The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-10-29
sleep, Painting, Apoplesy.

WHEN a man u asleep, his pulse beAu
and his lungs play, but he Ia without
sensc, and you can easily wake him 10.
II person " %fsints," he GOO 10 without
sense, bai he has no pulse and does not
breathe,
Apopicxy IL between the two the heart
besis, the lungs play ~ In deep, and therv
IL no sense, - In fafnting, but you can't
shake the man back 70 life.
In sleep the face "a natural.
In q fainting ht, II has tho pallor Of
death.
In aeoplsxy, ii Is swollen. sursid, and
liza mai "a asleep lot him alone, nature
will wake him up "a 0 o as no has got
When a person faints, all that Il needed
Is 10 lay him down flAt on the floor and
he will come 70" In double quick time.
He tainted because the heart missed q beat,
failed for an instant, failed for only once
70 send the proper amount OF blood 10
the brain. II you place the patient in q
horizontal position, lay him on his back,
u does not require. much force. OF the
heart 10 send the blood on a level TO the
head but II you vet 9 man up, tho blood
has TO DO shot upward 10 the head, and
this requires much more force ; yet In
nine cases out Of ton II . person fkints and
falls TO the floor, the first thing done 10
run 10 him and cot him up, or place him
on Q chair.
In spoplexy, ~ there Is too much blood
In the head, every a can sec that the
best position Il 70 set q man up, and the
blood naturally tenda downward, a. much
. O. water will come out Of . bottle
when turned upside down, II the cork 10
out.
II, thcn, 4 man Is Aslsep.l lot him alone,
for the face ID natural.
II q man has tainted lay him fat On
his back, for his face ID deadly pale.
Tia man ID apoplcctic, set him In q chair,
because tho face IL turgid, swollen, livid,
| with It, excess OF blood.
What Ia apoplcxyi From the sudden
ness ofthe attack and the apparent cause
lessnces Of II, the Greeks connected II IN
their own minds with the idea OF 4 strokc
Of lightning ~ coming from the Almighty
hand II literally means, "A stroke from
shove" Al instantaneous a. the hurting
Of . thunderbolt In Z clear sky, there
comes q loss Of sense, and feeling, and
thought, and motion the heart bcats, tho
lungs play, but that ID all, and soon they
cease forever. The Romans considered
the person to be "thunder struck I" or
PLANET struck y a. II 1t were Of an I'M
earthly origin.
The essential nature Of spoplexy II an
unnatural amount Of blood In the brain ,
whatever sends 10 much blood TO the
brain, may cause Apcpltxy; whatever
keeps the blood coming from the brain,
dams II up, may cause apoplexy; that p
the kind Of ap0plexy which seeras 10
come without any apparent adequate
cause. Tying 1 cord tightly around TIE
neck, or holding the head downwsrds TOO
long, Gan bring on IN attack Of apo.
plexy, BY dAmning up tho blood II the
brain, and keeping II nom returning 70
4 sudden mental emotion Dan ssnd TOO
much blood 10 the brain; Or TOO great
mental excitement doss The asue thing.
II Is the essential nature Of al wines and
spirits 70 send IN increased amount d
blood 10 the brain honce alcohol b said
TO stimulate the brain.
The frst eject OF taking O. kiass Of
wine or stronger form of slcoh0l, h ~
send the blood there fAster than Conu0n,
hence Is quickcns the calculation !; thaS
gives the red face; Il incraaes th6 actfyity
Of the brain, sndi works fhetsf, eHd %
does tho tongue. But - the blood goco'
% tho brain lnster than common, Il ~
turns faater, md no permsusnt harm ~