Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05

He was taken to Bellvue Hospital. The
first thing the physicians did there was
to attempt 10 take MS temperature.
They. thrust thermometers under his
tongue in the usual manner, expecting
to get temperature OF 1913 degrees, the
average sunstroke temperature. In
stead OF that, the mercury rushed
up In the tube until 1t could go no
further. This was entirely unprece-
dented In the history Of the hospital.
The regulation physicians thermometer
registers 11O.4 degrees. No one knows
exactly how high McKenna's tempera-
ture vas. The doctors can make
shrewd guess that il reached the neigh
borhood OF ia degrees, but IL is only
shrewd guess. Here comes In the
LIQUOR, or, rather the lack OF IT, All
the physicians at tbs hospital agree
that if McKeuna had been even mod
crate drinker there would have been no
need OF taking him to the hospital at all.
Time and trouble could have been
saved by carting him direct to the
morgue. But he was not drink
ing man, and he was taken to the hos
Dital, and the chances are at least even
that he will live. 1t is not likely that
he will ever entirely recover from the
effects ef the sunstroke-it is even pos
slble that he will be hopelessly insane
when be Is released from the hospital
but he lived through temperature
which would have killed drinking
man In the wink Of an eye. This arti-
Gle is not temperance lecture, but 1t
is well, just the same, to be moderate in
your Indications when you intend to
spend day under the hot summer sun.
had talk the other day with DR..
Dole, the chief physician at Blooming
dale insane asylum. 1t is probable that
DR.. Dole comes in daily contact with
more lunatics, bowling and otherwise,
than any other man in the United
States. DR.. Dole told me he had in his
charge at least forty hopelessly insane
men and women, whose insanity could
be- traced directly to sunstroke. He
confirmed the statements that had been
made at Bellevue concerning the danger
of hard drinking in hot weather.
But to return TO the autobiography
OF sunstroke. This is the way the man
tells mis- story:
1T was not rot day when I was
Frustrated by sunstroke. 1t was in
little interior city, and l was acting as
collector for 3 business firm. We had
been having exceedingly hot weather
for more than a week, but 1 had not felt
any i'll effects from having been exposed
TO 1t. On the morning OF which speak,
however, l felt little soggy;
| think II was due more
to indigestion than excessive
heat. When l started out the sky was
entirely clouded over, and II looked
like rain; but the day was close and
warm, although probably five degrees
cooler than the DAY before had
been. l began work at half-past
eight in the morning, and walked
steadily from place to place about town
until ten. About that time or little
later l started to cross a bridge. This
bridge crossed little valley as well as
Q considerable stream, and some fifty
feet from It's beginning stairway ran
from II down to the ground below.
just before | stepped on the bridge l
remember feeling OF som ewhat op.
preSSiVe warmth. The clouds by this
time had changed somewhat and while
the sun was not shining directly it diff
fused and heating glow came from
one-Quarter OF the sky. l had taken an
umbrella with me with the idea that
it might rain before night, and |
raised it to ward off the glow. As 1
passed on TO the bridge l felt bit
dizzy. A slight mist came before my
eyes, and in it hoated black specks.
This did not frighten me, however, aud
| had no thought Of sunStroke. l fig
ured that the disorder was very slight
one. and due TO the indigestion from
which had been suffering.
81 do not remember anything more
for a long time. When l came TO my
self again l was in closed carriage on
nv way home. The manager was sit
ting with me and had an arm around
me. was incredibly weak. My head
ached dreadfully, and could feel that
nv ewes were protruding. | knew that
there was so much blood behind them
that IL was pushing them out. II took
ma some time 10 gather strength
enough to ask him what he was going
70 do with me. Finally, | did speak,
however. He told me that was i'll,
and that he was taking me home. he
said that the heat had been too much
for me. he told me that l bad had a
srnstroke aud that had been for sew
srsI hours in q bath Of fee water. Ny
,snnerature had finally decreased until
.hav thought that it was safe to move
90 There was no such a thing In
.hoss DAYS as an ambulance In the little
o;,y and he was doing the best be
o oon,d The doctor, he said, was riding
UU On the box with the driver. Then
up ~ sleep again and did not regain
W. so =, until long time after l had
res ~ yoke up in q bathtuo filled with
ice and cold water ana 'ne'e was al