On insolatio, sun-stroke, or coupe-de-soleil / by William Pirrie.

  • William Pirrie
Date:
1861
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Credit: On insolatio, sun-stroke, or coupe-de-soleil / by William Pirrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON INSOLATIO, SUN-STROKE, OR COUP-DE-SOLEIL. As so many of our fellow-countrymen have of late died from the effects of sun-stroke, the following remarks, based on the observations of one who had opportunities of seeing many such cases during Sir Hugh Rose’s sum¬ mer campaign of 1858 in Central India, may not he unacceptable to those in this country who have never witnessed the direful results of direct exposure to a tro¬ pical sun. Everyone knows the influence of high atmospheric temperature in stimulating the organic, and, if continued for some time, in depressing the animal functions ; yet many who have not had opportunities of personal obser¬ vation may not he aware of the distressing effects of heat when it acts as an exciting cause of sudden attacks of illness. Exposure to the influence of a tropical sun may give rise to various minor forms of illness of a febrile and more or less lingering character, but on these affections it is not my purpose to write. The terms Insolatio, Sun-stroke, or Coup-de-soliel,
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