HEALTH IN COLD WEATHER.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1924, Page 3

HEALTH IN COLD WEATHER.

I li,\ a Physician in |);iily Miiil). r.,llniic«li lie li in il 11 ■! 1111 c•i:1I ecl i ni;*l nusi 1 1 in.il i' I’li. be ■ l l i'. m ten cmi I ■ H. I’ ill' I'H'iTl: "I 111 lit H|«> 1 1 nil I•; iv-1:-.11 capacities lliiUi upon ( lie 111 fiil• ■lu ■ c if f lull f"fi| ; i 'III |ie i',l t. II i f tl|iiil mind and body. Diii iiif |■-i i.n!s cil' eolil \i c.ititer rttrl ii' «f iii'ii <''vj)c! l."!irii|f in presell I, tin initial lOel I lie Is lli!" Ill' 111 il-lil'ill”. 11l [: i.l line, ill Mill!!' O.tClll, 111 Ihe I'llll I nil Linn nt tlir I• Itiisi!-it's-els in tin- skii ill'll I Ilf illisllilie 111 llf Ill'il HI II l|l| II! I"." orpaus with tn re than ! hf'!' usual ply ft Ijlim,il. l-'eUow in.ir I In- ; n't dm ir-i p tonic, a I-.i• i iiHI n. ihhiiiiy appeal: ' dt'biht; u lilc|i is moi’f 111;rKril in ' h" > :<;■} nt I liiim| nl reel• iiilnp! ii!ii 1 1 1 y--inr cxnmplc, t liiiihiii ;'inl old pco[iU'. This hits I ice 11 shown in hr due to the inability nt the Mood coi'pii-.f-li's in purl with tii“ precious supply' ot oxyt'en. which they luivc iihsorhcd iVoin 1 lie i'ir. to li.f v.hlfli -t .1 ml ill .lire need u.U it. The lu'iiiii lassitude m. hull gradually supervenes ill times ot extreme cold, and is the reuse nl the dreaded sleep iiui:d l l l'\ p'.’opl-,' trapped ill '-nnu-r-tnriiis, is actually due looxypmi star vat inn. The Ileat-repuhit ion mechanism nt the hody Mils until recently indy partially understood. It u:is supposed that the tempera! lire een! re in the brain antomaliinllt adjusted the body in withstand changes in climatic conditinns. Tins is now Kuiown to he only part ially 1 rue. The work nt Ihe pas; year nr two upon the mysterious elands ot the body which supply valuable internal seoreiiotis has slum'll 11 1 ;.i llm thyroid plan I in the iieek and the supra renal plan.ls and pancreas in Iha abdomen lorm ;'ii alliance with the object o! |o'eve'iI iup brain ami hody Ictharpv. It tin's triple defence m iiiain'-naed ill i flirieiiry. the hods "ill he welt r,popped to withstand t he oiislauelit ol cold. We have learned empirically the precautions to take to puard the surface of the hody dtirinp cold spells, and in the same wav He are in the possession oi' information reparditip the eorreet elothinw of the inner body and mind during periods of lowered temperature. We kumw that durinp eolil weather our "Teat need is a pleniilul sitppiy of fatty foods, hut the old idea Unit litis was employed -oh.dv is extra fuel needs With the new knowledge has come ’.hi,, rempnilinii that the 'dioitled sunsltt ie ’ which fat supplies plays some part m eoa hi iup the blood to I'll I til it' tune'uuis o| feediin; brain amt body, and .hat it has a stimulatin'.: effect on ihc tr.ple idlianee of elands which governs heat regulation.