The Prevention Of Sunstroke
The fulktwiag hinta for the prevention Dl ' siiusiroke are given by Dr. Edward C. Map il, of New York, in the arücle upou Uie subject In one of the medical journals: "To avoid sunstroke, exereise in exeessive lint weathershould be very moderate; the clothinrshould be thin and loose, and an ábundance ofcold water should be drank. Workmen and soldiere sbould onderstand tluit assoonas theyeeaseto perspire. while working or marehing in tlie hot sun, thev are in daneer Qf sunstroke, and tbcy ghould inimr.li:it-ly drink water freely and COploii-lv tO afiord inatler tor ctftftneWU transpiration, :uid also kerp tlie skin and clot.hUlg Wel willi water. Iiiipeiiding sunstroke niav oficn lic warded off by tneíe simple neasures. Besldes the oetntion of prespiration, tlie pvplll are apt to be coutraetcd, and Hiere is greal frequenoy of ralcturiation. Whereihere is marked exhaustlon witli a weak pulse, resnltini; l'roin the eold nttOI tpplioation, m ikooM adininister stiniulants. The iree us! of water, however, hoih externiilly and internally, by thoee exposed to the direct rays of the snn, 1-. the '"'st propliv laetic iijiainst sunstroke, and laboréis and soidieis, and otlicrs who Idopl tlii ineasnre. washing their hand-, ani! facet, as uell as diinkinj; copiously of water ecry time they eoine WltlllB rcaeli of it, will 'enetiillv enjoy pcM'Ieet inimiinlty from sunslroke. Straw hat.s shoulil M worn velitilated at the top. and the CTOWn of the bat 11 lied wit li ffreen leave or wet ipOOgV. It is heller to wear tliin llannel shirts, in order nol to clieek perspiration. r inay eosc ourwlves for a loug time in the hot snn, anti work or sleep In a henti'd room, and enjov perfect iinninnity trom sunstrokr it' we keep uur skin nul lothing wet wil li water."
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