The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-09-16
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E.Sh Temperature.
No one can tell how high tcmpera'
ture man eau endure until he is sub.
jected to the trial. The effect Of an in.
tensely-keated atmosphere In causing
death has been but little studied,
"some years s!nce,' says Dr., Taylor,
the eminent jurisprudent, II was con-
suited In one case in whic,l the captain
OF steam vessel was charged with man.
slaughter for causing man to be lashed
within a short distance Of the stoke
hole Of the furnace. The man died in a
few hours. apparently from the effects
Of his exposure. Yet the engine rooms
of steamers In the tropics have been
observed to have temperature as high
as 140, and engineers after time be-
come habituated 10 this excessive heat
without appearing to suffer materially
in health. In certain manufactures the
body appears to acquire power, by
habit, of resisting these high temperd.
lures; still, it has been proved that
many suffer severely. In report on
the employment OF children (London)
1t is stated that In glass manufactory
thermometer held close 10 boys
head stood at 1870 degrees. and as the in.
spector stood near to observe the in.
strument his hat actually melted out Of
shape. Another boy had his hair singed
by the heat, and said that his clothes
were sometimes singed. too, while
third worked in temperature no less
than $50 degrees Amid this tremen-
dous heat they carry on work which re.
quires their constant attention. They
are necessarily in motion"
In the Turkish baths higher tempera-
lures than this have been noted, but
there is reason to believe That serious
symptoms have been occasionally pro-
luced In persons unaccustomed to them,
and that In one or two cases death has
resulted. All sudden changes from 4
low to high temperature are liable to
canse death in aged persons or those
who are suffering from organic dis
eases. In attempting to breathe air
heated to temperatures varying from
$50 to 200 degrees there Is a sense OF
suffocation, with feeling OF dizziness
and other symptoms indicative of an
effect on the brain, and the circulation
is enormously quickened. An inquest
was held on the body of stoker of an
ocean steamship. He had been by trade
grocer and was not accustomed to
excessive heat. While occupied before
the engine furnace 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 post-mortem examina-
ton was an effusion of serum into the
ventricles Of the brain. 1t has now be-
come one of the recognized causes Of
death in this country, In some cases u
person may sink and die from eX-
haustion, or symptoms Of cerebral dis.
turbance may continue for some time
and the case ultimately prove fatal.
Death from sunstroke, when 1t 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,-Philadelphi Times.