Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-10-28

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Edncation 10 prcrsH aa1cy DIR.
Woodward, the y0y accompanied ana u.
Insane Hospital. disco rscth n such d Style
IN relation TO + &c ttnn and fns,nry, that
we can but chnG1cnd~Ii4 remarks TO the
consideration Of our read srs:
"T1crc IS undoubtedly ~ iatinate con.
ncxtdn between edtcn.ioa and insanity,
especially between early training and that
condition Of the brain which is manifested
in precocioiis mental Development.
One Of the greatest defects. both IF nur.
sorry and school education, il the nsgI, CT of
proper trimming of-lhe bodily powers du.
ring childhood and youth.
Nature provides an excess Of the %princi.
pie Of life, that MI young ]anifaats nay not
only grow, but be active and frolicsonie,
so that the locomotive system may 10
healthy, strong, and well dev, Hoped. Noise
is also as ~useiula as it is natural 10 children.
because The lungs and other organs of res.
p%iration, cannot be rendered strong and
vigorous without exercise any more than
the muscles. An opposite system of man
agemenf, now too prevalent, leaves the
child effeminate and slender. But this il
not the worst Of the evil. IF The childis
deprived Of exercise and kept at bis studies
too early or loo long, The excess Of the vi.
tai principle, which is produced for the pur.
pose OF giving activity and energy to to
digestive and locomotive system, is expe =.
ded upon the brain and nervous system.
and they become too susceptible, or disea.
sed. This course, if pursued, leads direct.
ly to p~recoclty Of intellect, or TO n train
of nervous diseases, such as epilepsy, chol.
era, spinal distortion, &c. which often
mar the brightest intellect, Or bring on in.
sanity. .a @ z saaI
Next to neglect of the proper trainio1
OF the locomotive system IN producing pby.
steal imbeciIity and disease, is a pernicions
system of dietetics, pampering the appe.
tite with improper food, condiments and
confectionery, inducing dyspepsy, tho
more inveterate because Produced before
the natural tone and vigor had been given
to the stomach, when its susceptibility ia
greatest, and It's power Of endurance
least. Then come the restraints Of dress,
WHICH prevent the health and natural de.
velopment of vital organs, before growth
is completed, and impede the natural f1nc.
tons OF organs well formed, whose Office
IS essential to life. All bandages upon tho
body are pernicious, even tight shoes will
often produce headache, and eight crayats
bring on apoplexy. Bandages ON the
chest are particularly injurious, as thew
impede respiration, one Of the mos. impor.
'ant vital processes in the human system,
The chemical principle, of which respi-
ration frees the blood at every round Gifts
circulation, is a poison TO the brain, that
destroys life in drowning, .stranguIation,
the inhalation of irrespirable gases of wells
and caves, and from the fumes of burning
charcoal in close rooms. Any impedi.
ment to the regular and constant inhaIa.
ton Of vita! air impedes the expulsion Of
this principle, and it eventnally goes to the
brain, diminishing its energies, disturbing
ITS functions, and tending directly to pro.
duce disease.
Such are briefly the foundations of in.
Vulnerable evils laid in early life by the
ignorance of neglect Of the natural laws of
man. An Inheritance accompanied with
wealth and every thing TO panper and sat.
late, often fails to afford the happiness
and substa ntial enjoyment which poverty
secures with its daily toll, and the homeIy
subsistence which stern necessity com.
pels.
The evil, well understood, leads TO the
remedies which education must apply 10
&C lnteract it. Finn aod healthy bodie,
brains, lungs, stemachs, and moving pow
ers, must be first secured. Care must be
taken that none of them be over taxed,
The precocious and feeble must be taken
from their books and put to active exercise;
the robust and vigorous must be taken
from cruel exercise and sports, and put to
study and more p'acid enjoyments. lest
with v'gour they become unfeeling and
pugnacious.
Some of the mental faculties NAV need
restraint, and others encouragement: &C.
tive passions and ~propensities must be re.
pressed. and all be kept under the gui-
dance of the intellectual and moral powers
Firmness and cheerfulness under trial and
suffering should be duly cultivated, that
the evils which cross orr paths may be
borne when they canno be avoided. In
this way the ills Of life may be injured
repining, the source Of many dis
eases dried up at the fountain, and the
causes of insanity be diminished both in
number and severity
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