Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-08-06
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The Hearth and Home contains the fol
lowing diary and directions fol july, by ID
eminent physician, whose sands ofiih are not
nearly run out 4 ApS4 NJ sssss ba 4 3t
July ]. This has been the warmest Gay Of
the Season, the thermometer standing at SO,
degrees to o. degrees throughoat the last
Etwenty.four hours, While the hygromsterr
shows that the atmosphere is nearly saturated
with moisture These wocondiions are most
unfavofeble 70 health, especially of the old aud
feeble, and Of the very young, and Of those
who are suffering from exhaustive disease.
The heat powerfully stimulates, and The satura.
ton ofSthe atmosphere prevents free plperspirra--
tion, (Acooling process, and the necessary
result is great physical depression. When this
weather continues, as it has for the Inst four.
days, doy and night, the best constitution
must suffer more or loss severely, and the
weak and exhausted sink irrecoverably unless
the greatest care be taken to preserve the
equilibrium of the system. It matters little
how hot the sun shines, provided the air is
dry /; Precipitation will then, go on freely, and
the rapid evaporation from the surface 80
thoroughly oools the body that the system
scarcely experiences the slightest depression.
A person may thus, when tho air is dry, en-.
dure ut a temperature that will boil eggs and
roast meats. Natures method of rendering
us capable Of resisting high degrees of heat is,
therefore, by coolingthe body throughperspi.
ration. Excessive perspiration also creates
thirst for cold fluids, and these, taken inter-
nally, still futhor cool the body. It follows
that anything which tends to heat the body,
or diminish the natural cooling processes, adds
dangers of excessive hoat. The use Of stimu-
lants, confinement to the impure aud stagpant
air of tenement houses aud unventilatcd work
shops, such flthiness of the skin that perspi.
ration is checked, working in places where
the laborer is exposed to the concentrated,
direct and reflected rays Of the sun-these and
many other conditions which raise the temper
ature of the body, should DO avoided.
June q. The, bent and moisture continue,
creating a peculiarly close atmosphere and o
Shiny feeling ofthes skin; due to diminished
perspiration. Ihaye visited many families to.
day for the purpose Of advising old people and
invalids to retire to the coolest and best aired
rooms in the house, to use their palm leaf
fans, (the best fan ever made to wear light
flannel, and drink frequently small quantities
OF cool, but not cold water, or cold tea, bathe
the head with bay rum, &c. Where I have
found groups of laborers I have urged them
to avoid stimulants, to batho tho bead, neck
and arms often with cold water, wear wet
cloths in their hats, drink frequently of ccol
water and avoid exposure, and if practicable,
work during the middle of the day, and take
All persons desiring to purchase c1taTT
free a5llutions in tie svahiasgg.' -"~ III" is
July 4.-The heat is beginning to tell up
on the class of people before mentioned. I
have seen several cases of so.called insulation,
coup de soleil or sunstroke, and heard Of
others in the practice Of my %neighbos. The
better term is heat. exhaustion, for some ofthe
worst cases occurred in persons working in
shops, and one was an editor, struck down
while writing at his desk. In every instance,
l find that the sufferer had violated the rules
which I have given-the laborcrs had been
taking stimulants freely some drank ice,wa.
ter excessively; the editor had overtaxe ed his
brain, eaten q hearty dinner, and still con-
tinued to work.
The symptoms have been, various; one had
transient insensibility, but recovered on the
free application Of cold water to his head and
q mustard plaster over his stomach; another,
the editor, seems to have fallen like person
with apoplexy, and expired before I reached
him. In the remaining cases, perspiration
ceased, the skin became hot, the pulse OK cited,
the eyes red, followed by debility, nausea,
pain in tho head and stomach, giddiness and
iascnsibility, Then followed greater dryness
and heat of'the skin, the heart pulsated power
fully, but the pulse was feeble, the perspiration
was rapid and loud, pupilof the eye %oontrao.
ted, and in one case commissions ensued. !
have followed no routine method treatment.
When the patient falls, as in apoplexy, and is
Of full habit, j have bled with markedly good
resplt; but in ordinary cases, whero tho dis.
ease comes on more gradually, T remove the
patient TO- cool place, but transport aud dis.
turb3 him as little as possible, uncover the
head and chest, and freely use the cold
deaasshhe. fftbo kinsbecomes cold and clam.
my use the doGcheRo only to the head and