The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-25
PRECAUTIONS FOR
The HEATED TERM
"NfUGGY" WEATHER FAVORABLE
TO PROsTRATION.
Health Commissioner p. M. Hall Tells
How to Safeguard Against Sum
stroke and of the First Assistance
Which Should Be Given to the
Stricken.

Hot weather will soon be here and
precautions should be taken against
heat prostration. Already one death
from the heat has been recorded and
the summer has hardly begun. Health
Commissioner p. M. Hall says that
there is not so much danger in this
climate as "muggy" weather. which
is particularly favorable to heat pros
tration, is not common here, but at
the same time reasonable care should
be exercised. The advice of DR.. Hall
applies equally well to residents of
Minneapolis and the northwest. lie
says:
There are two forms Of sunstroke.
| The mildest Is that known as heat ex-
haustion. This manifests itself in the
case Of people who are overcome by
| heat without being actually sunstruck
In this form the skin is pale, cold ana
clamnly and the pulse feeble. Whl!e
death sometimes results, the patients
under good treatment will usually re-
cover.
persons affected in this way should
be removed to a shady spot and have
| their heads and chests dashed with
cold water. Spirits of ammonia
(hartshorn) should be applied to the
nostrils, and sometimes it is necessary
to administer small quantities Of slim
| ulants.
Shows Danger from Heat Stroke
| Heat stroke or insulation is the
serious form Of this trouble and the
one to be most closely guarded
| against. In cases Of real 1nsolat1on
the face becomes purpl1sh, eyes
| bloodshot, veins swollen and cordeu
and the skin dry and burning hot to
the touch. It is not always fatal, but
| MANY of those whose lives are saved
! are ever afterward invalids, with brain
| power more or less impaired. Inc
/ effect of the suns heat seems to be
most marked on the brain and spinal
marrow.
"When real insulation occurs, the
brain becomes so heated that the hui
man heat CENTER, controlling the pro
duction Of bodily heat, is affected ano
| the temperature rises from the healthy
mark, 981a, as high as Ito or over
and often keeps on rising, for SONS
time after death. The heat center
lies at the back of the head anc
| should be protected from the uliec
rays of the sun.
: "Insolation is so dangerous that
physician should be called as soon al
possible. While waiting the doctor:
arrival much good can be done ane
life often saved by applications O.
ice to the head and spinal column. L
, Is best broken in small pieces an(
placed In clOtn or TuDDei OdSs' ~
when these are not to be had ice cal
be placed directly about the hea'
. and neck.
. .sworkmen and others exposed t
r the direct rays Of the sun should nay
their heads well protected and shout
- wear woolen next to the skin. A yer
useful precaution is g. pad OF cotto1
batting or flannel sewed along N
= back of the Enlargement SO at
e covar and prOtect the spine. ~
7 'It is well to bear in mind the OF
: rules: Keep cool as to temper an
your body Will not get SO hot; avol
s all alcoholic drinks; eat less tina
usual and more simply; walk on tn
. shady side Of the street; AVOID }n ever ever
y about the head, either by frequent re
! moval Of the hat or by wearing a pei
r forated head covering.
y .'Insolation is more far-reaching an
dangerous in it's effects than most pee
: pie know Of; therefore doctor shoul
- be called at once to any one with Tn
s symptoms above described as 1ndica1
H. Ing heat stroke or true insolauon.