Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-09
HINTS TO DELEGATES
Doctors Caution For Democratic
National Conventionites.
HOW TO KEEP IN GOOD TRIM

EARLY to Bed One Rule For Visitors to
Denver--Any Form Of Excess at a
High Altitude May Send Physical
Weddings to a Hospital.
Attention to his physical condition.
avoidance of mental and bodily fatigue, !
careful regulation Of his diet includ-
ing drinking-these are some Of the
things the delegate to the Democratic !
national convention must take into con-
sideration If he would preserve his
normal degree of health while they
in Denver Will he be care
full?
"He will not" emphatically declared
a Tammany man the other day, and
added: ever attend national conven-
ton? No? thought not for no one
who had would ask how the delegates
take care Of themselves. There is too
much excitement to think about rules
of health. The individual delegate
might be careful, but delegates collec-
lively never.
"StilL it might be good thing" he
went on re1ectively. Ito caution the
boys and tell them what to look out
for when they visit an altitude they
are not used to- Tammany braves are
lusty trenchermen and iagonmen, eV-
cry one, and when ESQ Of them are
kathered in one place for several days
for political purposes wine Is bound 10
flow, and late hours are the rule III
stead ef the exceP tom esKyzSE~rlr-~--
Or. Henry S. Pascal of New York
city, who has made study Of cliB7a-
tology, was asked by q New York
Times reporter what the thousands Of
delegates to Denver must avoid and
also keep in mind to maintain their
normal physical conditions -~nSEBsa>,
S:Tbere 6fe Certain Glasses Of men,"
said DR.. Pascal, "who are affected Sc
riously By the change from the sea
level to an altitude of 5000 feet. Den-
yer is exactly one mile above the 'sea
level. 5:2sQ feet Persons with hard
ened arteries or any tendency 70 Reart
trouble or Bright's disease are apt to
have acute attacks upon Suddenly
moving to high attitudes. Men OF these
types should avoid worry and excite
ment and should get plenty of sleep or
1t might go hard with them. They
must avoid heavy eating as well as
drinking. ~Ss,,Fszse q ssssHSss%
"Then there Is the so called noun
tain fever or mountain sickness, at
tending the acclimatizatipn Of the in
dividual This Is the more Or less Sc
we're according to the altitude and
sometimes lasts for several days. 1t is
accompanied BY headache, nausea, gas
tro-intestinal dlstufR a1Gss and aGceler-
ated pulse and respiration. The rare
fcation Of the air In high attitudes is
responsible for these conditions, bring
ing about changes in the circulatory
system. In Denver one breathes in 20
per cent less oxygen than at the sea
level. This decrease in oxygen causes
deeper breathing in order that the
blood may get what it requires; deeper
breathing causes greater muscular ex-
ertion, and this is the reason tubercu-
losis patients are benefited In Denver
But persons with incipient consump-
ton who go to the Denver convention
must be careful and take it easy until
they are acclimatized.
"Those with Bright's disease often
have a hard time when they go into
districts. Acute attacks
Of the disease often supervene, and
the attacks are made worse, of course, !
by heavy eating and drinking.
"On the other hand, they get over |
the acclimatization period with COM
paratively trifing discomfort if they
are careful about eating and drinking.
patients must be very I
moderate indeed in the matter of |
food and drink when they go to such |
an altitude as that of Denver if they |
would avoid acute attacks. If they be-
come fatigued in the first few days of |
their residence in an altitudinous coun-
try 1t goes hard with them.
''The gastro-intestinal disturbances |
that come on without apparent cause
among those who visit the mountains |
must be attributed to the altitude.
Elderly or old persons with harden
ed arteries or those who have at some
period suffered slight attacks of paraly-
sis actually run risks. when they visit
a place as high as Denver. Such per-
sons especially must avoid fatigue for
the first few days, and excessive eat
Ing and drinking are the very worst
things for them.
"Acute Bright's disease is not COM
non In Denver, but 1t is particularly
severe there when it does occur. Slim
llants are more likely to produce such
physical disturbances than at the sea
evel.
Another thing that those who pro-
pose to attend the Denver convention
would do well to bear In mind Is that |