Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-07
Sickness in the Cars.
\ Simple and Easy Preventive.

From the Boston Herald.
 Many persons. especially ladies' are great sufferers from that form of nausea and head ache known as lear sickness" A journey by rail has for them all the discomfort and suffering that ocean voyage has to ma iority of travellers. The effects of the mo- tion of the car range from mild disturbance of the stomach and an accompanying headache to 'deathly sickness" i" with intense nausea and complete prostration, according to the condition and sensitiveness ofthe victim. In the lightest form the sensation is sufficiently pleasant to make travel by rail thoroughly disagreeable in it's worst, and by no means uncommon type, it invests this necessary and convenient method of journeying with dread and despair. A simple and harmless preventive of car sickness has recently come to the knowledge of the writer, under cir cumstances that leave no doubt of its efficacy with some persons; and if the device will work equally well in other cases, a know ledge of it ought certainly to be spread abroad It is at least worth trial of all who suffer this inconvenience in travelling. A lady who had occasion to take short trip on the Lowell road-and she never travels by rail for pleasure-was as is usual with her, as thoroughly sick as ever a landsman is on the ''heaving deep," by the time she had rid den dozen miles. The conductor of the palace car, who was apparently very familiar with such cases, told the sufferer s companion that sheet of writing paper, worn next to the person, directly over the chest was & sure preventive of the trouble in nine cases out of ten. He had recommended it to hun dreds of travellers, and rarely knew it to fail. The prescription seemed very like ''charm" "a horsechestnut worn in the pocket to ward off rheumatism, or a red string worn around the neck to prevent bleeding at the nose. But it was simple, and could at least do no harm. For the return trip, sheet of common writing note paper was fastened ln- side of the clothing. directed. Result-a perfectly comfortable journey, without hint of the old sickness that had for years made travel by rail terror. It was so like 8 superstition, happy accident, however, that the lady would not accept it as real un- til subjected to more severe test. This came in day journey to New York, and that hardest trial of ala night trip in an ''alleg- ed'' sleeping car. Both were taken in triumph The ''charm' worked. And the lady writes: ''The day journey was perpetual wonder and delight to me. could sit up and read, and look at the landscape through which we whirled and act as other people do. And still l didn't feel ready to confess to cure until l had tried the sleeping car, which has always been a horror to me. But even here the 'spell' worked. I ate a hearty supper in the dining car-.-and kept it Slept soundly all night, got up as comfortably, and dressed with as level head and as steady hand as though I had slept in my own room. Read until breakfast time-a thing had never be- fore done on the cars-and was hungry for my morning meal. It was really wonderful, almost too good to be true For the first time in my life have experienced the pleas ure of travelling. wish that conductor to be specially thanked. I wish also that I knew his name. would like 10 call the Lords particular attention to his case, and don't want to make any mistake and have the blessing descend on the wrong man" If question, will he please consider himself thanked? To the scientific guessers is left the explanation of this peculiar potency of a sheet of paper. And, as further possible contribution to the welfare of qualmish travellers, it is suggested whether the charm would work equally well in preventing sea- sickness. The experiment is certainly worth trying