New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-23

drink enough or water.
That advice was given by Or. James P.
Hunt. attending physician to the Bellevue
HOSPITAL Dispcnsary and Instructor IN
diagnosis at Bellevue Medical College, whom
asked him how 70 keep cool these days.
"Whew," I remarked. tanning myself
more vigorously. Aren't those views
trine -insurgeut?''
They're only common sense
All" said j. becoming Interested
'fleres reason"
~ very good one continued tho doctor.
THE first thing the average man does
whon. summer sets in is his very best 10
bring himself below par. This ne accom-
rllshes by restricting his diet and taking
as little exercise a. possible. Then, nat
tralIv. he loses weight. diminishes his MUS
rular strength. and, most important 81
all. renders inactive both his seCretions and
ercrAtions Now 10 endure the enervating
snerts of excessive heat one needs his
whole strength. II isn't nearly so HARD 10
resist cold. or, rather, civilized people
don't have 10 resist IT. In winter their
houses are heated. and when they so out
they can wear warm clothing. But there
Is no artificial way n escape heat Tho
physioue itself has 10 stand il or Sue
cunlb.
Note tho horses that die in the streets
on hot DAYS They're poor, painting beasts
half fed. whose ribs can be counted, ana
with hardly enough strength to drag them
selves. let alone their heavy wagons. 80
tho very poor suffer most from heat.
owing chiefly 10 their being insufiicicnty
nourished DO you got my point
II think ] do, doctor ! replied: 'hut
many aver that too much food is heating
and bad in every way"
Too much Is. certainly. Too much OF
ANYTHING is dangerous. \ large dose of
common salt acts as a viJUlFnt poison. But
enough isn't too muh. / say simply tnat
The appetite should be no moro restrained
nm summer than IT is in vininr. We can't
improve on nature. although some seem
10 think they can
The direct cause Of SuuStroke Is not the
sun. as one would naturally suppose; It j.
heat. Most victims Of sunstrokc are de-
Initiated persons, who may not even nav"
been ont in the sun. In fact. the greater
number of cases that yearly occur in India
are Of men who have not been exposed ~
all To the suns rays. Neither IS Sunsuok"
due 10 ovcrhCatinC Of the head. b1t rather
10 a general oyerheatinS. Exposure 10 li-
tense artificial heat. as that M sugar ro-
fnerios may cause some symptoms oi true
sunstroke. and mon may be su0struck IN
bod after they have retired FOR tho night
m apparent health; but these latter cases
are more properly heat eNnaustions,
which are characterized hy collapse and
frequently BY a subnormal body t"npera-
ture.'
How does = sunstrobc cause death" ]
queriod.
Intense heat" Or. Hunt answered.
greatly increases tissue oxidation. which
produces much Carbonic acid gas. The
sunstruck breathe stertorousy in their eff
forts to rid themselves Of this gas. When
death occurs, it is usually from asphyXia-
ton or tox;emia poisoned blood
You recommended copious water drink
ing in hot weather ] pursued. "Ho"
about beer ale and wine drinking
In moderate amount replied Or. Hunt
none OF those is harmful-at least. not
usually. Ale is an excellent tonic good for
the stomach. and it is strengthening As
10 liquor drinking being a cOntributory
cause Of sunstroke. ii is recorded that OF
eight fatal cases of that malady occurring
in the list Highlauders. one year. six were
sober men, one a 'toleraby free liver and
one "A free liver And DIR. Crawford. an
experienced army surgeon, once said that
he could point TO many soldiers whose lives
were spent IN an unvarying round between
the canteen, the guardrOom and the prison,
and vet they did not die Of insulation (sun-
strokel. at time when the best non-com-
missoned officers were victims to the apo
plectic form OF ardent fever
Now. do not think | have given these
instances as proofs that spirits will make
one sunproof; they tend merely 10 show
that even downright intemperance is not so
important a favoring cause of sunstroke as
il is said to be. What are Of chief i'm
portance 10 ward off an attack is a suiil-
cheney of wholesome food 10 maintain
strength and plenty Of cool water to pre-
Vent constipation and to keep the secre-
lions active
But how does exercise make one cool?'
] persisted.
II did not assert that it did DR.. Hunt
retorted. Exercise will not make one hot.
however. provided one is in good condition.
The body temperature in health remains
about the same whether one is active or
not. the heat generated by the activity
being quickly got rid of by radiation,
which is greatly increased in hot weather
by the perspiration poured out on the skin.
Every one knows that wet surface rad