The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-08-13
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The Chemistry Of sunstrokes'

The effects and the treatment OF sun
stroke are very well undeTsteod IN this
c2Anfry where ths maIady is ono of
lFsaaeek .cscefse " n sbof4 3tSaaeht
probably, ~ the hottest months than IN
any other part Of tlie wofId. But The
cause Of the suDstroke is as vet n mvs.
terry. The intense hsht (nereIy "A hestl
OF the solar raysiis not the agent Of the
mjsehief The human body may Be exl
posed @ the Turkish bath Of 1i0o. and
remain 10 nit m hour without injury.
This is q much higher range of heat
than 90 the atmosphsrc lat which suu.
stroke Inpstoflcn occurs viz: from 100
IlOS IN the sun BIen working ia zinc
furnaces OF iron soapdries are subject.
ed 90 .waheal above l20o, bat thew are
not pfostrattd 20 she ground with the
pheupniena Of suustrokv. The human
organization Is fitted 70 endure much
higher pitch Of heat than Any we have
naHHed. Expcriihentss are recorded Of
men sitting quite comfortable 10 ovens
while chickens were slowly browning
by their side How does Il happen,
then, that ut temperature of the open
air comparatively so low men melt away,
as the popular saying ia. with heat?
The reason, We thiuk, must Be- look
ed for 10, the chemical character Of the
SUNS rays. The heat Of the shn differs
from every otbof kind Of light. This
"A iilet - dwell known as to need no
demonstration. The effect Of. the sun's
heat upon plants--as contrastcd with
artificial lieat-is the most familiar and
perhaps the most striking illustration at
hand. l.AlI animate aud inanimate
thiugs are subject to precisely the same
great laws Of nature and the solar
heat which makes the howers droop
and close their petaB, asaif 10 shat out
tho dazzling rays, is not. without It's
marvellous. chemical effect npon the
Aenssliye bFaia Of man.. The effect, we
sey, Is chemIcal, just Ike the effect Of
lPeisons slEychuine, cyanide Of potas-
lslum. arsenic, morphipe aud the other
Ideldly, drugs. do not work more marked
oFgaoic changes 10 the system than a
sunstroke. The countenance Of the
victim IS dark ,eolorcd aud injected with
blood, ,apa aPost nerfenas cxamination'
diseloses epngestion or the brain, lungs
and heart These ago the effects, vary.
ing ~ degree, Of the adwi1istration Of
10 sons. The chasccs Of recovery from
poisoning are far better, n remedies are
20 lsppably applied, than from sunstroke.
The latter 4 almost aIwass fatal with
5orsbas of dclieats hGalth or fun habit.
si1his fact of the peruliar chemical
aciieH Of the suns rays upon the hu-
pap system being once appreciated.
nothing Is easier than TO escape sun.
stroke Keep out or the sun as.muehs
ias1possible. Do rs the birds aud the
6eaAss'dordS ss your Intelligent fellow
creatures Do 10 Madrid, Havana or Per.
fnaabuco--siick TO the shaie as closely
az you eau during the hottest hours Of
our summer daysa Bdt, IL your intense
and irfepressibls Aeglo ssxoa nature
mast drive YOU inte the face of the sun,
OF Il yeur occupation obIiges such ex-,
posture, take 40 umbrella with YOU as a
shield,of put q wet handkerchief or
cabbage leaf or other protection Ia your
hat, Drink but little ice,w water, eat
sparingly Of Fat meats, take daily baths,
walk slow, talk slow, gesticulate gently.
avoid politics and dSdont Z get unduly OK.
cited about aaything whatever az YOU
value y0urlile. This is an of repeated
tales Tits the sage advice Of last year
and the year before, aud a century back
'of that: But while forty people day
ate dropping orl the pavemen.s around
'usianddg'Sg isaa hour or two, We will
notstand elt for originality but give
the venerable counsel never known to
fail AS 20 remedies there Is no improve
ment that SIC are aware Of on the old
ones. The application of iceso the head
and unIlerl the armpits, brandy and
water of olhof stiinslants administered
ipterpally, A mustard plaster ON the
stomach, vigorous ehafing OF the body,
and especially the hands aud feet, fan
nlUg and plenty ofair-these are restor-
asises plheaqious who're anything is Of
avail.
But the great point is TO avoid sun.
stroke, and 70 give our readers a few
hints 70 that end Is the object Of this
article .nIsaG ~ M aala
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