Evening journal., 1896-10-31
EFFECT OF HEAT.
The Human system Can Become Used to
high Temperature.


High Temperature.
No one can tell how high tempera-
ture man can endure until he is sub
jected to the trial The eject OF am in
tensely heated atmospher, Rn causing
death has been but little studied.
'Some years since, says DR.. Taylor,
the eminent jurisprudont, 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
stokeholo Of the furnace. The man died
in few hours apparently from the ef-
fects of his exposure. Yet the engine
rooms of steamers in tho tropics have
been observed to have temperature as
high as l4O, and engineers after a time
become habituated 20 this excessive
heat without appearing to suffer ma
terially in health In certain manufac-
tories the body appears to acquire q
power by habit Of resisting these high
temperatures. Still, it has been proved
that many suffer severely.
In report on the employment Of
children (London) it is stated that in q
glass manufactory thermometer held
close TO a boys head stood at 1870 de-
greos, and as the inspector stood near
TO observe the instrument his hat ac-
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 15e de-
grees. Amid this tremendous heat they
carry on work which requires their CON
stant attention. They are necessarily
in motion.
IN the Turkish baths higher temper
aturos 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 a
low 10 a 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
temperatures varying from $50 to 200
degrees there is sense OF suffocation,
with a feeling of dizziness and other
symptoms indicative of an effect on the
brain, and the circulation is enormous
" quickened. An inquest was held on
the body of a stolSer of an ocean steam
ship. He had been by trade grocer and
was not accustomed TO excessive heat.
While occupied before the engine fur.
mace he was observed TO fall suddenly
on the floor in a state Of insensibility.
When carried on deck, it was found he
was dead All that was discovered on q
postmortem examination was an effu.
sion of serum into the ventrioles 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 som,
! well marked symptoms, such as weak
ness, giddiness, headache, disturbe,
vision, flushing Of the face, followed b,
oppression and difficulty Of breathing
and in some cases stupor passing int,
profound coma The skin is dry anC
hot, and the heat of the body is mucI
greater than natural
Walk slowly and don't fret, and you
will not experience anything of that
sort.-Philadelphia Times.