The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-17
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INVITING DEATH.

FfOm As Tribune.
We have pointed out from time to time
lately tho cause Of half the vice among
us; the utter ignorance in Rr1l Y N
facts that certain nerves and ca eosi ~
cases transmitted from thenSelVe Tend U
make Of their children from their birth
criminals or drunkards, and that only In
ccssant and skllllul care can avert the
danger. A man drinks moderately but
steadily all Of his life with no apparent
harm to himself; but his daughters be-
come nervous wrecks, his sons epileptics,
hbePtinese0P i1nprah'0N dP'fRrds, thQ
Ps5o \. iRi l " 6 SsaS !
sCrOIIla, consumption. or any other pure
ly physical disease. These are stale truths
with medical men; but the majority Of
parents, even those Of average intelligence
and culture, are apparently either ignO-
rant or wickedlY regardless Of them.
When our people are brought TO treat
drunkenness rs u disease Of the stomach
and blood, As well US OF the soul, to meet
1t with common sense and physician OS
well as with threats Of eternal damnAhOn,
and TO remove gin.shops and gin-sellers
for the same reasons that they would stag
nant ponds or unclaimed sewers, there
will be a chance OF Kidding our jails and
almshouses OF half their tenants. We
have urged this point until it has grown
hackneyed and tedious; but how can we
be silent so long as fresh murder or sui.
eide every day exemplifies the CHASTITY
peril 1pS SaS l'i |aaaily nl make i be
trainiagSf AmeIi chill - is the IS.
TEN Of examining, dollhouse forcing Of
their brains, induced partly by the un'
healthy, fevcrish ambition and struggle
that mark every phase OF our society, and
partly BY the short time allowed for edu-
cation. The simplest physical laws, which
any tyrO in medical science could give,
that regulate tho use und abuse of the
brain, ARE utterly disregarded by educated
parents. Pills nnd Toms stOmaClS and
backs and legs are subject to all kihds Of
hygienic treatment, while the poOrspongy
tenants that rule them all are neglected,
Overworked, and disabled for life. To
crafty mothers silly vanity during q
boys schOol.dRys, many u man is made
incompetent and useless. 1.-THE boy shows
any sign OF unnatural ambition or power,
instead OF regarding it AZ a symptom Of an
unhealthy condition OF the blood vessels
lr siheT, cepe'lral di9eHse, nanal trentipg 1t
lccol h'iglJ IA q tepled Z an ey1aence
pfgl y, Al : b Ioe'daed rath q FAXED
10 Quo uttermost, until it gives way ex-
haustctl. ....
Tie proof that was given last week Of
the results OF this fatal error Is one so
pathetic that we would not touch on 1t
were it not already familiar to our readers,
and If we did not think It wrong that the
lesson Of the beautiful and promising lie
so prematurcly sacrificed should be left
unread Here was boy, inheriting re:
fiened tastes andlliSh hefYQ BUS 1sibll ties
reared in schOhr1y atmosphere, the
whole tendency of whose everyday life
was to excite his brain to unnatural ac-
tivily. Beside this, the conformation Of
his head and lis childish habits gave
hints Of an abnormal action Of the brain.
"Oil paintings of merit at the age Of
H." =" popular essays on selfgovernment
and public schools, were indications Of
cerebral disease, precisely as scarlet
raSl1would be- ofmea les. Rnds hoYId 4Rva
be4 received wtf alarm In tead Of
Gratifkatidu.,1A 10y ot rs, RhdL detotes-
himself to metaphysical study, Plato,
and Comte, instead Of baseball and girls
Of his own nge, needs aphysician, and not
encouragement and laudation.