Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-10-13
Sleep, Painting, Apoplexy.

When man Is asleep, his pulse
beats and his lungs play. but he is
without sense, and you can easily wake
him up.
II a person 'faints.' he too is without
sense, but he has no pulse and does
not breathe.
Apoplexy is between the two; the
heart beats. the lungs play as in sleep
and there Is no sense. as in fainting,
nut You cant shake the man back to
In sleep. the face is natural.
In u fanting fit. it has the ballor of
death.
In apoplexy, it is swollen, tursid,
and fairly ivid.
II 4 man is asleep let him alone, ma
ture will wake him up as soon as he
has got sleep enough.
When Il person faints, all that is
needed is to lay him down fiat OH the
door and he will ..come to- in double
quick time. He tainted because the
heart missed beat. failed for an in
stant, failed for only once to send the
piopti tiuOuHI Ol DlOpu 10 the bTaln.
If you place the patient in horizon
tai position. lay him on his back. il
does not require much force of the
heart to send the blood on IA level 70
the heal but il you set a man up, the
blood has TO be shot upward to the
head, and this requires much more
force yet in nine cases out of tent
person faints and falls to the floor the
first thing done is to run to him and
set him up, or place him on chair
In apoplcxy, as there is too much
blood in the head, ever one can see
that the best position is TO set II man
up, and the blood naturally tends
downward, As much SO as water will
come out of bottle when turned up
side down, is the cork is out.
If, then, q man is merely asleep, let
him alone, for the face is natural.
If Il man has tainted, Law him fiat
on his back, for his face is deadl,
pale.
If man is apoplectic, set him in
chair, because the face is turgid, swoll-
ell, livid, with its excess of blood.
What is apoplexy? From the sun
denness of the attack and the anpar-
ent causelessness of it, the Greeks
connected it in their own minds with
the idea ola stroke Of lightning rs
coming from the Almighty hand; it
literally means, "A stroke from above.
As instantaneous as the hurling Of
thunderbolt in clear sky, there comes
| a loss Of fsense, and feeling, and thought
and motion the heart beats, the lungs
play. but that is all, and soon they
cease forever. The Romans con slider
ed the person to be ''thunder struck"
Or ''planet struck" as if it were of an
unearthIy origin.
The essential nature Of apoplexy is
an unnatural amount OF blood in the
brain whatever sends too much blood
TO the brain may cause apOplexy what
ever keeps the blood coming from tile
brain. dams it up, may cause apoplexy
that is the kind Of apoplexy which
seems to come without any apparent
adequate cause. Tying cord tightly
around the neck, or holding the head
downwards too long, can bring on an
attack of apoplexy, by damming up
the blood In the brain, and keeping It
from returning to the body.
A sudden mental emotion can send
too much blood to the brain; or too
great mental excitement does the same
thing 1t is the essential nature OF all
wines and spirits to send All increased
amount Of blood to the brain; henc.
alcohol is said To stimulate the brain.
The first effect Of taking glass Of
wine or stronger form of alchoh0l, is
to send the blood there faster than CON-
mon, hence il quickens the circulation
that gives the red face; it increases
the activity of the brsin, and It works
faster, and 90 does til. tongue Bat as
! the blsod gees to the brain faster than