Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-11-16
On the power OF the Human Body to re.
ist


which is met with in hot climates. This opn-
ion, which we know now to be erroneous, was
strengthened by the result of some experiments
made 5y the celebrated Fahrenheit himself, and
! related by Bocrhave. Some animals were shut
| up in a sugar. ker's stove, where the mercury
stood at l36 deg. A sparrow died in less than !
seven minutes, cat in rather more than quar-.
ter of an hour, and a dog in about tweuty-eight ,
minutes The noxious air OF the stove had pro-
baby more TO do with the speedy deaths ofthese |
animals than the heat
The truth upon this subject may be said to
have been discovered by accident In the years
l1G0 and l76l, NJ. NJ. Drhamel and Jillet were
appointed to devise some means of destroying
an insect which consumed the grain in the pro-
vince of Angoumas, in France. They found
that this could be done by suhjecting the corn,
and the insects contained in it, in an oycn to
! degree of heat great enough 10 kill the insect,
but not so great as TO hurt the grain. In order
to ascertain the precise heat of the oven, they
introduced into il a thermometer, placed upon
the end of long shovel. The mercury, when
the thermometer was withdrawn, was found to
indicate a degree of heat considerably above
that of boiling water. NJ, Jllet was aware
tha, the thermometer had sunk several degrees
as it was drawn towards the mouth OF the oven
While he was puzzled to invent some way of
determining more exactly the actual degree of
heat, a girl, who was one of the attendants, Of
ftreG to 90 in and mark with pencil the height
at which the mercury stood and she did enter
, the oven and remained there two or three min
utes of Reaumar. which nearly equals 900 de-
grees of Fahrenheit. NJ Jlet then began to
express some anxiety for the safety of the girl,
but she assured him she felt no inconvenience,
9 and remained in the oven ten minutes longer,
during which time the mercury reached the
2S- degrees Of + Ihrenheit's scae-denong 16
n degrees of heat above that of water when it
:. hos. Wien she come out, her complexion
> wus considerably heightened, but her respra-
l. ,on was by no means quick or laborious. This
r experiment was afterwards repeated. Another
e girl remained in the oven as long as the former
= had done, at the same temperature, and with
ID the same impunIty. Nay, she even breuthed,
10 for the space Of five minutes, air heated to about
20 325 degrees OF Fahrenheit-or lib degrees a.
d buve that OF boiling water.
in The publication OF these facts naturally excl
o ted the curiosity, Of scientific men, and othel
n. experiments were soon instituted. Dr, Dohson
~ of Liverpool, and several other persons will
as him, shut themselves up in the sweating room
of the hospital there-,he air having been heat
ed til the mercury stood 22i degrees Of Fab
c, rcnhcit They did not experience any opprcs
ll siyc or painful sensation OF heat DR.. Fordyc
~ ana DR.. B.agden made some remarkable trial
Id of the same kind.-They entered rooms artifi
ne ciaIly heated to a very high degree-sometime
al naked and sometimes with their clothes on, an
ne bore the extraorlinary temperature of2l0. all
10 even 260 degrees for considerable time, wit
he very little Inconvenience.
i'll In al these experiments, it was found thH
he the animal heat, ascertained by thermomt
ss lcrs placed under the tongue, or grasped in tn
hand, was scarcely increased at all, and the re'
as piraton but little effected but the pulse wa
cs very much qulckcned. The frequency of ID
rs. Ragden's pulse IA one instance was doub,
he Tie watch chains and other pieces Of metal
Il. bout them became so hot that they could scare,
by ly be touched. When they brcathed upon I'll
lp, thcrmom ter, the mercury Immediately sun
rty several degrees. Each act OF respiration pr
itv duc,da pleasant feeling ct cooluens IN the no
trls aud they coded their 6ngers by brcatl
M upon them, In and by the same heated a
ne which they rcspired, eggs were roasted quit
III hard in twenty minutes, aud beef stakes wet
~ dressed m thIrty-ihr mlnutrs And when til
as air was blown upon the meat 10y means of be
Tie lows, it was sufficiently cooked in thirteen miI
MS utcs.
Too Coon 10 IA I.o>r--We endorse IL
tullu ny iruu Mackn', advice to his sou, al
,.o put it again III circulation, as too good to
lost
i have often told you,' he says, that ever
- man must be the maker or marer Of his own fo
,o tune. repeat the doctrine. He who odepen,
CIV upon his incessant industry and integrity, d
,ao ponds upon patrons of the noblest and most e
). alled kind these are the creators of fortune al
=, fame the founders of families, aud can new
IN, disarpont or desert you. They control all h
cd man dealings, and even vicissi,udes of any II
fortunate tendency to a contrary nature. Y,
have genius, you have a leaning you ha'
hat industry a, times, but yop want perseverance,
rer without il, you can do nothing. bld you be
tb,s m,tto IN mind prRsrvrHv