The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21
OF the
SEA and ITS CURE
Various Remedies Of Doubtful
Efficiency Are and Have
Been Recommended.
NONE PROVE lNFALLIBLE
About t.,c Only surs Way to Avoid
Seasickness Is tn Take Your
Journeys b. LNnd-Se'-
dom Fatal.
NONE PROVE lNFALLlBLe

Just as everyone longs at some time
to see Niagara Falls o. to climb to the
top of Washington monument, SO
everyone who has never taken a water
little touch of seasickness. But a lit
tie goes a long way, and after beng
able to say feelfngly just once Il have
been there" the average person is salts
fed to turn over all thu rest that may
be coming to him to new voyagers who
have not yet known and enjoyed the
sensation TIC its full eNtent.
OF course everyone always goes pre-
pared and you Will be no exception II
you are about to take a sea trip. There
is always the friend Who has been
around the world or else across the
lake to Milwaukee who knows just the
thing, SO YOU listen to quantities OF
advice, arm yourself with smelling
salts, medicines and theories and go
forth certain that after the first touch
and you have had experience enoug to
satisfy you can draw yourself up, take
one round of the prescribed course OF
treatment, and fully expect to feel fine
the next moment. But about that time
all your fine theories bump the bumps.
The capsules Of red pepper prepared
especially to scatter the food in your
tomac scatter it on the sad sea waves
instead. n you realize the champagne
that you have been paying So per bot
tie for is rather high priced for fish.
You begin to wish that you had kept
the money you spent on your ticket
and bought II farm, or hat you had
died when you We're u baby, but that's
about all the good it does you, and you
hang to the boat rail while the long
hours drag by in endless succession and
wonder il anybody would miss you if
you We're dead. That's it-seasickness
and you might as we'll make up your
mind to get used to II for IN ten cases
out of nine it ;sn't gong TO stop just
because You hin it is.
This summer at least 10000 people
are going to tax trips by water and it
is safe to wager that out OF that num-
Der a half or at least a third will be-
seasick. People are growing impatient
to suffering or discomfort and the re-
suit is that where formally seasick
victims tool harmless remedies many
of them are now taking drugs that are
apt to cave in their wake habits not.
easily shaker off. Morphine. choral.
cocaine and wen chloroform are used
to relieve nausea, but instead of reliev-.
Ing. it they just deaden the nerves for a
time, later on coming back with a. the
uncomfortable and unpleasant sensa-
lions as before. 1t is a thousand times
better to bear the sickness than to try
to rid ones self Of it in n such man
ner. There are a few things, however,
that are really of benefit and that can
be used without leaving behind them
any DaQ TSSullS.
In the case of severe sickness ono
physician, who has had a good deal Of
experience with seasick patients, says
that min cases out of ten car be cured
by first allowing the patient about two
hours of real sickness at the stomach,
by that time the stomach will BE empty
and a goblet of warm water can be
given to wash it out, a half drachm of
bromide of potassium in as much water
as can be taken so that it will be
thoroughly dissolved before entering
the stomach should follow this, and
the patient then be put to bed. He will
undoubtedly fall asleep inc wake we'll
and hungry.
Seasickness has often been warded
off by walain" the deck and everyone
when the first symptoms come on,
should get out into the open air away
from the stuffy staterooms IL he does
not want to remain fiat on mis- back all
during the trip.