Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-11-23
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Isaac Newton was for considerable Time dsorlerrd +,
by excessive application and il /. believed nc never +,
entirely recovered from The shock Numerous exam |,
pies Of similar kind might be Given were i, neecssa
~ ihoagh we are free 70 ackno,yedpe that in many
OF these cases literary pursuits have operated chiefly
in negative manner by inducing those sedentary hpb
its which in all occup,,,oos are so r,ica To health
Mess there is esiden, cerebral disorder we should
rather refer such consequence. TO collateral circum.
stances than 20 excitement of the brain Men of ex.
allied intellect saws the celebrated Pipel perish by
their brains and such is the noble end Of those whose
genius rrocures for them that Immortality which so
many arden,y desire DR. Jane, Johnson ha. re- |
marked that "A high ranue of health is nrobablv in
compatbe with the most ytqoro,s eyer,ion of the mind
and that this las, both requires and induces standard
of health somewhat below mar II vould no, be diff
cult no adds IN shaw ,, I'M. c,,iov NJ ,ho.e ,,ho
have left behind them imnersbabe monuments of their
intellectual powers and exettions were peope of weak
bodily health yirei Horace yol,,i,e p,,c and
thousand other. mich, no o,,ea in ulus,ration ID,
Dunclson believes that these are only co,nc,dences
afrordnp EXAMPLES Of bioh intellectual attainment, and
n,oductons In smith Of III. b,dilv i,6rn,ies nndo,
which those DISTINGUISHED i,divta,1s ho,rd bui by
no means showing that they were the consequence of
such infnnities Nothing he adds would seem to
be clearer than that full Intellectual developemen, re-
uuires that the different corporal functions should DO
faithfully and regularly executed Il is impossible for
the mind 10 aspire TO LOFTY concep,ions or cor the va
rous intellectual laculte, 10 be- fully ACCOMPLISHED un-
/ les. the BODY be devoid of suffering Whatever dis
tracts the mind from its own operatons enIebes the
results and nothing does this more eIectually and
unpropi,iously than suffering Of anv kind 1t can ca
sily be conceived however. that although sickness
NAV interfere with the vigorous exercise of the higher
faculties il may We, be the occasion of greater produc
lion than a state of health Disease or nfrm health
necessarily confines the invalid and hence ipces the
intellectual exercises for the purpose of dspelng the
e1o,u which sych condition induces. and thus the
Drodpetioa NAV be greater although the capabilities
NAV be less
The same writer onoes the opinon of the ce,ebrat.
ed PHILOSOPHER Blumenbach who asserts that for the
half century and moro of his connection with one of
the most celebrated universities 10 Europe, he has
known solitary example of any youth falling VIC
Tim TO his ardor in the pursui, of intellectual dstinc-
ton and of Eichhotn the eminent philologist and his
,orian who ,em,rks that no one ever died of hard
study The idea is preposterous A man may fret
himself 10 death over his books or any where else but
literary application would tend to dfuse cheerluness
and rather prolong than shorten the life OF an nfrn
man,
Our experience' saws Dr. Dunplison is complete
" in accordance with theirs We cannot indeed re
collec, solitary case of serious mischief induced b
too great intellectual exercise although, as has beer
remarked the cause has not unfreouonly been assign
e ed
+ Notwithstanding these very positive opinions w
see no reason to believe that the brain is an oxcepo
b to all the other bodily organs and that while they ma
s all be injured by oyer-workng this complicated an
= delicate instrument Is able successfully to resls, tn
IS everlasting its ordinary ana peculiar functions W
know tina, hard students frequently perish Of apopex,
5, palsy and other cerebral diseases. and 1t is not VI
a, common for orators as ia the case of the late T.
y, Emmett, 10 be struck down while under the inAuenc
ID Of intense mental excitement Who will deny that tn
s. fe Of Sir Walter Scott was shortened by his nlelec
50 ua pursuits or that Canning Davy, Wh,ebread al
Id Romilly were not Injured by the same cause Doub
re less there were other aud powerful causes which C
rs operated this is not denied the question is was
v lie shortened by too great intellectual efforts III
TO fact then is that literary mea no, only suffer from II
ID ordinary diseases ncidcn, to sedentay habits but a
IN from Others dependent from over exeuon of the me-
ne tai faculties These are melancholy, hypochondn
he sis, cephalalpia paralysis, apoplexy, palsy nnamm
ton of the brain or It's mem ,anes, mania and sole
c' ing Of the brain These evils however II should
p recouecled are no, unavoidable they NAV with ere
er cerainy be prevented by moderate lie aad regime