The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-10-07
EFFECT OF HEAT.
the Human System Can Become Used to
a High Temperature.

NO one can tell how high o tempera.
ture man can endure until he is sub
jected to the trial The effect Of an, In
tensely heated atmosphere in causing
death has been but little studied.
''Some years since" says DR.. Taylor,
the eminent jurisprudent, 81 was con-
suited in one case in which the captain
Of steam vessel was charged with
manslaughter for causing man to be
dashed within q short distance Of the
stokehole Of the furnace. The man died
in a few hours, apparently from the ef-
fects of his exposure. Yet the engine
rooms of steamers in the tropics have
been observed to have temperature as
high as lao, and engineers after time
become habituated to this Nexcessive
heat without appearing to suffer ina
terially in health. In certain manufao-
tories the body appears to acquiresa
power by habit Of resisting these high
temperatures. Still, it has been proved
that many suffer severely.
I'm report on the employment Of
children (London) it is stated that In
glass mandatory O thermometer held
close to boys head stood at 1870 de-
grees, and as the inspector stood near
to observe the instrument his hat 90
tually melted out of shape. Another
boy had his hair singed by the heat
and said that his clothes were some
times singed, too. while third worked
in temperature no less than $50 de-
grees. Amid this tremendous heat they
carry ON work which requires their con-
slant attention. They are necessarily
i'll motion"
In the Turkish baths higher temper
atures than this have been noted, but
there is reason to believe that serious
symptoms have been occasionally pro-
dueed in persons unaccustomed to them,
and that in one or two cases death has
resulted. All sudden changes from
low to high temperature are liable to
cause death i'll aged persons or In those
who are suffering from organic diseases
In attempting to breathe air heated to
temperatures varying from $50 to 300
degrees there Is a sense of suRocation,
with feeling Of dizziness and other
symptoms indicative of an effect on the
Dfdlu, unu INC CiTCuAhtiOu 10 GuOxAuuu5-
ly quickened. An inquest was held on
the body of stoker of an ocean steam
ship. He had been by trade a grocer and
was not accustomed TO excessive heat.
While occupied before the engine fur
mace he was observed 10 fall suddenly
OH the floor in state Of insensibility.
When carried on deck, it was found he
was dead. All that was discovered ON
postmortem examination was an effu-
sion of serum into the ventricles Of the
brain. 1t has now become one of the
recognized causes Of death in this coun-
try. In some cases person may sink
and die from exhaustion or symptoms
of cerebral disturbance may Continue for
some time and the case ultimately prove
fatal.
Death from sunstroke, when it is not
Immediately fatal, is preceded by some
we'll marked symptoms, such as weak
ness, giddiness. headache. disturbed
y.sion, nusnins o. tIIB Tf.rosi fCfssoHu &c ny
+ Oppression and difficulty of breathing,
and in some cases stupor, passing into
profound coma. The skin is dry and
hot, and the heat of the body is much
greater than natural.
Walk slowly and don t fret, and you
will not experience anything OF that
sort -Philadelphia Times.