The Union and journal., 1870-12-09
MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1870
Sleep, Painting, Apople1y.

When man Is asleep, his pulse beats
and his lungs play. but ho Is withou
sense, and you can easily wake him up.
II . person ''faints." he. too. Is withou
sense. but he has no pulse and docs no
breathe. ...a
Apoplexy Ii between the two; tht
heart beats, the lungs play. as In sleep
and there Is no sense, rs in fainting
but you cannot shake the man back u
life. rI.r.I. .,u .i-I
In sleep the face Is natural.
, In fainting ft, 1t has the pallor o.
death. -. L. u
I In apoPlexy, It Is swollen. turgid. and
fairly livid. .IpJfb, tr'.r.
II n man Is asleep. let him alone; M.
ture will wake him up when no has go'
sleep enough. rl
When person faints, all that Is need
cd Is to lay him down fat on the floor,
and he will 'come to" In double quick
time. He tainted because the heart miss.
ell q beat, failed for an instant, failed for
only once to send the proper amount OF
blood to the brain. II you place the pa
tent In horizontal position, lay him on
his back; It does not require much force
TO send the blood on q level TO the head ;
but II you set man up, the blood has to
be shot upward to the head, and this re-
quires much force; yet in nine cases out
OF ten, If person faints and falls to the
aoor, the first thing done is to run to him
and set him up. or 70 set him on a
chair. -....
In apoplexy. as there Is too much blood
In the head. every one can see that the
best position Is to set man up. and the
blood naturally tends downward, rs
much so as water will come out of q hot
tic when turned upside down, II the cork
Is out. "a
IT. then, the man Is asleep let him alone
for the face Is natural.
If man,has tainted, lay him fiat on his
back. for his face Is deadly pale.
If n man is apoplectic, set him in a
chair, because the face Is swollen, turgid,
livid. with Its excess of blood.
What Is apoplexyp
From the suddenness of the attack, and
tho apparent causelessness Of 1t, the
Greeks connected II in their own minds
With the idea of stroke OF lightning rs
coming from tho Almighty hand; 1t liter
ally means, "a stroke from above" AS
instantaneous rs the hnrling Of u thunder.
bolt in clear sky, there comes n loss OF
sense and feeling and thought and mo-
ton; the heart beats. the lungs play,
but that is all, and soon they cease for
ever. The Romans considered tho per-
son 10 be "thunder struck" or "planet
struck" as If 1t were of an unearthly
origin.
Tho essential nature of apoplexy Is an
unnatural amount of blood in tho brain (;
whatever sends too much blood to the
brain may cause apoplexy; whatever
keeps tho blood from coming from the
brain. dams 1t up. may cause apoplexy;
that Is the kind Of apoplexy which seems
b como without any apparent adequate
Sause. Tying corl tightly around tho
..eck, Or holding tho head downwards too
long. can bring on an attack OF apoplexy.
by damming up the blood In the brain,
and keeping 1t from returning to the
body.
A sudden mental emotion can send too
much bloc to the brain; or too great
mental excitement does tho same thing.
It Is the essential nature of ali wines and
spirits to send an increased amount Of
blood to the brain; hence alcohol Is said
to stimulate the brain.
The first effec: of taking glass OF wine
or stronger form Of alcohol. Is to send tho
blood there faster than common, hence 1t
quickens the circulation; that gives the
red face; 1t increases the activity Of the
brain, and It works faster, and so does the
tongue. But as the blood goes to the
brain flstor than common. 1t returns fast
or. and no special permanent harm re-
suits. But suppose man keeps on
drinking, the blood Is sent to the brain so
much faster, In such larger quantities.
that in order to make room for It the ar.
terics have TO enlarge themselves; they
increase in size. and In doing so press
against the moro yielding faccid veins,
which carry the blood out of the brain,
and thus diminish their size, their pores /;
the result being that the blood Is not only
carried TO the arteries Of the brain faster
than Is natural or healthfnl, but Is pre-.
vented from leaving 1t as fast as usual ;
hence. q double set of causes of death are
set In operation.
Hence. man may drink enough BRAN
dy or other spirits in few hours or even
minutes to bring on fatal attack of apo
plexy; this is literally being dead drunk.