The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-29
p Sun Stroke.
From he RIoVldtRes.J Journal.

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\ From he RrpVldtRes Journal (! !mit'rnp.s.L
The terrible disease popularly calle
, sun Stroks, or, scientifically, coup do SO'ei
! Is fearlully prevalent at The pres tint
? and has been for aiweek or two, past, /
]. some Of our cities. The names are lot
miBnomers, as the disease does mot depenl
upon the direct efIects'of the sun. It !
! caused BY excessive heat, and In .scientif
Q reports on morality, the case Of 1eaa
from this disease e reported as g Heat
| Tie disease Is often caused by the heat Q
the furnace room ofasteamboat, Ofan irol
foundry, or even Of q close attic room. in I
: city boarding house, when there pre- nj
direct effects Of tho sun. Il
The symptoms Of the disease are ex
'tTemely diverse IN their character. Some
, times there yeenas to BE- Intense inhamma
/, tipn and fever, with tho face auttGsed will
blood and with great heat and delirium; a
other times there u complete iproStratioG
Will no power, To move, but with ttll
There iss excessive vomiting, and the
symptoms seem TO Indicate metallic
\ poisoning. We remember to have seen
one stalWart Scotcbman suffering from
heat, tortured (perhaps killed. with tar
tar elnetic, under the the delusion that he
had been poIsonedin some way.
J Its probable that tile principal effects
are upon the nervous system and not
upon the circulatory system Even in
those cases where there Is an appearance
OF intense inflammation and fever, the
character Of the pulse and the actual heat
Of the system (mostly superfciaD; prove
that the effects arc on the nervous system,
and, that there Is no actual Inflammation.
The following vivid report oil, two cases.
trom,the New York World gives o good
idea Of q class Of cases which are always
fatal; 4,aeatnp """s"H ...t. -
s.One man who was brought ina strong,
healthy German-breathed from the mo-
ment he was placed on The bed like the
bellows of black smiths forge. THE
power of the mans lungs WSS tremendous,
hismuscles'large and well. knit, his com
lplexion indicative oFgood and wholesome
living He looked ike the kind Of man
It would be hardItt0 lSilLgi y Yeti he never
opened his eyegitill ting moment. before
they closed forever. All the doctors could
do was Of no avail. He was puzzle TO-
them. 1.-The had shown any symptoms Of
sinking, like ordinary cases, they could
have formed . theory or diagnosis in the
matter; but he kept up his high. .pressurey
.TcJnS.TS Ja nay iU.Ss ,1 " sne 'Ss' aH eA
Etoueo .tatheF tnAn ulen 9nL OF e4iseence.
lttWaSs Simple inl 0sSSloIiity 70 oeseruns
Whete nus point OF, vlIailEy was located,
9nu N Iwhai manner lt'had peeh toucnea
Dyitne' Latit solahfay;, =, 70 ., :',...
a. aLalwaFt Young Eng ilshWa9, " way
o. eon!!tfaasE' Went throusn 2 series iot 1s
tt tnaE MepeEnSonLAlhS 10 IooK upon. az
!totned' ana IGaInea, anu sttugglea' anu
2oun9e4 anu gaEnkcu, an9s Snlleker, until
a9uOgw4ssaIGit y, y 4s 70 WResner II W. not
nyIiaIpnoDI1 mls.eau VI sansttOhe % mon
" Wc y y ftS 1T sls tS1 II " RHAyS;S IafJ I;.,l
II to"K slH aple,9ouleu lLSn - sa,an nUiu m
olie Ns u Is1 Ehon1- atts w p5nsnESnn
J., "Hs n,oa i ohaa,ni aSt Sna alt - % 80
~ ,,,S ""s louu ~ ,,ot
ut au"n ~ ~, "as a. his nso,'Id .;o,,
in!,sl '.os, NJ nto,aaoi, ~ LII ~ ,,ro;rco
sit ~ R9sdt elieetS9Ns sSs Sts3oe
Conlatose, and not expected to dtyc tlil
midnight. - & ''.
Tie treatment Of the disease we propose
to leave to the doctors, We may express
hope, however, that none OF them VIII
make the mistake ot treating aicase Tor
intense inflammation and teVer,' where
there Is really none. r-r .ni.. y
4EWfth regard to the persons liable TO SUI
fer from this disease, we think there Is O.
general misconceptlon IN the community;
We have .said tllat the disease Y eausea
by excessive neat IMs sAtense B
lacking IN ono particular when ls esseh-
tial, and a moro full and accurate state,
rnent would be that the disease 9 caused
by excessive heat acting upon persons un'
accustomed TO It's influence PERSONS
can become accustomed 10 llYe, anu 90
live, in furnace rooms, and other places
with very high temperature, much nIgner
than that Of any streets in our cues
They live IN these places' WIN no gapI;lr'
ent III effects, or az least none that arc IN
mediate. 80, 100, persons can DeSolIle tI
accustomed 10 the intense neat ol our
cities, and OF our clear midsummef sun,
and they do endure them win lmPnnlty
q Gcctt9t0ned % a'ena. IIls laet w eA-
plain the next statementt 70 WINCH W.
would coll particular attenton' ~ Is, nnaI
nearly all the cases OF sunsuoKe. so Cs1eu'
especially oI tne latai cases aEe 9S ESi-
SgnS ~nT oS nave S.IS aoT MT 1sea snart summers @
here, and have1ot become accustomed to
the excessive, ary neat OF our culnave' an',.e
Persons born IN tllls c9QppEIy .aFe sSnS- !Sli3
tiIleA ljrCGtfateQ by .heat,bff0usl WnlCn