The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-25
DANGERS OF HEART DISEASE
Anger. Haste. All Excess ForhEdden
20 Iris Msr-prezd Of Death.

Anger, Haste. All Excess Ferti6den
70 iris Msr-Drezd Of Death.
A Izwyer was taking with . friend
when q sudden paiIor came over bis
face Trusting his hand quickly In
to q waisfcozt pocket he draw out 4
small phial from which he poured two
OF three pellets into the palm of his
hand and swallowed them He Was
: stout. robust man. having every ap
pearznce Of health His friend ex-i
claimed.
What are you taking those pills fors-
Jack smiled grimly.
There is something the matter. with
my heart be replied Now and
then the machine gets out OF order
Some OF the wheels don't work. or q
cog slips II. al those periods. can
get those little pellets OF strychnine
down quick enough. the difficulty Is
fixed up for the time being But one
OF these days the poison will get in
its work too late and then
The ellipsis was supplied by look
more eloquent than words
What is the nature of your heart
affection? Have you been examined :"
Yes. I presume that in twenty-five
years | hare been examined by fifty
PHYSICIANS. But no two of them ever
agreed as 10 the exact nature OF my
disease
-Oh. il is only a case of dyspepsia"
said his friend. Il often have queer
feelings around the heart myself.
Yes. that's what all your friends
tell you" said the lawyer. they want
to cheer you up. It's good thing
that they do. Heart disease is ma
turally depressing. Consumptives
always believe they are going to get
well. but q man whose heart is af-
| fected is positive that ne won't live a
| week
What effect does heart trouble
have upon the mind?'
We'll. suppose that. depends upon
| the man. II he be of the highly ina
| ginative type the consciousness that
| his heart is diseased is always de-
| pressing. There are times when he
| is perfectly quiet, or when the heart
| Is gently stimulated by poison such as
strychnine or alcohol; that he is com.
| paratively free from distressing symp-
| toms. But the knowledge that his
heart is weak never wholly leaves
him. 1t follows him everywhere. He
| dare not drink because he is afraid OF
| over stimulation and consequent pal
| pitation He must not use tobacco
because the weed has depressing in
fiuence upon his life pump. He dares
/ not permit his temper to get the bet
ter of his judgment. The heart is
| peculiarly susceptible to anger.
| Should a man grossly Insult him he
| must grin and bear it. for both the
| passion of resentment and the physi
/ cal effort required TO place blow
/ would result in more injury TO the
/ man himself than to his enemy.
| 81 have been walking along street
| feeling in my normal condition. wher
| 4 chasm has opened in the sidewalk
| thousand feet deep. and have stood
on the brink trembling and sweating
with apprehension. A feeling of sucf
awful weakness and apprehension has
come over me than I have been para
| lived, speeches. There was abso
iutely no physical indication that any
thing had happened but the menta
appreciation was frightfully appal
ling
AT such times my heart had tele
graphed to my brain that it was tired
1t had been pumping away in m,
breast ever since | was born, never
stopping. And now. in some inscru
table manner. which the wisest of doc
tors can give no rational explanation
of. it has stopped beating for the frae
ton of second. But in that brie
space of time all the organs of tn,
body have been notified that some
thing is the matter with the engine.
You stand hesitating on the brinl
of another existence or humiliation
listening to see if the engine will re
sumo its old-time beat. Then is tn
time that your elammy fingers reacl
| for your waistcoat pocket. In YOU
haste you take double dose Slowl,
the noble organ responds to the sti
mulus and you are saved for the time
Il believe that / make no exagger
alton in the statement that have real
" to all intents and purposes died
thousand deaths. But such is tn
wonderful elasticity of the mind. s
huoyant is hope. that after the mos
severe of these attacks it leaves n,
lasting impression. But / naturall
try to get the little bottle out quick.
-Naw York Sun