The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07
Some Mspeefs of
Bearf Disease.
New York Sun.

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A lawyer was talking with a friend
when a sudden pallor came over Lie faca
Thrusting his hand quickly into a waist
coat pocket he drew out a small phial
from which he poured two or three nal
lets into the palm or his hand and swal-
lowed them. He was a stout robust
man, having every appearance of health.
| His friend exclaimed:
why Jack, what's the matter? What
are you taking those pills fore"
Jack smiled grimly
There is something the matter with NV
heart" he replied. Now and then the
machine gets out OF order. Some of the
wheels don't work, or a cog Sins. If at
those periods, I can get those little pel-
let's of strychnine down quick enough,
| the difficulty is fixed 10 for the time
being. But one Of these days the poison
Will get in its work too late and then"
The elipsis was supplied by a look
more eloquent than words.
WAT is the nature of your heart Of
lection? Have you been examined
Yes. 1 presume that In TWENTY-FIVE
years have been examined by fifty
physicians. But no two of them ever
agreed as to the exact nature of my
disease"
What are your symptoms?"
Inc hrst and most prominent symp-
tom Is tho fact that l am constantly
made aware that l have a heart Fitbey,
! II Is beating so slowly that I can scarce
! ~ feel it or else it is racing like a Cor
| IIsS engine at full speed AT night 7
can hear it creaking and straininer like
! an old schooner OFF Point Judith in a
storm. have often smiled to myself in
me Gark hours just before dawn when
l nave been awakened by some fright
Iul Struggle on the part of my heart
20 Keep Up It's natural rhythm, to think
! now some strong man, a baseball nIaver
or an athlete, who rcver knew he had a
! heart would act if such an attack capoa
upon him suddenly
on 1t is only case of dyspepsia. >,
SAID his friend. II often have green feel
! lngs around the heart myself"
es that's what all your friends ten
! YOU sad the lawyer. "They want to
! cheer you up. It's a good thing tba+
| they do. Heart disease is naturaii,, d.
/ pressing. Consumptives always believe
lpey are going to get well. but 2 man
! whose heart is affected is positive tba+
he won't live a week"
suppose the condition Of your heart
prevents you from running?"
YES and any form Of severe physical
e e2oio l wouldn't run a block for
q oh
car l usually take from two to tbra.
minutes to walk UP the stairs of the
| elevated road" 'He
What effect does heart trouble have
upon the mind?"
| -, We'll L suppose that depends upoo
the man. If he be of the highly imer-
lhatlye type the consciousness that his
n Tedrt IS diseased is always depressing.
mere are times when Re is . rfectly
NNrba
quieI u When the heart Is gently stimu-
| Iated by poisons such as strychnine or al
cohol, that he is conparat yeIv free from,
distressing symptoms But the kn0wJ-
! edSe that his heart IS weak never who "
! leaves him It, follows him eyerywhe .
lie dare not drink because he Is afraid
OF eYer-stimulation and CONSEQUENT nal.
pltation He must not use tobacco he
cause the weed has a depressing infiu
enee upon his life pump He dares NOT
permit his temper to get the better of
his judgment. The heart /, peculiarly
! susceptible to anger. Should a man
grossly insult him he must grin ana
| bear it, for both the passion. of resent-
ment and the physical effort REQUIRED
TO place a blow would RI suit in more
injury to the man himself than to his
enemy"
7 can see from your remarks that
heart disease has some moral advan-
tages."
Eyes, it certainly is a deterrent so far
as alcohol tobacco and anger are con-
| cerned. In fact, a heart physically bad
is opposed to vice of any kin1. 1t kicks
/ up row even if a man tries to do a
I little loving" -Ha @'i.f
us there any pain?"
mot In the sense that the word il
! generally understood. If your finger is
| caught in door crack there, IS a vivid
sense Of suffering, but no fear. With heart
| trouble there is no acute pain, but plen-
ty Of untasiness and an awful sense CT
! weakness. Anguish is the Letter word 10
desrjbe It, .
II have been walking along a street,
feeling in my normal condition, when a,
chasm has opened in the sidewalk a
thousand feet deep and / have stood on
the brink trembling and sweating with
apprehension. A feeling of such awful
weakness and apprehension has come
over me that l lave been para yzed,
speeches.. There was absolutely no
physical indication that anything had
! happened but the mental appreciation
was frightfully appalling
cat such times my heart had telegraph
ed to my BRAN that it was tired. 1t had
been pumping away in my breast ever
since 1 was born, never stopping. And
now, in some inscrutable manner, which
the wisest Of doctors can give no ra-
tional explanation Of 1t has stopped
beating for the fraction OF a second. But
in that brief space of time all the or
gans Of the body have been notified
that something is the matter with the
engine.
You stand hesitating on the brink of
another existence or humiliation, listen
ing to see if the engine will resume its
old-time beat. Then is the time that
your clammy fingers reach for yo IT
waistcoat pocket In your haste you take
a double dose. Slowly the noble organ
responds to the stimulus and you are
saved for the time.
81 believe that I make no exaggera-
ton in the statement that l have really
to all intents and purposes, died thou
sand deaths. But such Is the wonderful
elasticity of the mind, 50 buoyant is
hope, that after the most severe Of these
attacks it leaves no lasting impression.
But I naturally try to get the little bot
tie out quick.