New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-23
LIFE ~ HIGH LITITUDES.
MEDICAL Asercrs or GarrLY's EXPERIENCE

NrDlCAL As,TCrs or GREELY's EXPERIENCE.
Eyo,a The NeIira Rscor3.
A private interview with Lieutenant CrcCly,
a. former bom enabled IA to ortan some nag
c..arcr INSIGHT into tie phy illogical ana pathological
web IS tie .truts g. which tn" Dre-y party were
hut reduced. he ascestained that -uch s0iourn. b'
ca trn ia for q brief term OF years comp tlbl with
beh state Of al hc organic iunc ons In which ther IA
kind; hut there Is ded limit 10 the endurance by
Ihr.rrans aud Amciicaus Of sucn extreme urolorg
cold tine system is a. fret and for long time, y au
m4blc s~dc- Of internal aiu. ,ments Gls'Sd mp
against The r-os OF climate nut after the hr5' yrtr
o9' Go'' acorom nt' etneric4reI Inc severity
harder 10 bear bu' the eNpr len Of the PREVIOUS win
mon. lyc. ana husband their forces fnr thhd long
A,cc mig IT, IL which The tlelmonttcr vas never leSS
,I,, cc below ,. rn ana much ~ the time was down
IL for or ifty below, would der the mot favorable
it rcac,ion was aue ~. rrc.ti,y csseucl: uu,cu-
lar tome VS. Unmarried erng cXertion difficult, aud
rr have had rcnty of food md full and GOOD shelter
Lieutenant freely IN reply tpau ogatoty affirmed
his danbts ne a. VIII. ,her hi M. B. well provaioucl.
r"1Id have continued toliyc at Font Cong,r NOR. than
five NCar- The to sttuton of the lNrtt-' Auc lean T.
no, tuah off prolonged continuous adiu. tmcnt T.,
ABOUT after seta eff general unR VIII ~ the law Of sur
WA OF the ncs should operate aud IN CORA pondcn'1
win a ridr hnurr I'm nfanu 1tipu. u which nutitiVc
and muscular Il, yeorment should pfedomnate over
cerebral dove opu,ui IN other wua nature hnu shown
ma A. m, mrHali, awarded but rhl a'aly hudt lsqu
mput. The ttrc Of o'4uflton boat nuc Tor Twin ia
tbosc uplcutrional lt'ndcs !, ,h"wout
Inhabitants Of mcrdmnnl c.lm'a admirably
a1apt thrmHrvra importantly to ti' uuat rtttrmu colt
IN he trtfrnt from Mua.uw ~ lHl3 tue Italian to4l
menta at,nl tho ,od bcrt han the uctinana ana h'lh
nj, huirr than tho Nuantna Who wr,r accustomed to tho
climate Tho Turks piwentUd tho HImo tVlttiNt. In
mttnB u tho hirgr at 7rhhHtopul lonEoIt nom whom
is-r nets tkrn remarks ial the aptitude Ia resist
dement, temperature IN acquired aud lost 10 luihi ina
pruplr nuruird In temperate or cold lmt =, who 80
Ia The tuITd Ia lNr muCh les HrhsllNe 10 the
cold Tor tine after their return Ia thrir naive country
though this leaaehcd bnrccplbilty disappears M'or
year ~ two.
man can live amid intense surrounding cold only by
kccpng hs Internal Temperature AT about a4i3 - all
the Indigenous centre.-Whlch comprise every living
element or cell IN every part o the body-AIe stimulated
greatly smentei activity theresp IaOfy digestive
and a-smilave processes performed WIN uMOh tu
energy the hearts action and the circulation are notably
quckcued Lieutenant Gierly remarked thdi Dreaming
air of such intense cOness had sOneth ng or the eject
produced by breathing pure oxygen; ~ for pulmonary
troubles he heard no complaint OF them while he party
at Fort Oongcr In Lady Franklin Bay, ~ latitude
OF abOu BIO whore the first two years spent even
which tho men suffered being occasional rhcumati, ms
and sfncss OF the muscles and Joints.
The party had erOciOus appctltes during oil OF this
suiOurn In tue North zach eating with relish
and craving fats, Though not To the extent which
Arcuo travellers report Not even whom tho ther-
Inomeer marked 6O' below did these men n lugo
III crude DlubDer or taOw candles whOh tradition has
dcHignaied as the customary 70 ID OF Arctic voyages
nor was even peInInicsn regarded ~ rare and dainty
di-h by them Canned meats % which hey had IN abund
from the wnrs, zeal Polar bear priced the
essential conditions ~ wellbeug. "A for sprituous
liquors, they we're used with Great moderation and dOrd
out To the members OF the expedition occasion seemed
pOsurr brought extraordinary fatigue prostraion;
~'"s 10 fouiy tue system against cold or brace II up