Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1876 — A Warning to Bathers. [ARTICLE]

A Warning to Bathers.

It has long been known that it is injudicious for any one to go into water to -bathe-just after eating a full meal', but-it is not so well known that the practice may result in death'. This latter fact seems to have been demonstrated by the recent death in a bath in Bristol, England, of a boy thirteen years old. He had never had a fit and was believed to have been in perfect health. When found in the water the crown of his head was just above the surface, and he was standing in a stooping position, with his face just under the water. At the place where he was the water was only three feet four inches deep, while tlie boy’s height was four feet nine inches. The temperature of the water was seventy-nine degrees. The medical testimony disclosed the fact that the deceased had eaten heartily just before entering the water, or at least he had not given his food time to digest. He had vomited a large quantity of food, and when found his mouth aud throat were full. The opinion was expressed in the medical testifiiony, and indorsed by the verdict of the jury, that death resulted from epilepsy, brought on by the dangerous practice of entering the water immediately aftereating a meal.