| Show OP OF OCEAN BATHING I 1 st louis globe democrat i so NOW maw comes the season for bathing Z bajt swimming aw imming an and d many persons persona will r their ja lives at the seaside resorts because the they y do not follow the that hat ordinary common sense wo wd said eaid dr henry dammert ot of ark york 1 who was at the planters may inay be well to mention a few atar J facts that the dangers to db bathers athers often expose themselves be avoided one of the simplest e facts is that as in all aal bodily ses moderation is beneficial and rv is dangerous in swimming sly y is in this true it if the bather v from ram organic or functional heart the mg man n who uses tobacco 0 or r W who h 0 is weakened by long ent at a sedentary occupation to take fully y as much care as viba Is the victim of chronic disease i af t fine bg heart no feasible pen sible man would attempt pt to run as far as his strength W id permit if at the limit of his he knew 1 he must go fous an equal al amount of violent efeme ef ete to save his s life yet foolish aten fend foolish boys daily try to seh seb W they can swim put their lives and Q alarm and worry the spec 40 the shore by their e exhausted tta 11 return the first dip is ily ly dangerous and the expert a that he can make the see sec because lie he did it last years year would rest better content in his confidence and try some shorter and safer trip for his first dip of the season the folly of bathers always causes much agitation among sensitive mind ed people on the beaches of our sea side aide resorts reso to see a human being struggling in full view in peril of his life while the spectator Is helpless Is sufficient shock to ruin the pleasure of a hard bard earned holiday visitors to the board walks or the are dally daily entertained by these foolhardy exhibitions of bathers I 1 almost all the deaths among the bathers by drowning result either from heart failure or cramp and not froni from fal failure lure of skill or muscular fores borics A skillful swimmer can rest quite easily rocked racked in the cradle of the deep provided his heaxt heart and nervous strength are not already exhausted by violent muscular exertion if however the circulation is impeded or the nervous strength exhausted cerebral bonges alon heart failure or nervous spasm I 1 la liable to seize even the and render him as powerless as a baby in the mighty arms of the oceans ocean wavea the nervous strength Is exhausted almost as much by exposure to cold as by muscular cular exercise to remain reagin in the water until one is chilled through blue trembling and chattering is to invite cramp it Is a signal that the blood from the surface has retreated to the central citadels and that the blood strain on these Is at the danger mark such exercise is not a benefit to the health but a distinct harm A sand bath borall for all who suffer thus is far more strengthening one should never bathe just after eating that is an old rule supposed to be known in every well regulated household tout but hundreds seem to forget it at the seashore sea shore the advice to all is moderation in swimming at the seaside res resorts orits |
