The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-18

uot simple Overheatfng, a. Supposed
The A~tios Of the suns Rays
Originates Within the BODY One
Of the Nest yfrulens of Poisons-
Unable tn Accurately Anntyxe II
Thus Far the Destroyer Has
Proved In Several Ways an Inn
p~netrable M.vtery To Medical
Mea.
TX. July IA person who sx

DBsz somewhat starting information.
even TO the Most skilled medical men. Is
;ae resui. D: series Of experiments ~
Or Ira Van Gleson. director OF the New
Yefs state pathological institute and one
q the foremost disciples Of medical sell
ence es the day. The announcement At
ms season is particularly timely.
fG the surprise tsais fact sngenders is
added fhe further complication that, sfv
their best. ths doctors who have iagesIi-
gated have found themselves totally an
sbse ~ analyze the poison whose effects
are 50 dire. though they have proved
again and AZ ain that IL does exist. They
Know that il ~ what tae doctors call an
'-auto-toxie" poison. bur right there they
are compelled to stop and the worst III II
L. that until they succeed in the matter
% analysis IL VIII BE utterly impossible
Ia compound an absolute remedy for sun
stroke.
II is strunge series Of Facts that this
Investigation has revealed 7, has shown
that the viraIenec Of this mysterious
poison has often been as great as that
which the ratslesnaks lRstiiis into Its vic
tim. and. oddly enough. u Is not unlike
The venom NJ the rattlasnake in It's ef-
fects. Yet there is difference. and II Is
Just this difference which forms the
stumbling block over which the analysts
hasa fallen.
DR. Van Gicson said to the writer thar
he did not see how even a laymaH could
doubt the fact that sunstroke was prac-
fiealiy nothing but aute-toxic poisoning.
All he said. that was necessary was 10
note the purple. swollen face OF the pa
tlent. the enfeebled heart action. the pro-
found collapse and the fact that death
occurred within one or two hours. To con-
vince oneself that what was seen was
the result OF the action Of one OF the
most deadly of poisons, Said the doctor:
1T IN, beyond question. the most bril-
liant. straightforward example OF an
acute. intense, v!rulert poison. orsinat-
ing. within the body, which acts most
rapidly and violently upon the nervous
system"
The very first point at which the poison
strikes is that group of nerve cells which
manage the heart. These are known as
'ganglIon" cells Instantly the poison
touches them the process of degeneration
begins and continues al lightning speed.
Often n physician will give the canse Of
death as heart failure resulting from ex-
ceasiye heat. In a measure this is tech
nically correct. bur really dea IN should be
declared 10 be due 10 poison and the con-
sequent degeneration or decay of the
cells Sometimes the poison attacks the
cells Of the brain. and then there happens
what medical men term degeneration of
the cortical cells. meaning that the nerve
cells Of The brain are being killed and
practically forced out Of existence.
Occasionally IL happens. too. that the
sufferer from this sort OF poisoning man
ages To elinz ~ life. but he is always IN
81 damaged condition. The poison cannot
enter onS'S system without making a
scar. II is certain TO be the case that at
least = few Of the nerve cells are partially
destroyed. The doctors cali these struc-
tural changes. The layman knows thai,
be is not as well as before and his friends
say that his mind Is affected, which Is
very apt to be the case.
Dr. Van Gieson said when questioned
regarding the matter: THE progress OF
the past ten years In hacterIology and
physiological chemistry has gone far to-
ward demonstrating that the great ma
Jority. in fact. IL not most Of the pro-
eesses OF disease In general are due TO
toxic substances in one form or another
! would divide toxic ST distances into five
Crouns, TIE most important of which are
the aute-toxic ! consider that these poi
cons merit rlucn consideration because
theI VIII come ere long 20 be recognized
- factor Of great Importance lin the
p-aductian Of nervous and mental dis
cnses. It IS only through the most pro-
sound analysis Of Physiological chemistry
fnsnd with cautious as,s extended animal
experiments that can slowly feel tina
tlon ~ the auto-toX!c group OF diseases.
when II is remembered that the whole
animal body - composed OF the most
complex chemical con pounds which are
iDcsssant!v undergoing new aggrcgations
ana segreeatous: when one recalls tho
complex cseinical celebrations OF the Sc
cretons and digestive processes OF the
allmenfaty canal. the chemistry OF gen
era tissue changes and all that goes On
in tho human body in 7iyiaiue what IS
rour'shing IN food frc-i that which is
waste. K can - plainly realized how
attendant the OPPORTUNITY Is for the cre-
stion 80 peculiar conditions OF poison
aud It's lnstan; action npon the human
SYSTEM
'Eyen - doctor ands {: hard 10 always
'cN who're the line Is between the nutri-
tious and the injurious. or Just NJ whaf
paiat certain processes of the human
rfstem must stop In order 20 avoid evil
reS1its It only takes the very slishtees
change IT. the elements that So 20 make
up the fluids ard tissues ~ the body -
cause e transformation from th,, ass mi
- the luxurious. when YOU stop 10 th nix
81 thls. Il cannot be considered s.vanro
thst With al thp complicated chemistry
az the nodv. wish she operations ot tho
wonderful mechanism that controls IL t.
T. easily apparent chat 81 woula be 10
a{ncuis matter tor the maehino ~ get
ogt ~ "f3rg siighiiy and sufficiently for
the development ~ abnormal ;,aieonotfx
eh~-nica, compounds
Neither can t be considered strange
that vstsuuS thar come fnto existence url-
der IRE usual coalitions of the body ere
often uot oultHti because ~ me sl@ranrc-
fue1 ~ the orssna whose functions an
Pea 81 80 largely - no1 wholly for the
furr N<e of nui}ihcstioa. l. OCCASIONALLY
= tat ease tno. that ewinx ~ the r.rur.
al she liver and Kidneys 20 act properly
sheue = retained IN the body certain
wa>,c that SHOULD have passed from Il.
ami that Haste n ttgse becomes poison.
New s. So mere ,han probable thai ;Ae
victims oF sstnsgrokc as e SIS called real
Il che victims - aut0-toxit gsotson-are
r.ereons ia whose be8les probaaiv u-1-
knoWn - themselves there exist erfeasf,
conditions favorable - the formation II
thfs mysterious auto-toxtc Poison. fu&t
a>w Gar thts - tryie CT course we fia rat
kasw. Nj profound conviction 5 thar
Nrry ntAuy exsgaplos - mental rad not
fCw distances cf nervous disease. arc
v.Uaea ~ ths acton - Mute-eaxfrs -
f1fa1as en she nervous SYSTEM. This con
N.cuoa = ne result or profound and Pro
hinged st8dv ~ tAe changes caused 10
sse nerve cnits BY IRA actien - poison
u - plain enough whv che nervous
s>steIS : particularly susceptible r. ssscf,
poison - Affects SO sufferer IN cass ~
sa1strose, The uiess ecrnrf~x e-gf g.. IRE
fonssn bady Es ea15sst the xarx{ta- TA-
tn1@TrsE str7sctUre ~ tst- - - s.,frs>a-s
@-4 81 E0Afe t1aE - Instantly feels she e.
* 90 poison nsuee ssssre ~~sssi3. sha-
IS ire rsse vSIa THE nerve Cells shss =,
g. fnAfsr Hp tA& majority ~ ehs tFe~ss..
q tAe ls1i1a$z eeiy. n wuastscke tse-e 5
a. ac2js t~sHneyastos - she asg-sesss Ss.S
-