The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-05

upward some of the excess of blood con-
tanned in its relaxed vessels The reeur-
sitaJion of food or fluids from the stom-
ach Is merely incidental, and not essen
tial The stomach has nothing to do with
seasickness except to be Implicated Incl
dentally and accidentally.
by the time patient has been sea-
SICK two or three days and his forces re-
CARELESS of his consent have been drawn
upon heavily by many hours of retching
and by anything swallowed he will be
SUFFERING from poverty of blood. The sense
OF hunger will be obscured by the nausea
Even while lying down a susceptible
passenger will not escape seasickness il
ms blood becomes Impoverished in re-
spect OF nutrituve material; and, having
been seasick. he cannot recover while his
plood remains so impoverished To pre-
vent seasickuess one must keep his blood
saturated with nutritive material To re-
cover from seasickness one must sa4urate
his blood with nutrltive material For this
purpose one must eat and If unable TO
eat enough al time, ne must eat often
er To eat seven times a day is about
right; che three regular meats. ten To
llIteen minutes before rising, halfway be
tween meals, and at bedtime.
Always eat ana drink at least ten
minutes before rising in the morning. 1t
matters little what il is, provided il is
what you want. Porter or stout is good.
so are hard sour apples AT sea we may
md ourselves liking ana longing for
things that we hardly ever think of on
shore Whatever you really want that is
the best ching to take, and porter or stout
is always good whether you want il or
not
'"Whatever is taken before rising must
be so conveniently available as not TO re
qure the patient to raise his head. In
case of porter or stout the glass must be
dispensed with and the liquid taken di-
rectly from the boftle
When one is already seasicl1 those
hquld foods are best which require least
digt stiOn, are most rapidly absorbed and
yield the quickest returns-beer. ale por-
ter stout, broths. soups meat extracts
These cannot all be prescribed with sue
cess; they should only be suggested
then the patient will choose which he
wants and the stomach will agree on the
choice. The sicker the patient the often
er he must eat and The less at a time
and when he feels a repugnance to all
other foods, porter or stout taken without
raising the head, directly from the bottle
a mouthful al time. at about fve-min-
ute intervals. will prove a great success
ually will not ATTEND 10 these details. but
will suffer instead. But if she have the
help Of another who will attend to each
detail promptly at the right time without
stopping to ask the patients consent, the
scheme works beautifully
If you are able to be up and about
and are regularly going to meals, then
always lie down Immediately after eat
ing, about fifteen minutes at least. At
once on something or delay going to table
until the rush is over. or stipuate with
your waiter for immediate attention
When done. do not wait but 90 directly
to your berth or elsewhere and lie down
Whenever There appears the slightest
sensation of hunger or nausea or any
indescribable sense of discomfort about
the stomach, or in the head, eat and lie
down.
THE worse case of sessick retching will
easily be made comparatively comfort
able in thirty minutes or less by lying
down without a pillow, closing the eyes,
and taking a pint of porter or stout in
six doses at fve-minute intervals. An
other food for such an emergency. but
rot so good as stout, is made by mixing
well the yolks of two raw. fresh eggs
with an equal bulk of good brandy. Give
a teaspoonful at ten-mnute intervals IL
you d . not feel well with a pillow, remove
it. and you will feel better. This is impor-
ta@t.
"Retching occurs in paroxysms at in
tervals more or less regular The best
time to take the malt beverage, or any
other food, is just after a proxysm of
retching. Should it be taken before and
thrown W. then take another dose imme-
dately after the paroxysm. That will
hr ~
will not OCCUR under ten or fifteen min
utes and by that time the patient has had
che benefit of the dose, and should NOT
reich at all. So. after casting up an
entire meal. il IS proper to go straight
way and eat another, which is not likely
10 come up.
"All necessary edibies, / believe. are
supplied by the steamer steward: but on
short voyages It may be more convenient
to have ones own variety of such things
for extra use I'm ones cabin. In so pro-
viding one should bear in mind the pres
epce Of rats on some steamers.
"Avo.d all needless expenditure of mem
tai or muscular energy. Talking, read
ing and listening are done az the expense
OF power. which the patient may not have
TO spare, aud should be reduced to q min
mum by the susceptible at sea.
"seasickness sometimes IS accompanied
by severe headache or by much mental
uneasiness. II these do NOT yield to che
treatment already prescribed, then bro
midc Of sodium may be given in dose
OF half u teaspoonful OF the dry powder
IN a little water; repeat the dose in an
hour II necessary. The bromide of sodium
may he used with the patients food as
salt (Which Il much resembles In appear
ance and taste. but only while the neces-
sty for Il continues. Should there be
any doubt about its necessity, do not
use the bromide at ell.
III these directions are executed prompt
ly. fuzzy and faithfully the passenger will
be abe to endure q sea voyage OF any
length with nos more than tenth OF the
illness that he might suffer otherwise, and
this minimum OF discomfort can be had