Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-08-17

their palates and stomachs to over
Indulgence in good things. But the
victim OF seasickness cannot eat. and
an occasional fast is a mighty good
thing for the system.
AS far as is known, no one ever died
of seasickness. although frequently
this cause is ascribed in reports OF
the death Of travellers. In practically
all such cases, however. some organic
disease has been the real cause, and
not the simple seasickness itself
For example. a woman last summer
was carried ashore from an Atlantic
liner. unconscious and dying. after
suffering from seasickness for the two
weeks of the voyage. When the end
came, her death was ascribed to ex-
haustion. following mal-de-mer, but the
truth soon was demonstrated that she
had been hopelessly Ill with a heart
malady when she had set sail
Some veteran traveller once counted
one thousand and one alleged RENE
dies for seasickness, but as the end
was not in sight he stopped counting
and roughly guessed that there must
be ten thousand and ten. And each is
as good as the other-or as useless.
Still, each satisfies the patients wild
yearning to take something for ii, and
so eases his mind and contributes
for 1t. and so eases his mand onds0ea
in some degree to sort of faith cure.
glass of water given to a nervous
woman relieves her immensely, IL she
is led to believe II contains in solu-
ton some subtle and powerful spe-
cific.
So, too with preventive measures;
they are as numerous as the vain
imaginings of man. Some are absurd
and others may really be useful. AS a
general rule, a landsman preparing
for voyage should prepare by taking,
for two or three days before sailing,
some mild aperient, preferably one
OF the less ardent bitter waters. The
sea air has the peculiar effect OF i'm
peding the intestinal functions of most
persons, and the aperient serves to
counteract this tendency.
AS soon as the first symptom Of dis
comfort strikes you, retire to your
cabin and lie down-stretching at full
length on the couch. Lie on your side,
with -FOUR face TO the wall and close
your eyes. II you use any pillow, let
II be a fat one, so that your head
may not be elevated. Then try to
sleep
Should this treatment ease you and
relieve you, give reverent thanks. and
fervert. If however, nausea develops.
prepare yourself for the worst of suf-
fering and console yourself with the
thought that you are not the only
one"
While the bromides, choral. cocaine.
chloroform and other drugs are useful
In combating some Of the more VIC
lent symptoms Of seasickncss, none
should be taken without the advice
of the ships surgeon. Various wines
and liquors also are recommended by
certain authorities. but TO be effective
they must be taken IN large quanti-
ties And the relief f. only temper
airy, tAe patient becoming gloriously
drunk and sleeping off his bun" only
TO wake up to renewed illness and
nausea
In some cases. however. champagne
is really effective I'm relieving violent
nausea, the effect being due to its car
bonic acid gas. and practically the
same result may be obtained by the
use OF soda water
Best Of all. say some surgeons Of
vast experience. IS the plan Of permit
ting the initial vomiting to continue.
Leave the patiert alone In his mis-
cry for a couple o. hours" said one
veteran to the writer by that time
his stomach will be empty Then give
him "A goblet of warm water. whicn
will at once be elected. After that
administer half a dram of bromide of
potassium 10 as large a quantity OF
water as hs can swallow. II the bro