The Grenada gazette., 1888-02-18
BENDING FORWARD.
Q ,rious Disorder Which Comes of Con
preston Of Hood Vessels.

. ,riou. Disorder Which Comes OF Com
precision Of Hood Vessels.
Every one knows that STOPPING for
ward. particularly after rising quickll
from the bed in the morning. whel
the stomach is empty and the hear
has less than ordinary support from
the viscera below the diaphragm. il
very apt to occasion . form Of faint
ness. with vertigo. not unlike tina
which occurs in seasickness. We d.
not at the moment speak Of the faint.
ness aud giddiness from cerebral
anemia which are directly consequent
upon suddenly assuming the erect after
long continuing in the recumbent
posture, but Of the more alarming sen.
sation Of being in the center Of objects
which are rapidly passing away, usual
!y from left to right, with loss of power
to stand or even sit, and an almost
nightmare feeling Of inability to call
for help OIL do any thing to avert a
catastrophe. while throughout the ex-
periencc the sufferer retains acute con-
sciousnesS
This, we say. is familiar as one. At
least, Of the effects not uncommonly y
produced by STOPPING forward under
the special conditions indicated. With
many other varieties Of the vertigo
consequent upon heart weakness or
cerebral anemia. observation or ex
perience has made us all acquainted
We can not. however. help thinking
that the consequences Of even par
tisl preston Of veins of the neck,
offering an obstacle to the return of
blood from the head. with its impor.
SAINT organs. are not so well recognized.
The peculiar form-or. more accurate
,y, the several forms-of headache dis
'inctly caused in this way when the
head is long bowed forward on the
chest. bending the neck on itself, can.
not fail to occur to every one; nor will
the high tension of the eyeball. the
turgid and heavy eyelids, the snuf1ing
nose. the deafness, with buzzing and
throbbing in the ears. the heavy
bre athing and the puffed and perhap:
flushed OF darkenod color Of the face,
resulting from the obstructcd venous
circulation through the bended neck.
be forgotten.
There are other and more perilous,
though secondary, effects Of leaning
forward when the heart is weak or the
blood vessels are not as strong as they
ought to be. which should not be over.
looked. Beyond question the extra
strain upon the apparatus Of the cir.
culation by any thing that impedes
the free passage of the blood through
almost any part of the venous system
is more severe and dangerous than
equal strain thrown on the
arteries. At least this is so in adult
life, and. Without going further into
details in connection with the modus
operandi Of the mischief to which we
point, it may be permissible to urge
that the subject is one to which at.
'ention may be usefully directed.
The weakly and those who are no,
70 have hearts readily over
burdened and blood vessels stretched
beyond recovery, or even ruptured.
should be warned quite as earnestly
lsainst suddenly assuming o,
90 long retaining. any post.
Tres which do--however slightly
md partia lly-impede the return Of
blood through the veins. We know
low prolonged sitting may cause the
,eins of the legs to extend and either
rive way or permit the extravasation
# their contents. When this sort OF
hing happens, even though in trifli ng
lesree, in the case of vessels directly
connected with such delicate organs
IS the eye. the ear and the brain. il is
asy to see that the results may be
cry serious in their character; and
few postures commonly taken
Up by persons who lead somewha,
edentary lives are so prone to do mis-
hief unnoiiced as that of leaning for.
yard as at work at table which is
ot sufficiently high to insure the
cad being so raised that the veins of
he neck may not be in any way COM
ressed or the return of blood from
he head embarrassed or delayed. We
ee reason TO believe that il this ap.
arently small matter We're generally
nderstood there would be fewer heads
nd heart troubles. and we will go SO
ar as to say that some lives now lost
,ould be saved. - London Lancet.