Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-03
HINTS ON sEAslcKNEsS.
The Diagnosis of the Symptoms of That
Insidious Malady.

The Diagnosis of the Symptoms of That
Insidious Malady.
An anxious friend has written to say that
be Is going abroad for the first time in his
life He has never before enjoyed life on
the rolling deep, and desires me- to explain to
him the symptoms of seasickness, how he
may detect the insidlous approaches OF that
fell disease, how he may prevent or overcome
it, or both Without obscuring its beauties
In technical language or rendering it incom-
prehensible to even q beginner, viii state
that the science of seasickness is best &C
CURED by spending few happy hours upon
the rolling deep in the intimate society Of
your most private emotions 1t is not q
matter of time By exercising little judg-
ment in your selection of day and your
choice of boat you can in short time
obtain as much knowledge Of the malady as
is possessed by the proudest traveller who has
doubled the Cape or rounded the Horn.
Practical experience enables me to say that
for studying the lighter forms Of seasickness
a menbaden steamer anchored, say, two
miles off Sandy Hook, On day when there
is good ground swell on, affords a noble
opportunity; but for going still further into
this technique and learning the true inward
ness Of all the complications which may
arise you should take passage on large
steamer, insert yourself in 6x2 bunk and be
battened down with 362 other passengers for
four days during one Of those pleasant spells
Of weather which seafaring men call
'blown
The first symptom you will observe In
yourself is desire to suspend all animated
conversation and to listen to an inward
voice informing you that your attention is
specially called to the fact that the vessel is
beginning TO be lopsided in her movements.
simultaneously with this you will remark
that your spinal column is acquiring a hinge
and that considerable ginger is departing
from your resolution to bear up and enjoy
yourself
The next symptom Will appear suddenly
and without warning in the shape of visit
fu, yearning to lean over the tatfrail and
commune with the fast hurrying pillows, gaze
soulfully down into the emerald depths and
Wish you hadn't been such drafted fool as
to come, This is usually accompanied by an
upheaval of emotions which you will easily
learn to recognize.
The third stage is the one in which you are
gooseaeshed from head TO foot, your ideas
chill and cold perspiration steal upon you
like a thief III the night You feel the
clammy hand of Death laid upon your pain
wrought brow. and you retire to your cuddy
below fHlg yourself in spineless heap upon
the bedding and tlnkle eu electric warning
&c the steward that your case needs about as
prompt attention as he can give to it, and
that you are not only ready but eager for
death.
This stage Is where you viii begin to grasp
the subject The throbbing of the engine,
the muifled sound of washing waters, the
long low bowls for lemon juice, ice water
and basins, the prayers and tears of strong
men parting with all they once held dear,
the odd moments III which your liver dances
the can-can and your digestive apparatus
has lost ell sense of propriety-all this will
rapidly elevate you in the knowledge
you desire, and when, four days later, you
crawl forth knockkneed and with complex
Ion like a spoiled lemon &C lie to your fellow
passengers and say it was neuralgia kept you
below and that there Is nothing in the wide
world you enjoy SO much as a sea voyage,
you will know just as much about seasickness
as any expert, and will be able on subsequent
voyages to detect it in your system at
glance,
Seasickness is not contagious, like small
pox nor Infectious like yellow fever; but it
gets there just the same
The speedieSt cure for seasickness is
loaded revolver applied just back of the left
ear. tut to prevent al attack sell your ticket
to some contidEg friend and stay home
New York " GRID.