Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-08-04

Mrs. Amelia E. Barr, in some hint;
for summer travellers, in the Christiar
Union, gives an account of DR.. Chap
mans cure for sea-sickness:
Considering the immense number OF
travellers by sea, and the large proper
portion affected painfully by it, surely
it is remarkable that physicians have
not paid more attention TO its pheno-
mena and cure. Indeed j. has so long
been accepted as an inevitable and in
curable disease, that scarcely hope to
obtain much credence when state thai
DR.. Chapman, OF london, has within
the last two years pointe;l out its causes
and its natural cure: and that have
personal knowledge of its efficacy in a
number of cases. His theory does not
admit Of any fair condensation in my
short space; but its main points are that
sea-sickness in all cases arises either
from one or all of the following causes
lst. From cerebral movements. I'd.
From spinal movements. 81. From Wis
ceral movements; and that these pro-
ducing an undue flow OF blood TO the
spinal axis greatly increase its func-
tional activity; hence the segments OF
the spinal cord connected with the
stomach and abdominal muscles origi-
nate morbid influences quite sufficient
to induce vomiting.
The cure is simple enough; narrow
bag containing ice, broken into pieces
the size of walnut, is TO be laid along
the spine, from the lower angles of the
shoulder-blade to the lower part of the
hollow of the back; care being taken to
prevent the bag slipping any higher
than the angles named. The effect is to
counteract the accumulation of blood in
the nervous centers, and in diminishing
their functional activity, AS well as their
excite motory power-that Is, their mo-
ton without yolition.
In long voyages the bag should be
made of India rubber, and may easily
be kept in place by the dress. DIR. Chap
man advises those who are naturally
liable to sea-sickness TO put on the ice
before the vessel begins her voyage.
was told by lady who had made fire.
quent trial of this cure in the rough,
tumbling seas between Campbelton and
Glasgow, and Glasgow and Liverpool,
that when once sea-sickness had begun,
application of the ice was accompanied
by delightful sensation, and that as
long as she lay still in her berth and
kept il or she was not only free from
lausea. but comfortably hungry for her
meals.
DIR. Chapman is candid enough to
warn people with weak lungs to be very
careful of its use, as, he says, it might
produce congestion if applied rheR they
rere not ssa-sick. Also, to suggest that
whenever the forehead becomes unna-
turally warm, or there is any headache,
to place folded handkerchief between
the top of the ice-bag and the skin.
The truth or falsity of DIR. Chapman's
theory can be solved so easily by all in
terested in it that it needs no further
argument, except to notice that it is
very likely the great nervous centres
are the cause of trouble, because it is
always the most finely organized and
sensitive natures that suffer most.
However, those who have been accus-
toned on going on board Immediately
10 lie down in helpless manner, or at
once arm themselves with basin, might
try for once the potency rather of the
little bag of ice