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Show ' 4. YOUR HEALTH BY OR. R. H. BISHOP. J -4. HOT WEATHER STROKES. If you are in such a run-down condition condi-tion that you fall to perspire m hot weather, look out tJSat you do not have a sunstroke. The skin of a victim of sunstroke 1 hot and dry and the pulse is rapid but weak. There will be temperature from l'i to 110 degrees with the pupils of the eyes contracted. First aid in the cases of sunstroke consists of coollns the victim as quickly as possible . Get him Into a shady spot and rclso the head. Quick-i Quick-i ly remove the clothing and begin pouring pour-ing cold water over him. It is bel to start nt the head and go down the body. The water should be poured from a height - of three or four feet. Continue until the patient recovers consciousness. Frequently it Is necessary' ne-cessary' to put an Ice-bag on the hea Heat prostration is duo to the effect of high temperature on the body. Heavy physical exertion is usually the Immediate cause. The temperature of a person exhausted ex-hausted by the heat rarolv rises above 103 degrees and may be below normal the face pale, the skin cool and cov r-ed r-ed wilh cool perspiration, and the patient pa-tient is conscious. The first thing to do in such cases is to call a physician, but there are some things you can do before the doctor arrives. The patient should he removed to as cool a place as possible, pos-sible, placed flat on the hack, with the head low. and a light covering thrown over his body. A rnila sln iu-lant iu-lant may be given |