The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-07-13
SUN-STROKE.

The symptoms of sun-stroke generally Indicate
constitution previously impaired Sometimes
there Is active congestion and appoplectlc effuslon
within the Uranium, and in such death gener-
ally ensucs. But often the signs are those OF
physical, and, particularly, cerebral prostration;
the pulse is feeble, the cheeks, and, in fact, the
whole surface of the body pale and CHASTITY
The blood is defective in quality, thus impeding
the vital processes. The heart is evidently the Or
gan at fault, having suddenly succumbed under
fatigue and exhaustion, though the head gives the
first intimatons of danger This premontory
symptom of sun-stroke mentioned in the first IN
stance is recorded in history which may be found
in the Bible: "And when the child was grown, it
fell on day that he went out to his father to the
reapcrs And he said to his father, My head, my
head And he said to a lad, Garry him to his
mother" And when he had taken him and
brought him to his mother he sat her knees till
noon and died" 2 Kings w., 1920.
Manassas, also, the husband Of Judith, the he
rome (chap. viii, 2, 3, died in similar manner:
"Manasses was her husband, Of her tribe and kim
dred, who died in the barley harvest For he
stood overseeing them that bound sheaves in the
field, the heat came upon his head and he fell up
on his bed and died i'll the city Of Bethulia.
Commissions sometimes occur, and in the inter-
walls there are trenblings of the muscles and limbs,
not greatly unlike those of delirium tremens. These
are very common in diseases of debility, where the
nervous system is largely involved, but generally
do not require specific attention. Even during the
progress of recovery there is sometimes consldera-
bic mental alteration.
The premonitions Of an attack arc readily recog-
nized There is feeling Of pressure upon the
head the blood tingles in the vessels, the air seems
too hot and tenuous for breathing. A person who
was once thus affected, tells US that he cured
by Immediately bathing the head, arms and Shout
ders in water While undergoing this process, he
experienced a sensation if burning Goals were
spread over the whole scalp, but In less than an
hour every oppressive symptom had passed away.
A brother of the gentleman, similarly attack
ed, was not 50 cautious. He fell to the ground in
sensible, while at labor in the harvest field, and
after lingering two or three days, much Of the time
conatose, and with what physician mistakenly
termed and treated as typhoid fever, was suffered
to die.
The remedies "laid down in the books arc al
coholic and ammoniacal stmulants; these being
:'diffusive'' and causing equal circulation of
blood through out the body and particularly to the
surface, but if he is ''out of his head it can be
given by enema. Washing the head with cold wa
ter and rubbing liniments upon the surface with
the hands, keeping up the friction as long may
be necessary, will generally answer the purpose.
When much dullness stupor remains, coffee and
strong tea are etiicacious.
The means of prevention are simple. Persons
in sound health are seldom attacked; previous de-
bility general depression Of the vital forces, un-
usual and excessive physical exerton, violent gusts
of passion, excessive drinking Of cold water Of
alcoholic beverages, superadded to exposure to the
summer sun or a hot fire. create the danger
Careful moderation in these particulars will gen
orally secure exemption The Arab, wandering in
an arid desert, subsisting caners milk and a
few vegetables, usually enjoys immunity; his blood
is not vitiated by stimulating food or unwholesome
drinking Sir Joseph Banks spent twenty min
utes in an oven where beef was cooking without
harm. Fishermen, for the sake of protection,
sometimes fill their hats with moist sea-weed;
though any large leaves, even wet cloth uron
the head, will answer as well. This is an inflllible
preventive, and should be more generally observ-
cd by laboring men.-N \. Eccniny Post.