Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1888-11-09
THE WAY OF. LIFE.
Various Causes Contributing to
Premature Dissolution.

rho Bible speaks OF three score years and
ton as the age TO which man may reasonably
look forward. 1t seems as If, st least, sew,
cnty equsble, eontented end happy years
full OF such comfort and glatitieatioo as the
members Of each class in the community
have severally right to cXpcct--should and
might be within the reach of every man and
woman In some countries, however, we
find this to be much more nearly the case
than with US, says the Boston Herald. Amor
leans, as y rule, live too fast to live long,
Every person is originally endowed with
about SO large a stock of vitality out OF
which to fashion his life. 1t amounts to
nothing more nor less than the simplest Of
problems IN arithmetic TO show that if he
draws upon this stock twice as heavily as he
should, the duration Of his existence will
only DO one half of what it was originally
intended to be. Indeed, the matter stands
much worse than this; his life is likely to
be ut any moment suddenly cut off short
long before reaching even the half A steam
engine may use up it's fuel in two weeks or
one, according TO the rate at which it is
driven il it Is sufficiently overworked the
result may be general smash" or such
an injury as will necesSitate long and
tedious "stoppng for repairs" II, indeed, it
! ever becomes "as good as now" We hard
ly seem ready to recognize tho bounds es-
| tablished by nature, but when we have
reached them, in our greed and ambition,
we summon our will, and, as the expression
runs, Give upon our nerve" congratulating
| ourselves on our praiseworthy display of
american goaheadativeness." Unfortu-
nately nature has not yet become sufficient
ly progressive in her ideas to manufacture
constitutions expressly for the American
plFAt I'D ys, th~, ST. t,t,
| tour &c force, click, something snaps, and
we vanish from tho stage, or break down
| for years, perhaps for life.
What are the causes Of sudden death-as
by stroke OF lightningl They are not
many when only the so-caled natural acci-
| dents arc considered. Death on the instant
may result from apoplexy, or bursting Of
| an aneurism within the chest or abdomen !;
| 1t may be caused by the bursting Of an ab-
scess within tho chest, Great mental
shsck--as from extreme anger or grief or
| even 5ey-sometimes kills instantly through
total paralysis Of the chief nerve ccntcrs
Cases Of sudden death from heuorrhages
Of the lungs are on record, but they arc few
y number. Diseases Of the heart render
tho subject liable to instant death, and they
are tho NEST frequent causes.
Something may be said descriptive Of
| these accidents and diseases which will in
terest the general reader. A correct under
standing Of them might possibly render US
less liable to them. Apoplexy, or, as it is
ssmstlmss called, brain-stroke, is usually
| due TO the rupture OF a blood-vesse within
the brain. Instant death is not the common
result Of this injury, and yet, as already
stated, II Sometimes eccurs. More often
the vishn Of q severe attack passes into a
sepdfuoa Of staper, called csma, la which
| hsi for hexss, Or svon days, and then
dos or slowly RECEIVERS. There arc many
influences which are capable Of giving rise
10 this accident, wkseh n a general way we
mey attribute 10 one sf two causes namely,
eather she walls Of sAe blesd vessel In ques-
ton ars weahsDsd hg degenerstive changes,
and 80 E1pesse easily, on they are while
hcalshy Affected 10 an unusual and too
great pressure fxem rush Of bleed into
them, aad e5ps way IN consequence. Tie
walls Of the Asea-vossels degenerate witt,
ase; as ono gssws old tho liability Of their
raptaro under sudden increase OF blood
pressure becomes creator. Age is not the
only eauss Of these weakening shanges--we
nay expect thex in all cases whore the sys
ten Is permanently enfseblsd. In an at
tack Of spaplexy occurring IN person who
has passed tho age Of SIXTY, we should
astArally assume that the bursting of the
sloed-vessel was due to degeneration Of It's
walls. but in ono younger, wins had en-
| jeyed fairly good health, we should expect
10 And that the direct cause of tho rupture
I Yves too sreat a blood-prossure. We may
petard degeneration, although we can not
bleok She wheels Of time Some men At
kiaetsS ave far less liable to apoplexy
1 than others Of fifty. In great degree the
! liability ts question Of general health,
Bsnos tho fear of apoplexy should lead us
TO eadeaver 70 keep strong and we'll As
we grow cid we should avoid those inhu.
| ences Dhichsare likely TO induce sudden and
| greet rush OF blood to the head, such as in.
/ tSase mental cxoitemeht as In public
ssoa}fsng or h fit Of anger--violent mus.
| sllaf effort gluttony and drunkenness, otc.
| While enc dimes. at popular cafes he has but
/ 70 ls9h seout him and he Is quito sure TO sec
habits INDUCED provocative of apoplexy a
/ fsmntaY sight is the man about sixty years
| cid whose btghest pleasure is in tickling his
| pR!sss, He is overweight By fully ntty
/ Rsalas; hie face is red and shining; he is
1 Ssll to eursting, and looks as though every
| tgpsstent button on his clothing was threat
1 shes. One OIL q swarm day gives such q
| Aan ss ''wide berth" as he would a cook.
! ssavei he Is altogether too hot to sit neay
/ Ho eoumcpees his dinner with an appetizer
/ --senera!ly q cocktail. Then he deliberately
~" bps up" largely on mes. and othe,
" h2ar1yn f5ods, oil OF which are washed
hg~a With enc skicast snd generally tive