Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-30
HINTS BY DOCTORS;
Physician Gives Valuable Ad-
vice to Delegates to Demo-
cratic Convention.
HOW TO KEEP IN GOOD TRIM
Any Form of Excess at High Altitude
May Send Physical Weaklings
to the Hospital.

Attention to his physical condition
avoidance of mental and bodily fatigue.
careful regulation of his diet. iIclud-
ing drinking-th are some of the
things the delegate 10 the Democratic
national convention must take into con
sideration if he would preserve his
normal degree of health while they
remain in Denver Will he he care
full?
He will not" emphaticaly declared
Tammauy man the other day, and
| added: Ever attend national conven-
| ton? No? | thought not, for no one
who had would ask how the delegates
yake care Of themselves. There is too
much excitement TO think about rules
Of health. The individual delegate
might he careful. but delegates colec-
lively never.
Still. it might be a good thing" he
went on refectively. TO caution the
bows and tell them what to look ont
for when they visit an altitude they
are not used to. Tammany braves are
lusty trenchermen and fiagonmcn. ev.
cry one. and when 600 of them are
gathered in one place for several days
for political purposes wine is bound to
flow. and late hours are the rule in
stead of the exception"
DR.. Henry S. Pascal OF New York
city. who has made a study Of china
tolOgy. was asked by New York
Times reporter what the thousands of
delegates to Denver must avoid and
also keep In mind to maintain their
normal physical conditions.
There are certain classes 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
b, level, $3.50 feet. Persons with hard,
Sened arteries or any tendency TO heart
trouble or Bright's disease are apt to
have acute attacks upon suddenly
x moving to high attitudes. Men of these
etypes should avoid worry and excite
ment and should get plenty of sleep or
n 1t might go hard with them. They
must avoid heavy eating as we'll as
y drinking.
Mountain Fever Possibility.
"Theu there is the 50 called noun.
tain fever, or mountain sickness, at
tending the acclmatiZaiion of the In
dividual This is the uIOre or less Sc
we're according to thd altitude and
sometimes lasts for several days, It IL
accompanied by headache. nausea, gas
tro-intestinal disturbances and aCGhler
ated pulse and respiration. Pne rare
fication of the air in Ugh attitudes is
responsible for these Gnditions. bring
ing about changes in, the circulatory
system. In DenEer ORE breathes in 20
per cent less oxygen than at the sea
level This decrease B oxygen causes
deeper breathing in order that the
bipod may get what Il requires: deeper
breathing causes grefer muscular ex-
6rtion. and this is thi reason tubercu-
flosis patients are belefted in Denver.
" But persons with i1.ipient consump-
ton who go to the lenyer convention
must be carefulDa and axe it easy until
they are acclimatzed
Those with BrigIt's disease often
have a hard tins alen they go into
mountainous distiias. Acute attacks
of the disease ofa supervene and
the attacks are matA worse, of course.
by heavy eating ndlrnking
Ion the other hap, they get over
the acclimatization ieried with com
paratively trifiing 5sdomfort If they
are careful about efiny and drinking.
Tuberculosis patiets must be very
moderate indeed b tue matter of
food and drink Win they 60 to such
an altitude as thatof Ienver If they
would avoid acute tttacks. If they be-
come fatigupd in lie first few days OF
their residence In u altitudinous coun-
try.-t gees hard wsh them
->-->> The gastro-int Stinai disturbances
that come on witpht appirent cause
among those who Fisit thcl mountains
must be attributed TO the a Iitude
Elderly or old ersons With harden
ed arteries or thoS who haJ E at some
period suffered SLIP attacksbof paraly
sis actually run isks whet they visit
place as high NJ Denver. Such per
sons especially ist avoid tatigue fol
the first few dan. and exdssive eat
Ing and drinking are the dery worst
things for them
Acute Bright disease isinAt com
mon in Denver put II is PARTICULARLY
severe there whA 1t does occur( Slim
ulants are more likely TO produck sucl
physical disturitnces than at Tie SET
level.
Another thin that those vhol pro
pose to attend ne Denver convention
would do we'll b bear in mind is tina
sleep Is disturb more easily alta higI
altitude by trial causes and ii thos
who are overwrked mentally. Again
nervous persos are more apt TO b.
disturbed in heir sleep In I)enFe
than at the SCI level If they are phys
ically overwoked.
Mountain ickness is undoubiedl,
attributable tfless oxygen. and the re
sulting vascrHr changes are resptnsi
BILE for the ante attacks intihose ,vf
fering from fart and kidney disease.
The physiAn pointed out that Nv
gradual asca of a mountain. on fol
or horseback instead of rapid jour