The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-02
p!ERl5- IL OELEGkTES
Doctors Caution For Democratic
National conventionites.
NOW TO KEEP IN GOOD TRIM


Nigh Altitude May Send Physical
Wsaisilnes to . Hospital.
Attention to his physical condition.
avoidance OF mental and bodily fatigue,
careful regulation Of hia diet, includ-
ing drinking--these are some Of the
thingn the delegate TO the Democratic
national convention must take into con-
sideration II he would preserve his
normal daGree Of health while they
remain In Denver. VIII be be care
full
"He viii not" emphatically declared
q Tammany man the other day, and
added: Ever attend q national conyen-
ti0n1 MOI 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. tut delegates collec-
tively never.
''Stir, It might be a good thing" he
went on refiectively. "to 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 fiagonmen, ev-
cry one, and when $50 Of them are
Qnthered IN one place for several days
for political purposes wine Is bound to
now, and late hours arc the rule in
stead OF the exception"
6 nN
city, who has mnde a study OF clima-
toloEy, was asked by a New York
Tines 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,"
oaid DR.. Pascal. "who are affected Be-
siously by the change from the sea
level to an altitude Of 5000 feet. Den
yer IL exactly one mile above the sea
level, $3.50 feet. Persons with hard
ened arteries or any tendency to heart
trouble or Brights 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
It might 60 hard with them. They
must avoid heavy eating as well as
drinking.
:.TheR there is~the 30 called noun
Vain fever, or mountain- sickness, at
tending the acclimntization Of the In
dividual. This Ia 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 disturbances and acceler-
ated pulse and respiration. The rare
ncation 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 oxyge1 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'
lo&is 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 q hard time when they go into
mountainous districts. Acute attacks
Of the disease often supervene, and
the attacks are made worse. Of course,
by heavy eating aud drinking.
'tOn the other hand. they get over
the acclimatizntion period with COM
psratively trliiing discomfort II they
are careful about eating and drinking
Tuberculosis patients must be very
moderate indeed in the matter of
food and drink when they go to such
an altitude ns that Of Denver II 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-intestihal 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 OF those who have at some
period suffered slight attacks OF paraly-
sis actually run risks when they visit
q 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 Brlght's disease is not com
mon In Denver, but II Is particularly
severe there when 1t does occur. Stim-
ulants are more likely to produce such
physical disturbances than at the sea
level.
Another thing that those who pro-
pose to attend the Denver convention
would do well TO bear IN mind is that
sleep Is disturbed more easily at high
altitude by trivial causes and IN those
who are overworked mentally. Again,
nervous persons are more apt to be
disturbed In their sleep In Denver
than at the sea level II they are phys
ically overworked.
"Mountaln sickness IL undoubtedly
attributable To less oxygen. and the re-
Eulting vascular changes are responsl.
BILE for the acute attacks In those suf-
fering from heart and kidney disease" "
The physician pointed out that the
gradual ascent of mountain. on foot
or horseback. Instead OF rapid jour
ney by train. allowed the lungs to get
used to the decrease In oxygen and
thus lessened the period of accllmati'
zation. This, of coursi, modifics the
severity or does away entirely with
mountain f0ver