The weekly standard., 1870-07-06
! An Essay ON sunstrokes.

Another illusion Of youth has vanished.
We are now told by 'an eminent physician"
that cases of sunstroke may occur in the
shade as well as in the sum-, Here is what
the physician in question says in the Hearth
and Home taj .s,s.,.,{ IL
"One of the sacred promises to those who
are TO inherit the better life is: That the
sun shall not light upon them, nor any heat.
To the inhabitants of the dry and thirsty
land, it is remarked By an author ON sun
stroke, this promise was full of meaning.
This disease, or rather accident, has un
tloubtedly been recognized in some form
from the earliest periods of history. The
suffering Of armies in tropical climates is
frequently due to the effects of heat. La
borers exposed to the steady action Of the
SUMS rays in summer, and SO situated or
clothed as to interrupt free perspiration, or
by their habits raising the temperature of
the blood, are liablcr to sunstrokes. 1t fol-
lows that so-calied sunstrokes may occur
without exposure TO the sun, and such is the
case quite frequently. All the conditions
may be present in the shade, and even when
the person is in state of rest
81 Thopob NOT strictly correct sunstrokes
NAV for practical purposes. be defined to
bo IN @ sf,sct;on If the peryous system dne
70 oyefl.e tod bIood The form oyerhaafcd
nnst m w . H. taken in q re,at;ve and not . literal
sense far If tbc nervons systen, i in oood
con;h,ian and tbe functions af the bodv
otherwise well performed, the temperature
OF the blood may be increased, without dan
individual. is greatly fatipned. or noorlv
nourished or Weakened NV disease 40 that
the nervous system is a. pressed or cnfeebled
the effect of the snddrn elevation of the
volume of the blood nav prove most disas.
trous. This result is nrodrccd not bv over.
stimulation bnt bv actuaI denression for
tbis is tbe rocoon;,od offaot ~ ovorbeoted
blood uDon the neryons centres whatever
other and more snbtle canses NAV he onera-
ting upon the individual this one will be
most apparent. and if avoided will save
the exposed person from an attack
"By far the laroer number of victims of
sunstroke are the intemnerate. thew arc nrc.
disnosed bv AN induced denross;cn of tbe
nervous system tn moor nutrition and bv
super heated blood from the use Of stimn.
lantS IheV often fall dead in summer from
the effects of heat even while SITTING ouietlv
in the shade. AMONG laborers and soldiers
the Incorporate are the subjects of supstroke,
The aged and infirm are liable to be pros-
trated by the heat durinp the rise of tenn.
nerat,Ire of the blood cycited hv tho heat
of external air. Feeble children. also. often
sink from pure exhaustion. due to the de.
nression of heat
"The premonitorv svmptoms are heat
dizziness prea. thirst snffnsion of the ewes
followed by faintino or inscnsih;I;tv ikc an
attacked of anonIexy
LAS sunstroke denends unon several con.
ditions of varvino Intensity so it's attacks
NAV hc sliobt or oreat accnrd;nn to tbes,,
conditions In some csseS il ;s Int fran.
s;ent t,;nt;ro, or ra,hars o,,,,, . saoI;na af
sIiaht drnressinn % 10 as4;n,r fnr @ sararsi A. %
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aiiec.ioh "hici! can Always DC preventeu ny
proper precautions, ana the preventive meas