Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-08-17
IHsoLATI,H OR sUHsTRokE.
An RPIDEHIC OF THE DISEASE
In CALIFORNIA;.
IEentF-sesez Gases I'm One Week.
Of Whith twenty-five were
Fatxl-P-shabff CaRse Of the
xAlaiy = RxsJestivs Measures
- Heb II Treatment Recon-.
Eende1.

| Esn4e4.
Contrary ID the prevailing notion
there have tsesn many cases Of sun
stroke on THE Pscific C.oasa, and our
/ ing THE week beginning June II
1876. the disease prevailed il epid
ern5c form il the Sacramento Val
ley. All the facts bearing on TIA
dreadful xlxiazsou cxBBds fail 10 81
Of great interest ii this time. We
therefore copy from The July. 1877
number o{ the Pacific Medical and
S1rgical Journal an article which
shooid be read carefully and saved
for future reference /; IS As follows:
The total number Of CASES rep II
81 apo. 1e5icsl sUfhori.y bKs b-~n
sxezfr fre.~i;h five recoEer7es- Two
sid5tioaxl deaths we're nenrio0ed IN
the seEsDxperx r. having occurred
1t Smar1sville, T1bs Ccunfy, which,
If ACCEPTED would make 8 fotxi f.
tEeptv-sereo csses- with tue1+y-txo
deaths DR. Cssney refers. slso. TO
the reyart Of another ease pesr Chieo,
Bate Csa8tf. Bat be seems satisfied.
upon inressiyztioa If the cir un<tzn-
ces. that death resulted from other
causes OF the p cases. . occurred
dzriRg the xeek. coumeneing |uas
II, 1875; { curing TIE ias- week IF
the nouth- Vita seven exoepsinns.
the Casualties were esoofoei TO the
Sacramento valley. the large ns5or5iF
seiRa IL ne ssrtbern par Of s1xslo
Co1nfy. xod in Col1s1 Co1nfy-
OF some Of ttsese cases the history
hiss heen gire0- In regard n sbnse
q. Arfioca. Ccsnfra Costs CoBnrs.
DR. Parkinson writes .-0oe 65e1 90
Monday yubs lS. tSsruonstsr IS
deg. p. Il the shade. one zss attacked
J8oe IL snper@ture - p ;a-oF oiee
THURSDAY June ID. teup~-z-z-s 100
F.:tEo were attacked Jaas Is. ten
p-rz1zre g P--o1s died o1s re-
corer-i-7 The Do-.o- adds There
w.s one cxse witfaia half s nile 0f
TIE waterfront; that ons recovered.
The Others were frs1 ITO - eight
miles back from t1s rfTsr, WHARF -.s
sbsrnomster ragged from SIX 70 ten
degrees higher tasa il does here in
Antioch. q The hi7ss q tae NJ Dlx-
bio range SHIT q the wio5s y
grsxt extent. Is sooo 3 yoz ger bslS
3 nile cr 81 firm the river
The tenpe-s-U-es given above are
those Of Antioch, IN IS favorable
Location 2s cssald ae cAsosen Ia the
SHADE As having some possible
b@zriag on the result, il < further
s5de5, thzt -they ST came from San
FrzBeisco, szd ~ere il the bgbi, Of
drinkirg. good deal Of whisky
NJ statement Is made IS 90 the form
Of tie attack
From Woodland We hare sn inter-
essing accom-. given By Dr. Tbos-
Ross. | csuDOs present ire facts
b-sfer lisa quoting the language Of
that gentsersso ir The eonlsBie4fi0n
addressed 10 ne. tie deaths Hbicb
took p,.ee in this County from SUI
stroke, Occurred firm fs1-teen n
twenty mile. from Woodland
Case fr-t-Jerri. al Italian,
single, aged about % years, temper
ate habits. 8 resident Of San Fran
cisco, came 10 700 Couafy on Sat
sr3ay. Jane 10. 1879: eaa&ged 90
Monday. June IL. ~ work in the
h4rres, fields. near the foothills;
ns1f daT, Tuesday, the 10. about
noon, the thermometer being 100 II
TIE shade. he wes noticed ia fan sod
become Immediately unconscious,
sfertOroas brezisiDg, highly eences-
It'd face. acd episfzxis Af,out 4
o'clock Pm. he y0mited and had in
voluntary evscuatioEs from tie bow
els-becaDe uncorscioss sbout s
P.M- and died at Q r. NJ about uiae
hours after beisg stricken This
young man Was not accustomed to
the ciimase of this valley, came IRON
San Frzneisco during our hotties,
westher. engaged 10 very hard labor
Immediately. and died sixty hours
after his arrival. zsssae ssfsl 81
Case 2. Hopkins, an EngIishmsn,
single, aged 25 yearh Of stout and
healthy sppearance, unaccustomed
to msnusl lsbor, not having done
any work for eight months previous
TO the 14th (June), and said TO be
subject To Aft" engaged to work on
a -beader- on June 14th. At poon
Of the same day. when the iaborers
were coming from the fields to din
Der, Hopkins wss following 10 the
rear on horseback The men noticed
that he did not come to dinner. At
one O'Clock p n, on returning 10
the field, passing . stack on the way.
they discovered him PROSTATE on the
groshd, and dead His face wss
purple, and blood was oozing from
his nose and mouth. In tits case
decomposition set in early and pro-
gressed rapidly. The ranch
On which Hopkins worked il situated
about three miles east Of the foot
hills. The temperature Of June IA
was about los ia the shade.
Case 3. Fox, an Englsshrna
single, aged about SIS years, a ranch