Evening star., 1924-06-22

Ever since Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego came unharmed from the
fiery furnace, the question of how
much heat the human body can stand
without harm has troubled the minds
of scientists. About the time the fat
travelling salesman begins to mop the
beads or perspiration from his brow
ana TO ask his acquaintance IL they
ma the heat sufficient, the ambu-
iances OF police departments bGain to
DrlnB In victims who nave INDUCED
themselves in sunlight, and particu-
| larly in sun heat not wisely but too
! well.
throughout the year in the first id
stations of foundries, sugar refneries,
mines. bake shops. steam vessels and
furnaces, men are treated for sun
stroke, although perhaps they have
not seen the sun for several hours
| Sunstrokc and heat stroke are essen
| TALLY the same so far as their preyen-
tioh, symptoms and treatment are
| concerned
| Dizziness Precedcs Stroke
The symptoms of sunstroke seem
70 be due to inability of the air about
the body to receive any more mOis-
ture, because it is already thoroughly
| saturated, and to increase of temper
| ature due to natural summer rises of
the thermometer. When heat stroke
a
Kitchen II can, therefore, result from
| the same causes.
In other words, the light rays from
| the sun appear to have little if any
thing to do with causing the symp
| toms But there are certain contributing
| causes which may intensity the ef
fectS of these two main causes. If
the clothing is tight and heavy, or If
| the person drinks too little water in
| the summer there is leSsened cooling
Of the surface Of the body through
| evaporation of fluid from it, and other
| heat regulating devices of the human
machine, which work in much the
same way as the cooling system in a
motor, do not function as they ordl-
narily would
When heat stroke occurs in hot
| boiler room, laundry or similar place
| the person first complains of diZZi-
ness or nausea, becomes weak and
finally faints. If the temperature is
taken it is usually quite high, some
times above loo degrees. The person
seems very restless, breathing is la
! bored and the pupils Of the eyes di-
lated at first, may become contracted.
Heavy Meals Provoke stroke.
The prevention of heat stroke de-
pends on proper clothing, adequate
amounts of fluid and satisfactory
diet During hot weather persons
should eat lightly, particularly of fats
and sugars. which produce much BODY
heat They should take a sufficient
quantity of water, at least eight or
nine glasses a day, and should clothe
themselves in light clothing, of such
character as to permit diffusion of
heat from the body and evaporation of
water from the body surface.
Many investigators have reached the
conclusion that there is an accumula-
tion of poisonous products of diges-
tion in the body, coincident with heat
stroke. Unless these poisons are elini-
mated serious results follow, and ii
therefore is desirable that the bowels
be kept open and that the kidneys be
thoroughly flushed by giving sufficient
quantities of fluid.
When person has been subjected
| to too much heat, or when a worker
in bakery or a laundry complains of
weakness or faintness, or perhaps falls
unconscious, he should be removed al
once from the place of excessive heat
If he has been out of doors in the
sun he should be taken promptly into
the shade. and as quickly as practical BILE
into house or a hospital.
Victim Must Ne Kept Warm.
He should be placed at rest in a
bed in cool and well ventilated
room. The clothing should be loos-
ened so as not to interfere with The
breathing or with the circulation of
the blood. II the patient is a work
man, his working clothes Should be
removed