| Show PHASES OF DESERT THIRST I Terrible Experiences of Man Ma Lost Loot Lo in i Wastes Wt of the Southwest South seat Of 01 the Ih three tp types Into which thirst third RS RII a II pathologic condition has h been grouped ground that of ot the deter desert t la is most meet purely purel the deprivation of moisture without tb the influence of modifying ex ax external circumstances circumstance That form known a ordinary thirst under fa al ac occur the A I surroundings of ot humid air all and i often protection from the sun ran S Sea Sa a athirst thirst Is la also IO under undO the Influence of or air airi i heavily charged with vapor apor with plies plen plenty en enI ty I of water though at Itt hand hared and Is modified by the th pretence presence of or Mite 11 externally In caw of or desert tle rt thirst water even RS as a vapor la is entirely licking lacking or near nearly ly I 1 so 10 and the of external salts nails Is 1 n a minimum Death from thirst IP III a horror that hu has ha many man times time been described by b onlookers onlooker or paradoxical paradoxically ly I occasionally I by b throw those who ho hohn have hn really suffered III Its II panga p mK by II RO go going Ing through the various stages te 1 until I lit Is reached hut but who happily though h rarely are rescued and survive Never have the th phenomena of extreme thirst been pictured more mol graphically than by br LV V J McGee director of the St It Louis public museum In a It paper re reporting r porting parting the Ih remarkable survival of tit a It Mexican II In southwestern Arizona This Thin man wa was In the desert eight days day and nights with only nul one ont days daya Iia supply of water During that time he rode rests In Ise the saddle miles and walked or crept between 1011 and end Iro miles mile For seven days he wee was al entirely with without without without I out water Ax All ti a result of the deprive deprivation tion Uon the man men teal loM his hIli body bodyweight bod bodyweight weight An ti 11 extraordinary feature was WI the hf leek lack of totally insane delirium II which ao to commonly Is a It part pirl of If the Ih mental condition of M these Ih e pm persons on This Allowed him to follow the trail and accounts for his hll coaching nil LIlt although his IH phenomenal physical rendition condition was as III I Ithe the real cause Iau of If survival i a aThe iThe The CHIM rase It recorded l by 11 Dr McGee was a most unusual in fn that half haIC of nt those Iho dy dying d dIng dy dyIng ing from desert thirst perish In thirty six Ix hours hour a quarter within or lift hour mill end alt all others other of or which the I hI Is I known by b the eightieth hour Dr Ir t Uee uses thirst t In general and lIld ihen In particular desert the thirst the phenomena of It which ho ha ar or arrange argee ranges range gee Under three stage normal j thirst functional derangement and s structural degeneration Making up lip th these e stages are five 11 phase e 1 pa west most of them descriptively named by br survivors n and d well known knowlt to those thOM who w ho frequent the desert name i ly I the clamorous cotton mouth phase the d tongue the blood t and nd the living death The Th first phase l Is III relieved by water t r or In some nomo In instances t stances fruit acid acids or similar lar sub aub Y atances tunCH m may y b be required Thirst In Inthe Inthe l the second phase li le best bent I relieved rf by water wlter taken n by br quart quarts in small mall sips and t thrown over the body bod In quantities it i Persons in the third phase phe also require r I water br liT gallon pilon Inside and out but cautiously applied Usually In addi Uon tiona H A febrifuge should be given phen and In some acme I me ca ale asea ea a II heart hearl tonic toll also aim Is In Indicated Indicated Little of value alUf may be pos pae y Ible f for r those In the fourth phase phalli Wa Wa Water ter may be bu a 1 damage If It physical re L f envery does doea occur the mental condl s t lion may never neer ricer dear f fIn In the Ihl final phase hal there is III no e lion but the end Fortunately this ap apI appears I 1 pears t r often otten tn to be Dr Me Mc McGee Ic Oe GH Gee has h spent pent a R great deal dal of time In Inthe Inthe the thi deserts of the and hoe has himself him gone half bait through the stages of Ot desert thirst t and anil in is thus thull personally pC well qualified l tn to sp speak ak upon In the tho sub subject Medicine |
