FAINTING AND EPILEPTIC FITS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1475, 5 February 1887, Page 3

FAINTING AND EPILEPTIC FITS

"I wish yon would do something," •aid ft phyeloian to me one day, "to t«tch people the difference between * fainting fit and an'fpKeptio fit. V a tee a fainting fit ia produced by the blond leaving the head, and these other fi s •re jasfc the reverie, and com* from the blood rushing into the head. It is important to remember this, beoause It determines the method of treating these affloted people when no doctor is near and because everyote occasionally finds It his doty to go to the help of aomo per* on m a fit, without a moment for reflection, let nlone inquiry. Jf a person faints he outht to be laid down flit on bis back, for this will facllitate'tbe return of the blood to bis head. Indeed, nature has provided for ibis, for a person whn faints will fall down aud roon recover, if so one interferes. On the other hand, a> person with an rpiloptlc or cata'eptio fit, Indicated by convulsions and frothing at the month, cugbfc^to be propped up. ■o as to facilitate m * fl w d blond from the head to the lower part of the body, which may be still farther promoted by slapping the palms of the hands. Isow < cannot account for it, bet the faot is, that all Ignorant people, m an emergency, reverse this treatment. A person who ■imply flints Is carefully supported m a ohalr, and the face 1b plied with cold applications and fanned, the result being that the fainting is greatly prolonged. On the other hand a man who drops m the street with epilepsy or catalepsy is Invariably laid flit on his back, which m some oases Is enough to kill him." — Chicago Journal.

A fltroog nor- wester has been raging all day. Early m tha morning it blew very hard but dropped for a few hours after daylight. It however, regained much of its strength as the day proceeded, and the clouds of dust which were flying about made things extremely uncomfortable out of doors. Fruit has suffered very severely and a large amount of grain t»nit have fcetn blown oat oi the ear,