The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-06-08
Sickness In the Cars.

Many persons, especially ladies,
are great sufferers from that form OF
nausea and headache known as
scar sickness A Journey by rail
has for .cm all the discomfort and
suffering that an ocean voyage has
TO majority OF travellers. The ef-
iccts of the motion of the ear range
from a. istil disturbance of the
stomach a,.a an accompanying head
ache to '.de.,shly sickness" with in
/ tense nausea and complete prostra-
ton, according to the condition
and sensitiveness OF the victim. In
the lightest form the sensation is
sufficiently unpleasant to make trav-
/ cl by rail thoroughly disagreeable
in It's worst and 10y no means com
mon type, it invests this necessary
and convenient method of journey
ing with dread and despair. A sim
pie and harmless preventative Tor
car sickness has recently come TO
the knowledge of the writer, under
circumstances that leave no doubt
of its efficacy with some persons
and if the device viii work equally
well in other cases, a knowledge of
itoughtcertainly il TO be spread abroad.
1 A lady who had occasion to take q
short trio on the Lowell road-and
She never travels by raj. for pleas
urc-was, as is usual with her, as
thoroughly sick as ever lan@sman
is ON the heaving deep by the time
she had ridden dozen miles. The
conductor of the palace car, who
was apparently familiar with such
cases, told the sufferers companion
that a sheet of writing paper, worn
next to the person, directly over the
chest, was sure preventative of the
trouble in 8 cases out of 10. lie has
recommended it to hundreds of
travellers, and rarely knew it to fail.
The prescription seemed like a
charm--a horsechestnut carried in
the pocket to ward OFF rheumatism,
or red string around the neck to
prevent bleeding at the nose. But
1t was simple, and could at least do
DO harm. For the return trip, n
sheet OF common writing note paper
was fastened inside the clothing as
directed. Result-a perfectly COM
Portable journey, without a hint Of
the old sickness that had for years
made travel by rail terror. 1t was
so like a superstition, or happy acci-
dent, however, that the lady would
not accept it as real until subjected
to more severe test. This came in
a day journey TO New York, and
that hardest trip Of ala night
trip in an alledged sleeping car.
The charm worked. And the lady
writes 'I'he day journey was n
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 | didn't feel ready to con-
fess to q cure until | had tried a
sleeping car, which had always been
horror to me. / ate a hearty sup
per in the dining car-and kept it!
Slept sound all night, got up and
dressed with as steady a hand and
as level head as though l had
been in my own room. Read until
breakfast time-a thing had never
before done OF the cars-and was
hungry for my morning meal. |
wish. the conductor to be especially
thanked. i would ike to call the
Lords attention to his case, and
don't want to make q mistake and
have the blessing descend on the
wrong man" TO the scientific
guessers is left the explanation of
this peculiar potency of a sheet of
paper. And, as q further contribu-
ton to the welfare of travellers, it is
suggested whether the charm would
not work equally well in preventing
sea-sickness.