The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-09

dinner with an appetize-generally e
cocktail. Then he deliberately ellis
up" largely ON meat and other
''hearty" foods, all of which are
washed down with one at least and
generally two, bottles of lager beer.
AS he eats and drinks with one hand,
he fans himself vigorously with the
other, all the time growing redder
and redder, and finally, when he
hoists himself out of his chair, his
face takes a purplish hue in conse-
quence ofeven that slight effort. He is
like a violin when in tone; every part
of his system is keyed up, and some
thing is sure to break if the unusual
happens. Let such man, soon
after dinner, become violently en-
ragged or shocked by some uneXpect-
ed calamity, and the chances are an
attack otapoplexy is the consequence.
Too much Importance has, it is true,
been attributed to the so-called ap-
oplectic constitution, consisting OF
shortness of the neck, with consider
able embonpoint, and what's known
as full habit. These characteristics
do not mean that there is g. decided
tendency to apoplexy, and yet a man
so formed ought to live much differ.
entity than he who is "lank and lean
An aneurism is a tumor formed BY
the dilation of an artery, as the re
suit of the bursting OF its inner and
middle,coats. tits more liable to oc
cur in persons in whom degeneratiye
changes in the arteries are taking
place. 1t may be directly caused by
great mental excitement, violent ex-
ertion, lifting, ETC., or local injury
The larger the artery in which the
aneurism forms the more serious it is
If within the chest or abdomen, there
is little chance of recovery. The pro
gress of aneurism is slow; death is
sudden in a proportion of cases from
rupture. Large assesses in the
chest have been known to burst and
cause immediate suffocalion. Such
accidents are rare, and so, also, as
we have already said, is sudden
death from hemorrhage of the lungs
In those cases death, doubtless, is
also caused by suffocation. Strong
impressions on the mind will ever re
feet their influence On the vita
functions, and strengthen or pros
trate their energies. "Joy seldom
kills." it is true, and yet if the sub
ject be of q delicate and sensitive con.
stitution, and more especially if he
labors under any complaint of the
heart, the consequences on the nerv
GUS system of sudden and immediate
Joy will always be attended with
hazard. Many instances of fatal eff
feet from that passion are recorded,
and the assertion has been made by
some able writer's on mental hygiene
that sudden Joy is even more hazard
Gus to life than sudden grief. When
extravaganza joy follows unexpected
ly terror, or grief, the danger from
the shock to the nervous system i
heightened. That fact has sheen illus
trated by the sudden death OF Grim.
mails who have been pardoned at
the point of execution. That terror.
grief and anger are sometimes in.
stantly fatal-at once paralyzing tie
nervous system and stopping the ac-
ton of of the heart-are well known:
for the instances have been many,
In disease of the heart these powerful
emotions are potent agencies of evil,
1t death does not occur from a sud.
den, intense shoch, the organ is en-.
feebled by every such experience.
In all forms of heart disease death
is liable to take place suddenly, and
in a large proportion of cases the
evil comes after violent over-exer-
ton. "HearU trouble may exist in
a person for q long time-even for
years-without it's presence being
suspected. Such a one enjoying
comparatively good health, and not
being conscious of the need of I'M
usual care, is quite sure,
sooner or later, to make some vio-
lent effort-''run to catch the train
or the like'-and ''life's thread is
snapped" Rupture of the heart
sometimes takes place when that
organ has suffered from what is
known as fatty degeneration, and
it's walls have been weakened there
by. Such an action rarely occurs in
persons under the age of forty.
lis it quick death, painless
death?" is a question which is fire.
quently asked Of physicians. We be-
lieve that in the majority of cases
where death comes on the instant-as
by a stroke of lightning-it is pain
less. AS has been said, pain is the
product of time. To experience pain
the impression producing it must be
transmitted from the injured part of
the living body to the conscious cen
ter, and be recognized by the mind
as reception; the last act being in
truth the conscious act. In the ma
jority of deaths from natural acct
dents there is not sufficient time for
the accomplishment of these progress
sive steps by which the consciousness
of existence is the first and last fact
inflicted upon the stricken organiza-
ton is SO mighty, the sense of it is
not revealed.