climate on the Southern Pacific line as ideal for pulmonary diseases. It cites altitude around 2,400 feet, low humidity, abundant sunshine, minimal rainfall, and reports from doctors and observers praising climate therapy over medical treatments.
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Tucson
Southern Pacific R. R
Territory of
Arizona
Santa Cruz Valley
United States Medical Commission
United States
Phoenix
Colorado
A. C. Jones
Florida
Texas
New Mexico
California
Whitelaw Reid
The
New York Tribune
Egypt
Luxor
Sahara
Africa
Mount Sinai
Arabia
Patraea
Nile
Gataract
Assouan
Wady Halfa
Los Angeles
Southwest
Pennsylvania
Ohio
A. W. Olcott
Harrison E. Stroud
H. W. Fenner
Southern Pacific Railway
Mark A. Rogers
Atlantic
North America
Santa Cruz River
Santa Catalina Range
Rincon
Santa Rita
Lemon
Catalinas
Wrightson
Santa Ritas