Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-22
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DO not get cool" is the Scientific
Americans hot weather advice. the
meaning being that a sudden cooling of
the body is likely TO induce bad colds
which are harder to cure in summer
than in winter. 1t also says that ice
water should be drunk slowly, with a
pause after each swallow. But tea is
recommended because the debility and
downward progress of the system ia ar
rested by the warmth of the water and
the stimulating quality Of the tea, until
strength begins to be impaired TO the
system. Gauze worn next The BODY ab-
serbs perspiration, and prevents colds.
but should be often thoroughly aired and
dried. Persons who allow mental over
work to exhaust them are particularly
liable to S%unstroke. ut is a foolish non
ular idea that this terrible malady io due
to the concentration of the suns avs
on the head. Persons are frequently
struck, as it is termed, in the night. but
are more apt to be so late in the after
noon, when the system is depressed bv
tie heat and nervous exhaustion. The
way to avoid sunstroke is 10 order ones
doings so that vitality shall not be low
cred, and the conditions favorable to the
disease superinduced. A sunstroke, If
not fatal, leaves the patient less able TO
endure mental or physical work ever
after, and requires from him constant
care against pulmonary diseases or a
second visitation"
The American Journal of Medical
Science has the following in regard to
sunstroke:
1T is not really a sudden stroke.
There are preliminary symptoms that, If
they are needed, would enable one IN
avoid the attack. The temperature rises
and the individual perspires, becomes
thirsty, and feels very much exhausted.
These symptoms increase until the tenn
perature CT the body reaches Ill degrees
Fahrenheit, the skin becomes d-y, the
sufferer feels a terrible oppression, nm
dergoes violent pslpitation, and expert.
ences an overburdeniug sense of coming
death. This condition of sunstroke. IA,
tiguing, utterly prostrating as it is, may
be entirely recovered from, but in the
higher stages the brain is thought to be
the seat Of LESSONS that may have perma.
nent effect on its functions. These are
supposed to be inaammatory, and to
leave the sufferers liable TO mental dis
eases afterward, 1t is consequently the
duty of whoever feels the p~remonitions
to suecumb at once, rather than fight the.
fatigue and depression, until it ends IN
permanent injury. All persons working
in the open air will do well to remember
this"
Referring to the deaths from sunsttoke
in that city, the New York Herald Of
Tuesday says:
DIR. Savage informed the reporters
that the increased demand for medieal
attendance began June 29th, with a case
OF insulation in the instance of Annie
Gordon, who left the hospital cured next
day, insulation means sickness from
retained heats. People who suffer from
such q complaint do not perspire freely,
and the heat accumulates in conse
quence, congesting the brain and spinal
cord. lu some cases Of insulation there
Is total Inconsistencies, with involun-
tsry excavations, extreme redness Of the
face and dilation of the pupils of the
eyes. The lips make a peculiar blub-
bering noise without exhibiting apv
foam, as in cases of apoplexy. Mucous
gathers in the laryDx, and it ia Of such
a nature that the patient struggles with
extreme difficulty to get rid Of It. The
treatment, as DR.. Savage says, is in the
first place, rubber bags containing ice
applied to the head. Then the body.
which is entirely stripped, is sponged ali
over with ice water, and il the PATIENTS
very much exhausted, hyperdermics Of
whisky are administered beneath Inc
c%uticlo. Some victims of snnstroke re-
cover in three or four hours, Others grow
more and more exhausted, and finally
die of aathenia. The latter are gener &.
ally cases where regularity in meals has
been neglected and alcohol resorted 10
as a stimulant in the absence Of food