The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-12-03
earxEs or SUDDEN DEATH.


CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH.
Very few of the sudden deaths which
are said to arise from disease Of the
heartn do really arise from that cause.
TO ascertain the real origin OF sudden
deaths, experiments have been tried in
Europe, and reported to a scientific con-
gress held at Strasbourg. Sixty-six cases
ofsudden death were made the subject OF
a thorough post norton examination IN
these cases, only two were found who had
died from disease of the heart. Nine out
of the sixty.six had died from apoplexy,
while there were forty-six cases OF conges'
ton of the l~ungs-that is the lungs were
so full of blood they could not work,
there not being room enough for a suft1-
Gent quantity of air to enter to support
life. The causes that produce congestion
of the lungs are-eold feet, tight clothing,
costiye bowels, sitting still chilled after
being warmed with labor or a rapid Walk,
going too suddenly from a close, heated
room into the cold air, especially after
speaking, and sudden depressing news
operating on the blood, The causes OF
sudden death being known, an avoidance
Of them may serve, to lengthen many
valuable lives, which would otherwise be
lost under the verdict of "heart COM
plant" That disease is supposed to be
inevitable and incurable; hence many
NAV. not sake the pains they would to
avoid sudden death, if they knew it lay in
their power.
TAKING CoLD.-There is no more season
able time in the year to take cold than
the present, the facilities are abundant,
and as a consequence, every other person
We meet admits to having taken advantage
of the opportunities furnished. The 4ech-
nologist condenses the philosophy of taking
cold into a few lines, and We give them for
the benefit Of those who would learn how
to avoid the disagreeable complaint. 1t
says:
1.-THE human frame was intended for ac-
tiyity, to run fast and to run slow, but it
must be managed. Alocomotive can run very
fast, but il stopped simultaneously, when go
ing at a high rate of speed, it is unjointed as
badly as If it had infammatory rheumatism
for seven years. A skillfnl engineer, how
ever, tones down his speed gradually, and
in this lies the whole secret Of taking cold.
It is exposure or carelessness, after exer-
else, that bringson colds. After walking,
or running, or dancing, or any exercise
that quiekens the circulation, a little cur
rent of air from a window, a c~revice, from
ansopen door for a few minutes. just to
cause a chill, is sure to produce cold.
Merely stopping on the street in a current
Of air-as at o corner where the wind
breaks or makes an angle-uill do the
soL@@A NV cDddan c11hcsIapoa cf afsua4 for
ces of the body in a temperature hat chills,
sense that is needed, and for the lack Of
exercise of which so much money is paid
to doctors is, preserve an eguable tempera-
ture, or, having exercised freely, recover
the proper state gradually without a chill.
This is attained in Q simple and easy man.
ner. After exercise always seek rest in d
sheltered place, where you will be warm,
never being hasty to remove hat, gloves or
cape. Let the perspira;ion subside before
disrobiBg, ifin.doors, and if outdoors, al
ways keep gently moving until the Usual
condition is attained"
CURE ron RHEumATIsM.-Mr. William
Daniel of Decatur county, furnishes the
cambridge Argus with the following re.
ceipe, which he regards as a certain cure
for rheumatism. Besides having cured
himself of q severe attack of this very an.
noying disease, several other parties, he
says, have tried it with like success. We
commend it tothe afflicted:
One quart Cognac brandy, 2 OF. OF gum
camphor, 2oz. CASTLE soap, and Q or. of
British oil Mix well. Battle the affected
parts with it and rub well.
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PoTAsH FOR PEACH TREEs.-Dr. Geo. B.
Weed, President OF the American Philoso-
phical Society, having noticed that his
peach frees after producing a few crops,
ceased bearing, and died in a few years !;
and believing that the cause of decay was
worms at the roots Of the tree, he put into
operation a plan for the destruction of the
worms. He dug.holes five or six inches
deep at the base of the stem, scraped away
NH worms that could be found and filled
up with wood ashes fresh from the stove,
which Of course contained all the potash.
This was done in the autumn of 1852,
With 4 result in the following spriag at
which he was astonished. The trees APP
peared to have been restored to all their
early freshness and yigor-put forth bright
green leaves, blossommed copiously, and
bore o heavy crop of fruit. On reflection
DR.. Wood attributes the favorable results
more Do the effect of the potash contained
in the ashes than to the destruction Of the
worms.
The Madison, Ind, Courier says: aDr.
A. Mullen, on Saturday last, practically
demonstrated upon the person of Woodson
Holly, of this city, that surgical operations
ef considerable magnitude may be painless.
ly performed without the use of chloroform
b other anesfhetics. "a tumor, twenty.
two inches in circumference, with numer-
ous strong ADMISSIONS, was removed, the
patient asserting, without pain. A block
of Ice, carved SO as to conform to the shape
of the tumor, and the incisions to- be made,
was laced with salt. The application, for
q brief period, rendered the parts perfect
Nv insensible to the knife,
Cnrs for Lockiaw.-A correspondent Of
the Scientific American recommends tur-
pentiae as . cure for lockjaw. He says:
LET any one who has had an attack of
loekjiaw take n snnall quantity ofturpenfine,
warmth and pour IL on the wound, no
matter where the wound IS. and relief will
eollow III less than one minute. Nothing
better can be- applied to assevere cut or
brulse, than cold turpentine IT viii give
certain relief almost Instantly. Turnentine