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which may be induced by wrapping the patient in 

 blankets wrung out of hot water, to be changed three 

 or four times daily; by fomentations to the spine, or 

 other similar means. Rubber bags filled with hot 

 water, bricks heated and wrapped in moist flannels, 

 heated bags of sand or salt, or any other means of com- 

 municating heat to the body may be employed. The 

 bowels should be thoroughly emptied daily by a large 

 enema of hot water. The enema may be given twice 

 a day with benefit, at the beginning of the disease. In 

 many cases, it will be found that there is a large accu- 

 mulation of fecal matter in the bowels. The removal 

 of this source of poisoning of the body will, in itself, 

 prove a valuable means of recovery in many cases. 



SUNSTROKE 



Symptoms.— Sudden pain in the head; fulness and 

 pressure at the pit of the stomach; sometimes nausea 

 and vomiting; weakness, especially in the legs; dizzi- 

 ness; sight dim and indistinct; objects appear of one 

 color, usually blue or purple; sometimes convulsions 

 or delirium ; insensibility ; stupor ; snoring or moaning 

 respiration; pulse frequent and weak; skin dry and 

 hot; face flushed or pale. 



Causes.— The affection known as sunstroke is pro- 

 duced not only by exposure to the sun's rays, but by 

 exposure to great heat from any source. Persons 

 employed in glass-works, laundries, and in similar 

 occupations, are subject to sunstroke or heatstroke, 

 as well as those who are exposed to the sun's rays. 

 It generally occurs, also, in persons who are debilitated 

 by great fatigue, or who have ceased to perspire. The 



