70 CURES FOR THE SEASICK.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 18761, 27 December 1930, Page 13

70 CURES FOR THE SEASICK.

An elaborate study of seasickness and allied conditions has been made by three well-known men— The medical superintendent of the Cunard Shipping Co., A high officer of the Royal Air Force Medical Service, and A bio-chemist at the London Hospital. They have studied the various kinds of nausea due to the movements of a revolving chair, a ship, a train, and an aeroplane, and their observations will form the basis of further study, which may well prove fruitful. Apparently no panacea has yet been found, and they report to the British Medical Association that although over 70 proprietary remedies have been tested carefully on shipboard, none has proved itlelf a certain preventive or cure. Losing Its Terrors. They attribute optimistic reports on these remedies largely to the fact that storms seldom last more than two or three days, and seasickness usually diminishes in any case, with or without treatment—though there are seasoned sailors who never become immune. Despite these regrettable facts, however, it is clear that modern methods of prevention and treatment have deprived seasickness of many of its former terrors, and often prove highly effective.