Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-01
EFFECT OF HEAT.
Tho Human System Can Become Used to
Very High Temperature.

Very High Temperature.
No one can tell how high temper
ature 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 a steam vessel was charged with
manslaughter for causing man to be
lashed within short distance of the
stol<e-hole Of the furnace. The man
died in few hours, apparently from
the effects Of his exposure. Yet the
engine rooms of steamers in the tropics
have been observed to have temper.
ature as high as 140, and engineers
after time become habituated to this
excessive heat, without appearing to
suffer materially in health. In certain
manufactures the body appears to ac-
qulre the power, by habit, of resisting
these high temperatures; still it has
been proved that many suffer severe
ly. In report on the employment OF
children Oondon), it is stated that in
glass mandatory thermometer held
close to boys head stood at 1870 de-
grees, and as the inspector stood near
to observe the instrument his hat
actually melted out of shape. Another
boy had his hair singed by the heat.
and said that his clothes were oome-
times slnged, too, while third worked
in temperature no less than $50 de-
grees. Amid this tremendous heat
they carry on work which requires their
constant attention. They are inces-
sanity in motion"
In the Turkish bath higher temper
atures than this have been noted, but
there is reason to believe that serious
symptoms have been occasionally pro-
duced 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 in aged persons or in
those who are suffering from organic
diseases. In attempting to breathe
air heated to temperature varying
from $50 to 200 degrees, there is sense
of suffocation, with feeling of dizzi-
ness and other symptoms indicative OF
an effect on the brain, and the circula-
tion is enormously quickened. An in
quest was held on the body of stoller
of an ocean steamship. He had been
by trade grocer, and was not accus-
toned to excessive heat. While occu-
pied before the engine furnace he was
observed to fall suddenly to the floor
in state of insensibility. When car
ried on deck it was found he was
dead. All that was discovered on Il
post-mortem examination was an eff
fusion of serum into the ventricles OF
the brain. 1t has now become one of
the recognized causes of death in this
country. In some cases person may
sink and die from exhaustion, or symp-
toms of cerebral disturbance may con-
tinue for some time and the case ulti-
mately prove fatal.
Death from sunstroke, when it Is not
Immediately fatal, is preceded by some
well-marked symptoms, such as weak
ness, giddiness, headache, disturbed vi
sion, flushing of the face, followed by
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.