Smyrna times., 1855-07-04
Hot Weather Beware Of Excessss.

Hot Weather Beware Of Exc cesses.
The delay of the hot weather renders eau
tiOn all the more necessary now that it has
come. Statistics show that The largest number
of deaths from hnprHdence happen when cold |
spell is suddenly succeeded by one Of intense |
heat; and the reason is that people, feeling the
change acutely, thoughtlessly risk their health
III the effort to get cool. A llborcr becomes
oycr-heated, rushes to hydrlnt, drinks cold
water to excess, and perlshes in few hours.
Another person seeks relief in juleps cobblers,
and other mis-caled - cooling drinks and the
result Is increased excitement Of the brain, in
stead of diminished action there, often follow
ed by sudden death. A third is tempted by
fresh trut, and either eats too nuch or eats that
which is not ripe, and he too pays for indiscre-
ton with his lite. A fourth, fifth and sixth vio-
late the laws Of healh, in some other way, and
are prostrated by illEess, if not swept into the
grave. And SO it goes, to the end of the chap
ter.
i Ihe virtue OF temperance, at this period OF
the season, cannot be inculcated too strongly.
We do not mean temperance in the use of dis
titled OF malt liquors only, but temperance in
all things, but especially eating, drinking and
work. A surct, when the Thermometer is al
ninety, is almost certain death. Even a slight
overluuding of the stomach, or the indulgence
IN some lndlgestlble article of food, often lead,
to violent cramps, if not to cholera in its wors
J form. But to eat too little, or to cschew either
meats or fruits altogether, as some theorists do
is an error only less dangerous. The safes
t way is 10 continue the usual diet whatever tha
$ has been, taking care, however, to indulg,
n moderately, that is with temperance. SO ais,
n with drnklng. fit is madness to imbibe splr
i ituous liquors in the hope of being cooled, it
v folly TO injure the digestive organs by cxccssiv
e indulgence III soda water or cc-cream. Nat,r
:, invariably suffers when attempts are made su,
II denly to cool person who is heated. MDderi
|. ton IN all things is indispensable. To ium
?, into a river, to quatf copously of ice.water,
to bring anything else that is cold into suddc
contact with the body, when the latter is hea
a ed, is trItling with health and life.
1t EXceSses in work are tcitle source of il
" ness, and sometimes Of death, IN sultry weathe
a No man can perform as much labor on h
day, or under vertical summer sun, as he CT
i in winter or under clvcr. 1t is not only da
" laborcrs who are IN jeopardy. Any unusu
ly draft upon the nervous, or even muscular sy
lie tenn, is sure to be felt at the seat of life.
wise man wIlIalways economist his>strength
the summer. Whoever ovrr-works himself
IL any way eXhausts the nervous power, part
IA which should have gone to assist the digeslic
er and the consequence IS, that when he con
y home, i;ltigucd and hungry, to eat hca
as meal, he IS struck down by bilious cholic, d
'r- entery or cholera. To throw OFF the Carmen
ld' when heated, and sit III Il current of air, i,
nr- common error and the seeds of many a C.
aeS sumption have been planted, in this way,
healthy men. BE temperate in your labors
in your pleasures, in sleeping and in waking
EEK you would escape the diseases incident to
eat weather, and which are 50 often tata-Ledg