Show I Ua Daily Health Service To Stop Air Sickness By 81 DR DR MORRIS I FISHBEIN Editor Journal Joural of or the tho American Medical Med Mcd- ical Association and of eal the thc Health Magazine I Before the Royal Ryal Siet Society of Medicine Medi eln cine Captain Martin Mari Flack Fack of oC the British BriW air ai forces recently compared airsickness and seasickness These conditions have ha e certain common common cornmon com corn Tese crt mon factors In both cases cas there seems to be b some ome relationship to t the mechanism of ot the Internal ear some disturbance in the te relationship of sensation in the c eyes es the te internal cam cai and ad the muscle some effects effect due to stuffy atmosphere smells smell and lack lak of ot adequate ventilation on some disturbance disturb ance anco ac due to apprehension or nervousness nervousness nervous nervous- ous ne ness nes and some come response because of ofte the te general generl lack of ot tone Une of abdominal muscles of ot the individual who is I af at- at Airsickness is still sUl so s recent reent a complaint complaint com corn plaint that adequate studies of the condition have not been made Thus Thu no statistics arc are available a as a to t the th number nuber of oC sick passengers arriving at various arious airports or people traveling under unde more or less les the same air ai conditions con con- cn- cn in i different types tes of ma ma- chines Dr Flack is convinced com ince that defective live tive ventilation Fak of ot the cabin plays a n. large lage part pa in ar airsickness It I is i pointed point point- pint pint- ed out that pUo who arc are accustomed to o flying In I open machines have their first appearance of ot airsickness when in I a n cabin cain The Tho preliminary Investigation shows that the ventilation of airplane airplane air air- plane cabins needs neds improving People Peo- Peo pie jle are ae packed so s closely together that f U becomes sick his fellow one passengers pas see Eee him and that serves to set oft off the the others Moreover cr pa-j pa the tc of emell-of elof the tho te vomited ma material tall pa passes es from persons sitting In the b back ck of ol the cabin to those in the thc front It I has ha been concluded that for adequate ventilation the air ah- ai should hould pass pu from the front of the cabin to the back drafts should be b excluded and there there must be no offensive e smells Apparently in airsickness as well wel wel t as in seasickness the general health of ot the person affected is i Important In a joint investigation made between I the air service and representatives of 01 the Cunard company the conclusion was wa reached that true seasickness is LI I predominantly due to stimulation of 01 ofte the te internal mechanism of the ear car eR by the movement of the ship Such stimulation causes contractions of oC the stomach through a a. n reflex mechanism which acts act promptly particularly In people who are sensitive e to move move- ment The Te confusion between the various arous senses that have ha been mentioned is I due to the fact tact that the eye cc and and the deep muscle impressions Indicate to the person affected affect that the ship Is is' going goin up while owing to tv slowness of conduction of sensation the impression impression sion simm from the Internal mechanism of the car ear is 15 that the ship is still stUl going down Some people learn lean to move the head to stop this impression and thus bring brig the the sensations into common ac ac- ac cord In general generl those thos who have ha a tendency to to disturbances of oC dIgestion digestion diges dIges- tion arc are more likely liely to be b seasick than those who arc are not People who come aboard after a big farewell banquet baquet particularly accompanied accompanied b by lar large c amounts of alcoholic liquors are arc likely to be sick promptly when the thc the ship starts but it Is i a question ques tion ton whether what what the they suffer ufer from cnn can fairly fail be b called caled seasickness |