American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-01
ELASTIC TRUSS CO.,
6s3 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.


HINTS ON CARDIAC DISEASE---NO. 2.
Reorganization of the blood results from weakness
conslrncted in condition of health. that they allow
the uid 10 pass and then close up as to prevent its
this exists the circulation is measurably affected and
In time Govt, rheumatism and Paralysis of the limbs
result the heart is strained and worried and other
and in its earlier Stages. CONDITION durable
hs nS OF IN the se
different persons, ranging from twenty-five To thirty
time also for the passage Of the blood through the
body and its return to the heart varies in in
dividuals dependent upon size and health the condi
ton Of the heart lungs and brain, the amount and
lar motion. Probably about six minutes may be
drred as the average period although many writer's
Few persons says Dr. Laenneck aware ofth prin-
nsi,ian M. M
lungs heart; thfck impure blood; Thin blood.
blood repecd measles Scarlet lever and eruptVe
gees snd
veins fever sores, and many other conditions OF dis
sudden or gradual and permanent arrangement and
Heart ,dropsy is by far the most common form of
heart disease. The testimony and experience Of prac
hospital reports, and my own Observation warrant
1ag ns to E aG9 s9ss s a9pnd ts
the mechanical action OF the heart This organ must
and half ounces Of blood at each Pal.aton wien the
circumstances are favorable but IT, from elosey,ht.
or later follows. DR.. Parker, OF New York in a work
on heart-dropsy, relates the case of young Indy
whose clothing was tightly fted to her person that
1antlng resulted and although she was removed to
the air and her aCes cut the action OF the
heart suspended for an hour She died OF heart
dropsy in less than year Another lady was SINH
OF suspended animation for seven hours. When she
revived she declared that during the period OF her In
scnsibty she had been with her sister who died ten
RS e Dire and em MS sr Mffs ai's
pericnces- From this attack the heart began 10 lie
oppressed, and there were pnlp.tatiun shUrncss OF
tl,an year she swoOned away and was dead in few
minutes Upon post mortem examination 1t
found that the water had covered the heart rem
dcred it unable 10 perform its functions. A ease IS
where person had fractured his hip inIurtd his
spine. who kept his left side Tor several weeks
In such position that there quite pressure
the region OF the heart faintnCss. smothcring suio
eating sensation followed, water rapidly accumulated,
aud in less than years sudden death resulted In
TINS case, too, a post mOrtCn examination called
tho inCt that death caused by dropsy
Hrpltizci lungs cause disease the
Creating an undue pressure. The lungs arouud the
heart in condition of health soft and spuuy al
lowing tlat organ the greatest freedom of action
ut when they are hcpati1ed differentiated o. hnrd
enci from any cause to interfere with the proper
action OF the heart, fcycrsh c.udton of the peri
cardum or heart lease results. wSch prevents its nor
mai pcrsrrution, and the sweat aCCumunics under
the pertcardIum, causing heart dropsy. stoolinE
figure acts in precisely the same way because II hin
ders and prevents the hearts action. Hospital re
ports show that large percentage Of ents OF tnlos
and shocmalcrs sudden and early, and in almost
the which had its origin In the stoop
ing position OF these mechanics while Mt work; NJ.
Bzst states In his hospital reports that workmen
business requre-a constantly stopping position
subject TO headache, dizziness, apopexy, palsy,
and sudden death from heart diseases.
To be continued by n. b. Dodge. NJ ID.