The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-11
HOT DAYS BRING HEALTH
A PHYSICIAN SAYS THIS WEATHER
IS A GREAT BLESSING.
Advises People to Remain at Home
Elmer Thompson Dies as a
Result of the Heat.

There is at least one man in the city who
Is delighted with the hot spell which is
causing so many people TO complain. He
Is well-known physician and he considers
such a seige Of warm weather as is now
being generally experienced one of the
greatest blessings that could befall the peo-
pie, Notwithstanding the numerous reports
of sunstrokes and deaths from the heat.
summer heat. especially extremely hot
weather like this. regard as great health
measure" he said. 1T beats all your blood
purifiers. all your physicians and your Hot
Springs. The idea of people going away
during the hot weather to escape the heat
I regard as one CT the most foolish of acts
They would be better off to stay at home
and sweat
THE human body Is covered with a skin
having two and a half-million pores. and
they are there for a purpose. Through
these pores may be carried off large pant
or the waste material of the body or by the
abuse of them poison may be allowed to
remain in the system. Water taken into
the body reduces the poisonous waste mat
ter to solution which may be expunged
through the pores of the skin.
There is no better health restorer and
insurer than weather which Will make the
people perspire. OF course. some attention
should be given to the diet during the ex-
tremely warm weather. \ person should
not eat the same food that he eats in the
winter season. He should eat less fats and
more fruits and vegetables. This IS not
hardly matter of dieting, however, for
the craving is naturally In the direction of
the latter foods at this season. But would
regard diet of heavy foods as extremely
hazardous at this time. Another thing
which should be avoided is drinks of a
stimulating nature. Water should be the
principal article OF drink, and too much Of
IL cannot be used. provided 1T is not too
cold Ice water is all right in limited guam
titles or In large quantities. If it Is not too
cold Then. il the bowels are not allowed
10 choke up. 1t would be an impossibility
for person to be sunstruck. Sunstrokes
would be unheard of If people would be just
a little careful of themselves. The healthi-
est people now are those who sweat the
most.
BOIL OUT THE POISON.
I have often heard 1t said that following
a very warm summer there would come a
winter OF much sickness. The reverse is
the TACT. A warm summer like this Is the
best thing that could happen to put the
people in condition to withstand q severe
winter; that is, those who let nature take
its course and who do not fee to the noun
tains to avoid good healthy sweat. The
winter season is time when people live
closely confined TO their homes, live on
heavy food and take little exercise. The re-
suit is that when the summer season comes
their systems are clogged up with poison
Gus waste matter which has not had the
natural means of throwing itself off What
Is needed then is that nature be allowed to
take the natural course. 1t is not neces-
sary TO run of 10 the springs to have the
poison b0lied out of the system, nor is il
advisable to run off to the mountains to
prevent IL being boiled out. The best thing
is TO stay at home and let the warm wealth
1t is essential. during the warm weather.
that the body be frequently bathed. This
Is especially true during times when the
atmosphere is unusually humid. With a
dry air, and especially with breeze blow
Ing. the perspiration will be taken up and
absorbed about as fast as il is thrown out
of the body. But on days when the air
seems already laden with moisture. the per-
spiration will cling to the body, and unless
removed will eventually be again absorbed
by the body and enter again to poison the
system. This is the reason that il feels
much warmer sometimes when the Their
mometer shows. say only 90 degrees, than
at other times when Ii is 90. This is because
when the air is humid the effects of the
heat are greater and more oppressive.
HEALTHY PEOPLE DO NOT SUFFER.
some it is disagreeable. and TO others it is
oppressive. The former class are in no
danger. person TO whom the heat is
simply disagreeable, but who does not feel
oppressed by 1t. may get out in the and
exercise with impunity. He is able to stand
a much greater heat than he will ever be
subjected TO in the ordinary pursuit of
business. This is shown by the experience
of men who are employed I'm rolling mills
and similar places. They take violent ex-
ercise in places where the thermometer
would show a temperature of 200 degrees
and yet do not suffer. This is because their
bodies are healthy, and do not become hot
ter than the normal condition They me- drink
washing the system and preventing IL from
becoming warmer than normal blood heat
for even further exposure to heat if neces-
sary. Each day prepares them for the
next These men must live upon whole.
some food. and must take good care of
their bodies. IL they do this there is scarce
ly limit to their endurance.
ut is just the same with any other class
OF people, / do not have so much faith IN
the claim that IL IS the fact that man
has exposed himself to the weather from
early spring continuously trat enables him
takes the right kind of CT himself he
need not be afraid OF the sun any time. He
may be tempoeaiiv greea6e n TO him
hut the effect Of II upon his body will more
than repay him for the unpleasa ntness at
the time"
There was something of break in the
heat yesterday-aecording TO the thermom-
eter a the weather bureau-but the suffer
ing public did not appreciate IL TO any no.
ticeable degree. IL is the nights that are
causing the trouble Early in the present
hot soell the thermometer would fall con-
sideraSly between shutdown and sunrise,
and give people an opportunity to get a
good rest and prepare themselves to en-
dure the heat the next day. But for the
last three or four nights the customary
fall in the temperature has been sadly
missed. The nights are almost as hot as
the days. Rest and sleep are out of the
question with the occupants of the average
house. The daW comes on with IS ares,
but there has been no refreshing sleep, ard
consequently few are physically equal to
the demands of the day.
Yesterday morning before the sun had
warmed the earth at this point the Their
mometer stood at IS. AT o'clock " Shaved
so degrees. at 10 o'clock ii was at as. and at
neon at o. IT then kept gaining steadily
until CAS- was reached at O'Clock. There
was a half promise of rain for the Chic
valley yesterday, out il failed &c re:,:r ,le
section of the valley about Indianapolis.
as also did the cool wave which IL was said
had come TO the relief 81 :hc people .v.sst
of the Mississippi However. the az re-
NAMED dry, and .he heat was not 80 or
pressive as on one or TWO former days
turing the smell.