Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-12
sEA-SICKNESs.
Observations OF German savant who
Made "A Voyage Around tho World.
1 O.. III.

observations OF German SaVant who
Made a Voyage Around tho World.
From the Loadon Spectator.
At recent meeting of the Berlin Modl-
cal Society, Dr.. Neuhaus, who lately
made voyage round the world for the
purpose, as 1t would seem, Of studying
the phenomena OF sea-siokness, gave an
account Of his observations and cOnclu-
sions which appears to have greatly in
terested his colleagues.
DR. Neuhaus' first point is that yomit-
ing and sea-sickness are by no means one
and the same thing. Nor,we may add, do
sickness and vomiting in English, any
more than in German, mean one and the
same thing. The primitive and correct
meaning Of sickness Is disease. "Pe-
ter's wife's mother was sick Of a fever"
''the Lady Ann is sick, and like to de-
and we still speak of fislck lists" and
sick clubs" Why's then, IL the word
generally helChko 9igAdg. bus 0Re m9rbid
symphonic 9aubtlees because .eeaTsiek-
ness Is almost always, accompanied by
that symptom, and because 1t is the most
painful and unpleasant of all. -. 2. 3 @A.f
''The first indications of sea-ilfuess, -
says Dr.. Nedhaas. ttafe' general feeling
of discomfort, 1855 IL appetite, giddiHess,
lowering or the hearts, action, c0nstipa-
ton, headache and sluggish liyerNre
lie divides people who go 10 sea into
three groups or classes-AtlIose who are
never sick, the proportion. Of whom does
not exceed 8 uer cent. those who are
never well. whom he likewiseestimates at
3 per cent, and those who, after a few
days illness, adapt themselves to their en-
virOnment, and suffer inO further jncon-
venience. Sea-sickness, in the main, Is
caused By the rapidly varying pressure
Of blood on the sbrain{ due to the upward
aud downward motion Of the ship. AS
the ship descends into the trOugBs of a
wave, the pressure increases; as She rises
to its crest, the pressure diminishesf and
nausea is the natural and ordinary couse-
quence OF a Sudden rush of blood itefn
the brain. o. ----- |''N'i
While jOurneying round the world Mr.
Neuhaus ascertained, by personal ObseF-
walton and actual measurement, that
when snip ismuch tossed about, the liv-
ers of those of her passengers who have
not got accustomed to the motion, be-
come afiecteddn a very remarkable M an
ner. This is in part due 10 the loss OF
liquid in the system; but in bad cases,
where the patient lies all day long in an
almost inert condition, suffering from
acute headache, the afIection assumesone
of the lighter forms of bl0od-pois0ning,
from retention in the system of an ele-
ment usually given off. Great relief may
be obtained by lying on the side, with the
head resting on the breast and the knees
drawn up as near as possible to the chin.
In this position the variation in the pres
sure of blood on the brain is reduced to a
minimum, and the stomach and its nerves
IN great measure are protected from
the vibrations OF the ship. ChlOral hy-
drate may also be used with advantage;
it s0othes the irritated brain, and often
enables the sufferer TO obtain much-need-
ed sleep. 1t should be given In doses OF
one gramme, but only when the sickness
has lasted three or four days, not before.
Alcohol is worse than useless.