The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-02-15

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cocktail. Then he deliberately "fills
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 tile time growing redder
and redder, and finally, when he
lloists himself out of his chair, his
face takes a purplish hue in consc-
gIence ofeven that slighteffort. Heis
like violin when in tone; every pnrt
of his system il keyed up, and some
thing il sure to break if the unusual
happens. Let such man, soon
utter dinner, become violently en-
ragged or shocked by some unexpect-
ed calamity, and the chances ,re an
attack ofapoplexy is theconsequencc.
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 whatis known
us full habit. These characteristics
do not mean that there is u decided
tendency to apoplexy, and yet q man
SO formed ought to live much differ
ehtly than he who is s'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. 1t is more liable to oc-
cur i'll persons in whom degenerative
changes in the arteries are taking
place. 1t may be directly caused BY
great mental excitement, violent en-
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 ubscesses in the
chest have been known to burst and
cause immediate suffocn,ion. Such
accidents are rare, and SO, also, us
We have already said, is sudden
death from hemorrllage of the lungs
In those cases death, doubtless, is
also caused by suffocation. Strong
Impressions on the mind will ever re.
fleet their influence OH the vital
functions, and strengthen or pros
trate their energies. Joy seldom
kills." it is true, and yet if the sub
ject be Of O delicate andsensitivec 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 ef-
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
ous to life than sudden grief. When
extravagant joy follows unexpected
ly terror, or grief, the danger from
the shock to the nervous system is
heightened. That fact has been illus
trated by the sudden death of Grim
inals who have been par,loncd at
the point of execution. That terror,
grief and anger are sometimes i'll
stantly f;,tal-at once paralyzing tie
nervous system and stopping the ac-
tlOn OF Of the llclrt-are well known,
for the instances have been many.
In disease of the heart tl,csepowerful
emotions are potent agencies OF evil.
1t death does not occur from Il 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
lin q large proportion of cases the
evil comes after violent over-eXer-
ton. "Hcart trouble" may exist in
n person for IL long time-cvcn for
years-without its presence being
suspected. Such n one enjoying
comparatively good health, and not
being conscious of the need OF un-
usual car~, is quite sure,
sooner or later, to make some vio-
lent eff'ort-"run to ratcll the train
Or the like'-and "lift's thread is
snapped" Rupture of the heart
sometimes takes place when that
organ has suffered from what is
known as fntty degeneration. and
it's wallis have been weakened there
by. Such an action rarely occurs in
persons under the age of forty.
"ls it Mquick death. a painless
death?" is II question which is fire.
quently asked Of physicians. We be-
lieve that in the majority of eases
where death comes on theinstant-;s
by 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 I've recognized by the mind
as reception; tho last act being in
truth the conscious act. In the ma
iority of denths from natural acci-
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-
tion is SO mighty, the sense Of it is
not revealed.