Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-15

S.nss~.sv i nsvxr the result nf . few
s,ass,-,< -. xzsx.fs.f heat The name mis-
assslsS sses.ssAe. They fancy that the sun
! 49, Ssrskes nssn down Just n does the
5;-asnSns. ana shst II they keep out OF the
.ssrssk iEas tSer are N Bo danger
Sss.. sun~svssss il nothing more than an
,xA.uSssys~ az she system by which the ear
rxlxssesa = rendered abnormal. One DAY
AZ ssssSiea beat rarely exhsEsfs man 20
saas the disease appears.
ruxn ussa works hard in the shade on
. as.s sssv and - oyerheats himself may DC
srsirtrv, uita snnssroke, while another
nan ~bo walks quietly in the sunshine
vii experience no hs3 effects from Y
This Ignorance Of the nature OF sun
srroke lesas 10 the irrational conduct Oh
rs.ssss Fs.pple in their efforts 20 keep cool
Their usual practice il TO drink vast
quantities OF ice-water or of soda-waier
with strip. They fancy thai by these
means they counteraet the heating tend
enrv OF the weather On the contrary,
fhey take the suresf means 10 induce sun
stroke
In this disease there is always rush OF
blood TO the head. Now when this occurs
there must be less blood in other parts OF
the BODY. Whatever drives the blood
away from any part OF the body below me
head increases the pressure oil blood on
the brain.
Ice-water. Of course, contracts the veins
OF the stomach, and thus drives the blood
away from that organ. The man who
fears sunstroke, or in other words fears
that there viii he too much blood in his
seins, and who, therefore, drinks Ice
water, might just as well go and stand on
his head The latter would probably DC
the less dangerous course of the two.
Saltwater with strip Is even worse
than plain ice-water. 1t has all the eyii
effects which ice-water produces, and it
moreover heats the system by means OF
the sugar which the strip contains.
To put sugar into the stomach IN hot
weather is like pouring petroleum on a
fire in order 10 put 1t out. The result IS
never quite satisfactory
Still worse are all those so-called cool
ing drinks Of which wine or spirits form
a component part They heat the blood
and increase the rapidity with which the
heart beats, thereby pumping more blood
into the brain.
Not content with trying to produce sun
stroke BY these means men frequently
achieve it by persistent fretting.
The exhaustion Of the nerves is one OF
the precedent conditions of the disease,
and there is nothing which exhausts the
nerves so surely as fretting.
An exceptionally able physician has
said that mental labor never alone pro-
duces disease Of the brain, but that
t" worry is the chief source of softening
Of the brain, and that paralysis which is
distinct from apoplexy.
Now II you believe all Of this exception
ably able paper on sunstroke, its origin
and nature, you will comprehend why we
have sometimes hundred cases in day
in this city, while in Italy, where the heat
lasts steadily for four months in the year,
the disease Is nearly unknown.
The reason Is that most Americans,
when the hot weather begins, go into
training for sunstroke, and ignorantly do
everything which can produce it.
What we ought to do in hot weather is
evident First, we should keep our minds
easy and contented Secondly, We should
drink nothing but moderately cool water,
and very little Of that. Ice-water is the
bane of America, and probably kills near
ly as many people as alcohol.
Thirdly, we should avoid so far as IL
possible all work which overheats and ex-
hausts -" Nediels," en- ". Y. Graphic.