Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1905 — To Guard Against Sunstroke. [ARTICLE]

To Guard Against Sunstroke.

Dr. Weiler Van Hook In Chicago Inter-Ocean —To guard against prostration by heat moderation in diet is of the first importance. Stop the use of heavy articles of diet such as meat. Use no alcoholic drinks and confine your?elf to wate.- and light carbonated beverages. Lemonade and such drinks are all right. They can be cool, but net cNHng. The drinking o* ice cream soda is pernicious. Gene:ally the milk or cream of which the ice cream is made is not fresh and sickness will often result. Be properly clothed. Wear light weight garment-. Here in Chicago ? great danger lies in the fact that peo pie nn hiiy expo?" thenrcelv-s to th boat wher- they a 1 e dressed for eoo'.e. weather. They wear woolen underwear, feit hats, aud heavy outer garments the year round; This is gen;'"."y true of teenrlers whe fail fro_. wag orts ifke f*>s la hbt weather like this. 'lake care cf your heart. The be th’ ■' to vr'ir la a llgtft straw hat with a wide rim. In teal hbt weather us£ 8 Wet handkerchief ot top of thh head. Reef a* much as you can. Th South ern cities where it is always hot, the Itlhc'bitabfs are only abl* *o sr-L-,} th heat b«ean*e they rest a few hours li the middle of the day. Bathe much as you caw Bathint is the ta]cation of the South Sert Island ere. A cool xponge bath is better than nothing. The evening is a good time so take it. So is the morning, if you do rot plunge right into heavy labor.