SALT FOR MINERS
4 TO COUNTERACT EFFECTS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES London, November 30. Lecturing before the Institution of Mining Engineers on the effects of high temperatures upon miners, Professor Moss advocated the use of salt to prevent fatigue. It had been proved that the use of salt added 20 per cent, to the efficiency of miners working in a heated atmosphere. The future of British coalmining depended upon ability to work at great depths; but such mining would be impossible unless the effect of the high temperatures was overcome. Miners working in hot, dry places, he said, drank large quantities of water, which caused cramp and fatigue and clogged the kidneys. _lo prevent this a solution of salt m the water, sufficient to balance the loss of salt by perspiration, should be drunk. The lecturer quoted a number of cases of miners suffering from cramp and fatigue, who by daily drinking salt water, had been completely cured. —Aiwk-N.Z, Cable A sea.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 58, 3 December 1923, Page 7
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161SALT FOR MINERS Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 58, 3 December 1923, Page 7
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