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Motion Sickness
Preference in Medication. Table No. 4.
Medicine Females Males
Number of questioned Satisfied with results Not very satisfied Number of questioned Satisfied with results Not very satisfied
Postafen 303 250 53 48 44 4
Neptusan 386 300 86 65 55 10
Trihistan 25 22 3 15 14 1
Anautinum 90 62 28 12 8 4
Amidryl 24 20 4 2 2 0
Phenergan 36 34 2 14 13 1
Koffinautin 58 45 13 19 17 2
Marzine 164 116 48 28 24 4
Not particular 110 85 25 78 70 8
(21.1%) regardless of rheir ages. This is correct for the af-
feoted occasionally (females 32.9°/o, males 28.l°/o), and the
percentage is reversed in those not affected at all (females
25.1%, males 45%).
If this is due to sex susceptibility or to the fact that tlhe
females are sailing less frequently can be seen from table No. 3.
From this table it seems that the seamen are affected less
than the non-seamen by a ratio of almost 2:1. The percentage
of seamen not affected at all, regardless of age, is 41.3%, and
of non-seamen in the same category is 26.9%.
During the questioning, some of the seamen (60%) add-
mitted that although they were seasick the first few days of
sailing, afterwards they were not affected and continued to
work without use of any drugs. This according to Glasser and