The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-06-28
No More seas.cknsss.

seaslcRnesS at last been discovered
An affirmative reply to this question
is readily given by those who have
heard OF the experiments made by
Drs. Dutremblay aud Pedriolat, OF
Paris, in this direction, and who
have seen the report on the subject
which these physicians have just
made to the Academy OF Medicine
In Paris.
According to these French physi-
clans seasickness can be warded off
by inhaling compressed pure oxy-
gen. Many persons before them
have claimed infalibility for other
remedies, but all have proved
to be of little or no avail.
Take warm drinks every half hour"
said one adviser keep some ice
on your spinal column" eaid an.
other. maintain horizontal posi-.
ton as muah as possible" said a
third. Finally some one announced
that antipyrine was sovereign
remedy against NAL de mer, and the
members OF the French Association
for the Advancement Of Science
were so convinced OF it's efficacy
that they took copious supply
with them on the occasion of their
journey from Paris to Algeria, for
the purpose OF attending a congress
in the latter country. When the
vessel began to rock and the irst
tokens OF gastric disturbance mani
tested themselves they promptly
swallowed the prescribed doses OF
the drug and confidently awaited
the predicted results. Alas! quite
unexpected result followed. The
drug not only proved unavaiing to
ward of the dreaded illness, but it
even tended to make it more acute
at least so some OF the suffering
scientists declared.
Now the reason why these and
many other alleged remedies have
proved to be useless is because there
has hitherto been much obscurity
as to the precise manner in which
seasickness affects thu human organ
ism. We know that. among it's
symptoms are pallor, dizziness,
headache, difficulty 10 breathing,
nausea and violent gastric disturb
ances. These symptoms, however,
do not manifest themselves always
under the same conditions. There
are persons who become seasick on q
small boat, but who are never
troubled in this way on an ocean
steamer, and there are others who
feel quite we'll while travelling
across the Atlantic, but who invari-
ably become i'll while crossing the
British Channel. Furthermore,
many persons while travelling on
railroad experience sensations very
similar to those Of seasickness, and
Others cannot watch a number OF
dancers without becoming just as
dizzy as il they were on a rocking
boat. For these reasons it is not
surprising that the precise cause or
causes OF seasickness have up to the
present time remained much of a
mystery.
Well aware OF this fact, DR..
Dutremblay and Pedriolat deter
mined to solve the problem. The
first step necessary was to initiate
srtifcially the pitching and rolling
OF ship at sea, and the next was to
place passengers on this pseudo
vessel. This being done, the e1-
periments took place, and as result
the physicians found that the ves-
sells motion produced a very con.
siderable disturbance among the
abdominal viscera, and that in con.
sequence the diaphragm, respiratory
organs and pulse were much affect
ed. The conclusion at which they
have arrived is that the great and
sudden disturbance of the viscera
and the contraction OF the dia.
phragm are the principal causes OF
seasickness, and that they produce
the secondary manifestations such