ADULT APOPLEXY.

Manawatu Herald, 1 August 1896, Page 4

ADULT APOPLEXY.

V.sr ■'•.•() rrcntnl Work, Says a r.Xcrtical 1;'.., . ;, ;.:-co» I,'ot liilluco This Disease. '"l'i:i"tv-uuirtli« of all adult apoplexy oc- .' • '■■■:■■[■;: .■:;: i tiio agon of 30 and GO, bein£ i ■ <»•,,• ;,!y Chiributeil between tho ' '', fi;'< h and sixth decades," says Dr. ■■• I 1- am a medical journal. "Exeesi iv ■ 1.;i:'«l v/ovt," Ihj declaves, "docs not ' i i: > ;ipoi.](sy, aud brain workers do i. >•;•! oi! thLi disease unless they aro in- ••• -■::.!a in oating, drinking and perhapa 1 >l>- t "\ though on this latter point I :.. ;■■:: wlduj. Tho conditions of nui'iern i I douMfti). -übtedly are tending to inu.iii/afion unflo. of coses of apoplexy, c :•;: k tho number +o rupturo of blood ! :-.-iiUi-ly thuse dua . cv t,eWer eanw is. Tlii'ftiot that Hi. -ia roach tho i..:.',y conditions moro perse <-.lils. The ; yjleclio ago is one causo of . <*ot--ult ;;.uiul Lessening of tho number o. • i 0S gi.'.Vctiourt fevers and the consequent. ,_ oiling of mortality from such diseased lu^ cv.K'.r,o tho proportionate number of deaths line to diseases of the arterial system. In fact, tho efress of modem civilization Bhovrg in ore, so far fia OTganio disease is concerned, upon tho arteries than upon tho nervous .syntcm. "TLo iucrca.'od opportunities for indulgenco in luxurious modes of living and in oxcessive eating and drinking tend to impair tho integrity of tho coats of the arteries and to promote conditions of arterial Qbrosia. "As to tho exciting causo of the attacks of apoplexy some misapprehension apparently prevails. We all know that many fatal cases occur in persons who have been on a drunken spree, and that of all exciting causes of fatal strokes alcohol is the most potent. On the other hand, in my oxperienco very few attacks tako placo, as Is currently supposed, during somo especial mental or bodily strain. About one-fourth of those stricken with apoplexy die from tho attack."