The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-12-23
SEEING Hearing Your Heart.

Gan person feel his heare beat or
neas y qr see 1t or. speaking more prop
eIy, can ne feel, hear, or see evidence
OF his heartbeat? The answer to this
question Is yes. Any one who cares to
sake the trouble can be certain that his
nsart is beating. He can tull on his
sioe as he lies in bed and hear the beat
OF his heart as it is transmitted to the
vessels Of his ear.
al! l1ose Who-are thin and some others
Desioes can undress and lie on the back
win abdominal walls relaxed and note
the pounding Of the heart as an impulse
SHOWN In the front Of the abdomen above
the navel.
Persons who are not very stout can
sometimes see and feel the heart heat
~ inc lert chest wall just below the nip
pc In many people the beat of the
heart can be seen in the carotid artery
and jugular vein in the back.
ana finally, most people know how
" Aees the pulse. In fact, the regular
.,o. INA. ,Lial heartbeat is almost as manifest
as the tesular normal breathing.
hearing the heart in the ear or see
Aas IL IN the stomach or neck should ex-
cAte no more alarm than does the breath
ing; AT that, the worry. does the heart
no harm. however, much unhappiness Il
o,lnss TO the individual. A neurasthenic
WHO counts his pulse frequently and
~ aAooul MS Heart can get IN
q certain degree of intermittency but
What harm does that do? 1 have known
neurasthen1cs who could kick up an in
serlhlttlnR pulse on demand and who
kept 1t up for Feaess without eyer harm
ing their hearts in the least 50 far asI
could see.
likewise those people who become
4sa,aleu over their hearts beating in
tnelr stomachs, or their aecks, or their
ears, do their hearts no harm oven
trough they add to the sum total CT hui
man misery over bridges to be. but never
crossed.
II we could get people to watch the
way thelr hearts act more than they now
90 we would doubtless increase the men
al misery Of many Inconsistencies. hut.
on the other hand, fewer cases of sori,
gus heart disease would slim IN on ne
IN time: men would acquire an ability to
''age THESE phenomena intelligently.
there Is an understanding anoo,e
medical men that 80 per cent. of the
vague pains in the left side of the chest
ana behind the breast bone which the
Pstlents ascrihe to heart conditions are
not so caused. There is a saving that
practically none of the pains which WON
en- aScribe to their hearts are really 60
caused.
While both of these statements ara
Tue OF pains which rise up while a ner-
goa Is quiet, the better informed of the
medical profession wish. that people
would pay more attention to the stitches
In the side and other chest pains which
come on while they are excited. pain
IN OF near the heart or a difficulty in
breathing under similar circumstances
means heart overstrain almost inyaria
bly,.
Bishop says it is impossible for a child
TO lnJure his normal heart by violen.
play, so much excess strength has it.
Therefore, children's hearts are only in
Jured by congenital LESSONS or by bac-
terlal invasion. And yet some children
get stitches in their sides when they
play too hard, and such stitches are
heart pains. Those children had had
rheumatism or other forms of contagion
or St. Vitus dance, and their hearts are
not organically sound IL consequence.
In adults pain which starts in the chest
and runs to the little finger of the left
hand is almost certainly heart pain
A few of the heart pains which de-
velop during repose are worth noting.
Those which develop during exertion are
always significant. They mean that the
man is throwing too much strain on his
blood pump and he will do well to gov
ern himself accordingly.