The sun., 1901-06-30
s0MS ASPECTS or HxART DIsxASE.
Anger. Haste, All Excess Forbidden 20 III
Man The DreAdsof Death.

Man-The DreAdsof DeASh.
A lawyer was talking with a friend when
a sudden pallor came over his face. Thrust
ing his hand quickly into a wastcoat POCKET
he draw out a small phial from which he
poured two or three pellets into the palm
OF his hand and swallowed them. He was
a stout, robust man. having every appear
ance Of health. His friend exclaimed
why. Jack. What's the matter' What
are you taking those pills for''
Jack smiled grimly
There Is something the matter with my
heart" he replied. Now and then the ma
chine gets out Of order. Some Of the wheels
don't work. or a cog slips. IT, at those pc
RODS, I can get those little pellets Of stryoh-
nine down quick enough. the difficulty Is
fred up for the time being. But one OF
these days the poison viii get In its work
too late and then"
Tho elipsis was supplied by 9 look more
eloquent than words.
What Is the nature Of your heart aneo-
tion' Have you been eyanlined?"
Yes. presume that In twenty -ive 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?'
The first and most prominent symptom
| Is the fact that am constantly made aware
that 1 have a heart. Either IL 10 beating 80
| slowly that can scarcely feel It or slse it is
racing like Corliss engine at full speed At
night can hear 1t creaking and straintng
like an old schooner of Point Judith in
storm have often smiled to myself in th e
dark hours just before dawn when | have
becn awakened by some frightful struggle
-. 4. ,s
rhvthm. to think how some strong man. a
| ba seball player or an athlete. who never knew
he had heart. would act II such An sttac K
came upon him suddenly"
oh II Is only case Of dyspepsia" said bis
friend Il often have green feelings around
the heart myself
Yes. that's what all your friends tell you
said the lawyer. they want TO cheer you up
Its good thing that they do. Heart disease
is naturally depressing Consumptives al
ways believe they are going 20 get we'll but
man whose heart Is Affected is positive that
| he wont live week
Il suppose the condition OF your heart pre-
vents you from running"
Yes. and any form Of severe ph ysical eH-
ercise | wouldn't run a block for $50. 0O0 |
am never in a hurry TO catch car usually
take from two to three minutes to walk up
| the stairs NJ the elevated road
., What eject does heart trouble have upon
Well, | suPpose; that ,tspssnd,s upon the
ea.ed is alwavs depressing There are
| times when he j. perfectly quiet. or when
the heart Ia gently stimulated by posons
| parstively free from distressing symptoms.
| But the knowledge that his heart is weak
never wholly leaves him. 1t follows him
he ia afraid Of over-stimulation and CON
| sequent .palpitation. He must not Use
tobacco. because the weed has dcpressing .
not permit his temper to get The better OF
his Judgment The heart j. peculiarly sus-
Ger tble to anger, Should a man grossly
| TIE passion of resentment and the physical
| effort required to place blow would result
IN more injury to the man himself than TO his
| Il can see from your remarks that heart
d sease has some moral advantages
Yes II certainly !, deterrent so far as
In fact, a heart phgsIcohy bad Is opposed
% vice Of any kind 1t kicks up a row even
,6str tries e,y to rspDs dP little loving
Not in the sense that the word is Rener-
ally understood II your finger il caught
s so0r but GT'Gs no Fear wE hsr ssr'' rdS 2 ,S
there Ia no acute pain, but plenty Of un-
cssincss and m awful sense of weakness,
| Anguish i tho better word to describe il.
have been walking along a street, feol-
| ing In my normal condition. when o chasm
| has opened In the sidewalk n thousand feet
| deep and have stood on the brink tTembli n g
| and sweating with apprehension 4 fcelin 2
| OF such awful weakness and apprehension
| has come over ne that ! have beer paralyzcd.
| speeChless There was absolutely 10 phys
| icnl indication that anything had happened
| but the mental appreciation was fright
| fully appalling
At such times my heart had telegraphed
| To my brain that N was tired II had been
| pumping away IN my hreast ever since was
| born, never stopping And now. in some
| inscrutahle manner, which the wsest of
| doctors can glve no rational explanatlon
| Of. II has stopped beating for the fraction Of
| second But In that brief space of tire
| all the ORGANS Of tho body have been notified
| that something Il the matter with the engine
| "lou stand heslra'ing on tho brink NJ an
| other eNistenCc or 1nnihiatior, listenin 2
| 10 saa II the engine will resume its old. time
| beat Then Is tho time that your clanmy
! fingers reach for your waistcoat pocket.
! In your haste you take double dose SLOWLY
| the noble org1n responds 10 the stimulus
| md you are saved for the tire
| Il believe that I make no exaggeration
| In the statement that | have really To nll
| in,en's and purposes. died thousand deaths
| Bvt such Is tho wonderful elasticity of the
| mind, 40 buoylut ts hope, that after the most
| severe NJ those attacks II leaves no lastin z
| impression But I naturally try 10 get the
| lt'la bottle ont quick
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