Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-03

suher from its pangs. Even animals
feel 1t. and feel It sorely, while some
persons never outgrow it, no matter
how often they go to sea.
Sailing out Of port on regular trips
are more than half a dozen we'll
known navigators who pay tribute to
Neptune" as 1t is euphemistically ex-
pressed, every time they strike deep
water. The attack does not last long
with these victims, but it is doubly
conspicuous because Of their position.
AS every one knows, seasickness is
caused by the motion of vessel at
sea. but just how the motion acts on
the bodily organism is still an open
question.
According to some authorities, the
I violent and unaccustomed movements
of the stomach produce gastric dis
turbances, and these disturbances
cause vomiting. By others the theory
is advanced that the center Of disturb
ance is the central nervous system,
which becomes demoralized by the
strange Impressions striking the eyes.
Circulation in the medulla oblongata
! Is impeded, say still others, with the
result that sort Of storm develops in
the nerve controlling the stomach.
Finally, others aver that the imagina-
|, ton is much to blame, or that the
brain itself Is shocked. or that muscu-
lar fatigue, caused by efforts to main
tain ones balance, is the real cause
Of the trouble.
On the whole, probably all of these
things help. At all events. it makes
no difference to the sufferer, and you
may select your own cause when you
next travel on the briny.
But the first symptoms are some
what alarming. Comes faint sense
OF giddiness; creepy, chilly feeling
of lightheadedness. Outlines a per-
SEPARATION breaks out on hands and fore
head; your stomach seems sinking
and then comes nausea. i
Regardless Of the direction Of the
wind. the victim rushes to the side
of the ship and gives up his last meal.
Tears I'LL his eyes and his face grows
white and his whole body becomes
cold and clammy.
Hanging painfully to stanchion,
the sufferer wots not the passage of
time nor cares for the coming Of
eternity. He is paralyzed, overcome
by the pangs Of nameless. unearthly
terror Then kind hands lay hold
on him and lead him to his cabin,
where he lies In most abject misery
for periods varying from "a hours to
the length of the voyage, be 1t six
days or sixteen.
Sometimes, however, nausea does
not develop, and this kind Of sickness
is described by its victims as even
worse than that In which one gives
up all within him. AS the neuseated
sufferers say that their form is the
worse, the question Is still open for
discussion.
At all events, no pang known to ter
ra frma equals in sheer terror and
misery the despairing, lost sensation
Of the seasick. First, say those who
know whereof they speak, the victim
harbors horrible fear that he is go
ing to die. In the next stage he be
comes apathetic and doesn't care Q
picayune whether he dies or not; in
the third stage he hopes that he will
die. and prays for surcease from suf-
fering.
Please throw me overheard" is the
plea frequently urged upon sea cap.
tains by unhappy sufferers, and at the
time they really mean 1t.
Finally, the victim fears that he will
not die, and longs for strength to en-.
able him to rush to the side and hurl
himself into the depthless ocean.
Far from being dangerous affiic.
ton, however, seasickness is beneficial
in many cases, and a large majority
Of travellers are improved in health
rather than harmed, by the complete
| rest and total abstinence 1t enforces
People who never are seasick in
variably eat too much at sea, the salt
crisp air whetting their appetites and
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