The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

half, when they become very rapid
and feeble. From a couple to half a
dozen more breaths than usual are
drawn every minute, but the effect Of
over rexposure is the same as upon the
pulsations. The blood becomes more
alkaline and the number Of red COR
puscles temporarily multiplies, but
anaemia may follow excessive ex-
posure. The temperature of the body
is likely to rise from two to five de-
grees above the regular ninety-eight
and a half. The sensory nerves are
soothed and the patient may fall
asleep. Leave him too long in the
oven, and you may expect muscular
twitching and general irritabllity.
Some patients say that after a limb
has been heated awhile the release
from pain causes sensation Of the
loss Of that member.
When the heat is first turned upon
the man in the stove-bed he feels only
a mild and genial warmth. Below 150
degrees no Inconvenience is expert
enced Then he becomes thirsty. and
the nurse gives him a sip Of water not
too cold, which modest draught is re-
peated whenever he signifies his de-
sire. At $50 degrees he becomes aware
of many tiny streams of heat like so
many sharp needles impinglng upon
his body, but still he does not suffer.
He is drenched with persplration and
his feet seem to have ''gone to sleep"
Some of the sweat is actually turned
into steam, and may be seen issuing
from the tunnels atop the machine.
AT 200 degrees one becomes dreamy,
and for the remaining eighty degrees
to which it is safe to subject a man
functlonally sound, the experience is
said to be not unlike some of those
described by De Quincy. If the pa
tient slumbers he is easily restored by
the rubbing that closes each treat
ment. Then he rests an hour or two,
and upon going abroad. should his
complaint permit, feels an exhllaration,
Suppose a man has a bad leg and
takes, say, $50 degrees of heat. 1t is
hard to convince him he is not being
roasted alive. His heart thumps fran
tically, and his blood seems ready to
boil. Bags of ice are applied to his
head, one after another until the or
deal is over. He does not get all the
water he wants, but only a mouthful
for the asking, Such heat would kill
sooner OF later were it not very dry,
Its humidity is practically nothing,
1t was the humid heat that made this
city so unpleasant this summer.
Massage and electricity are applied
subsidiary to thermaerotherapy II
deemed expedlent. An interesting adj
junct to the hospital in this city is
an adjustable staircase for the use of
partial cripples, who constitute a ma
jOrity Of the patients, in determining
their progress toward recovery. 1t is a
wooden isosceles triangle, with sliding
shelves along the equal sides, the third
resting upon the floor. pulling out
shelf furnishes a step, and the steps
may be as near together or as far
apart as seems fit, or at irregular in
tervals, within certain limits. The pa
tient can thus discover exactly what
he can do in the way Of climbing and
descending stairs, and when he has
ascertained may utilize the framework
Tor practice and exercise.
A woman who said she had not
walked for thirty-two years learned
over again, just as she had in the first
place in childhood, and has experienced
no subsequent difficulty, according to
the head nurse. Another achievement
claimed for the concern is the reduc-
ton of a well known public man in
fifteen treatments from 218 to $50
pounds, which weight he has retained
ever since.-E. B. B., in New York
Evening Post.