New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-09
CAUSE AND TREATMENT or SUNSTROKE
VIEWS OF PHYsICIAN-TGMPERANcE AND LIGHT
CLOTHING ADVOCATED.

VIEWS OF A Observation-Disclosures AND LIGHT
CLOTHING ADVOCATED.
The house physician at Bellevue Hospital,
m speaking to TRIBUNE reporter recently Of
stroke, ils prevention and treatment, said:
sThe reason have had few this year is be-
PAUSE Of the Unprecedented GOODNESS which, with
the exception of q warm day and then, prevailed
until week aso 1t takes days or even weeks OF
really hot weather 10 prepare people,
20 TO speak, for this disease. Before
san get q sunstroge he must be more
u less by prolonged exposure and vigorous
Bodily In the direct rays OF the weak
sped by a succession OF very hot days.
"Costume 10 al important factor the causaton Of
sunsiroke as has been often illustrated ia early
Anglo indian history. In Madras a parade held
tn 1885, during which more than 1S per cent
" the soldiers stricken down, Is remembered to
his day They called out 10 attend funeral Of
ZONE high civil official the hottest of of the
Warmcst days Of that season. Tight uniforms with
broad leather belts together with heavy felt helmets
Dined form about the for the climate
There remembered also many instances fgrea loss
life In prolonged marches Now the precautions taken
10 guard against sunstroke, together with better
general idea OF It's treatment. have reduced
he mortality very considerably In India
elsewhere 1t Is much easier than is generally sup
posed avoid attack Of sunstroke. IL understands
,niy the OF prevention AMI viii heed the earlier
warnings Loose clothes which do not interfere
with full play of the lungs Of the fret
importance. free respiration is imperative proper
,ead-coverng Is almost impossbility in New.York
10 no one will wear the 'pith helmets, and nothing
se has been found which really efficient substitute
Cutting the hair short Is Of doubtful utility, the
sa,r in its integrity being good conductor of heat
"Another very important point 10 temperance in
drinking In hot weather there question TO the
influence alcoholism mas In the production OF sun
,troke. More than threc-fourtns OF The
patients admitted TO Bellevue under the influence Of
1quor, then TOO, when drunk Is likely to ex
himself recklesry, which, added TO
condition OF his brain, tends toward sunsroke. Men
uiier more frequently than women; not from any in
,efent difference IN the regards the disease but
because men arc more exposed to the exciting
"A sunstroke Is profound prostitution OF the nervous
orce wnch may vary from slight vertigo and feeling
lasstuds to complete aud almost instant Death
fle modern method OF treatment Offers good
,haices OF recovery In the great majority OF cases.
slle thirty or forty years ago. when the
disease not we'll understood properly treated the
mortality was very great Now when man is brought
ubber blankets ana reduce the temperature
quickly possible We ice-bags for the and
itnef wrap the patient In wet sheets the Geld
i0uce. II leis suf ing from alcoholism and the
,ulse IS weak, We give STIMULATES; spoonful OF brandy
VERY hour or bait hour. as tnesymptoms demand"
"Jhe higher the temperature as general rule. the
more dersons inecase, although have known 10
Of 10 degrees. normal temperature being 5sIa de-
suslr0Rc 10 likely 70 leave It's traces patient
Oi "a weskn and generally down condition. IL
RENDERS nn aO 70 future alta 10 and In some
cascs originates serious and perhaps fatal disease VI
liie brain its membranes"