Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-08
THE PAINTING FIT.
Simple Measures That VIII Generally
Give Completes Rexuacitatlon.

Simple Measures That WIN Generally
Give Completes Reconciliation.
Women faint much more frequently
than men do, and young women than
older ones. Yet old women do faint.
and u fainting fit is more dangerous
| with them than with the others; and
even strong men now and then sue
| cumb to the same weakness. OF course
where there Is disease of the heart,
occaslonlng the phenomena of faint
Ing, 1T has no respect of age or sex Or
person. In cases Of what is known as
fatty degeneration of tho heart. or as
a result of profuse hemorrhage faint
| ing becomes invested with great dam
ger. and the event may even be fatal
the subject never coming out of the
state OF syncope. But in most in
stances fainting is a merely functional
affair, implying nothing serious be-
yond the moment; in fact being more
of a relief than otherwise, and more
injurious-by means Of the fright it
| gives them-to others than it is to the
patient.
The act of fainting may be said
to be usually of nervous origin
horror, fear, joy, the sight of
blood Or of any thing revolving, the re-
ceipt Of nauseating odors, experience
OF foul air, or sudden shocks, all serv-
ing to produce loss of sensibility; or it
may be occasioned by trouble of the
stomach, by extremes Of heat or cold,
and by long and excessive pain. OF
course there are various degrees of
fainting, some people merely seeing
| the world turn back and vanish while
retaining consciousness, and others
losing themselves completely, and
being to all visible intent and purpose
as dead as they ever will be. In some
| the heart will beat perceptibly, if
slightly, and the breath will be present
tlutteringly; in others there will be no
pulse to be found. and no breath to be
detected; and while with some the
| affair may be of moments, in others it
may be Of hours; usually, however, mo-
ments determine it, In all cases the
face is plnched and pale; the heart re-
! fusing blood both to the brain and
to the surface Of the body leaves the
system without consciousness, the
count>nance bloodless, and the skin
| cold. The remedies should be immedi-
ate. although under favorable circum-
| stances nature herself assumes reme-
dial duty. The patient should at once
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lower than the rest Of the body. in Or
der to restore the circulation by CRAWL
ty; indeed many Of those subject to
fainting, upon feeling the first symp-
toms, allow themselves to sink into
that position for if they do not they
have learned that nature will usually
| throw them into it unasked, and per-
| haps hurt them in doing so, unless she
be barred by 4 straig ht-ba seat
out OF which sliding is impossible, or
by a bracing aad upholding crowd.
The next thing to be done is to loosen
all the clothes, so that the heart and
the lungs may have free play. Fol
lowing this a plenty Of fresh air should
| be allowed the patient. and counter
shock should be administered in the
shape Of dash of cold water and the
vapor Of some pungent salt. These
simple measures will generally give
complete resuscitation, but if they
do not, there should be no time lost in
bringing (; physician to the rescue.
Young and sentimental girls often
have an idea there is something
peculiarly romantic and attractive at
taching to them when fainting Never
was there a greater mistake. Could
they once see themselves, pallid and
pinched and gasping, they would never
wish any one for whose admiration
they cared to have that same privilege.
A susceptibility to fainting can be en-.
couraged, like one to hysteria; but
lovers who have any common-sense
will not allow themselves to be serious
ly bewitched by any one liable to such
troublesome and unpleasant con-
tingencies as either, health being Of
all things that most to be desired about
them by those who wish to lead a
pleasant life or develop their powers.
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