The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-02-16
NERVOUS WOMEN.

The little demon for which nervous
ness stands, is among the worst enemies
that afiict women. 1t is intangible,
mysterious not to be described or un-
derstood by any but the poor woman
herself, and imperfectly by her. 1t has
as many tues as the chameleon, as many
forms as Proteus, and without local
habitatioa it is still an ever present mis-
cry.
Nervousness is thing nobody pities
because pity is vulgar, and asks for pal
lor of countenance and weakness Of frame
before it shows itself Nervous women
| are the least understood and commisera-
ted of all classes of invalids, and yet
where there is one woman ailing from
| any other cause, there are twenty all
ing from nervousness A complex orr
gin.
It comes from too much work and too
little work from too much brain stimu-
lus from lonely life with cravings of
the soul that are never answered from
habits, both mental and physical.
Undoubtedly the person who could
| find panacea for the modern misery of
which, in old times, even the name was
unknown, would be the greatest posi-
BILE benefactor Of his kind. 1t would
| require a subtle insight into the com
pick relations of body and soul, of which
| no physician has yet given evidence,
and perhaps we must look in vain for
true doctor, or true remedy for diseas-
ed nerves, which are the spirit telegraph
lines extending ali over the body out OF
repair, until we know better how to live,
move. and have our outward, as well as
our mental being, more in accordance
with natures laws.
Nervousness is one of the terrible pun
ishments wreaked upon the sins of our
civilization. 1t is deterioration so fine,
SO searching that no microscope can fol-
low its trail no added powers which
science gives to the visual organs can
discover its abiding place. Women suf-
fer more from these nameless pangs and
horrors than men, because of finer Or
CARNATIONS and susceptibilites. It is
easier to untwist a tangle of rope than
tangle of silk thread. Unhealthy minds
among women, come oftentimes, not be-
cause life is too full but because it is not
full enough. Household drudges and
| mothers, worn down with constant wear
ing care Of children, are nervous because
| the chords of life are fretted thin in one
| place. Those women need contact with
the fresh and invigorating influences of
nature; contact with people, amuse-
ments, diversion, change, which they
never get until they break down.
Modern women in education are i'm
mensely ahead of their grandmothers,
and so the balance is made eYen No
tongue can tell, or pen portray, the an
! gnish many women endure who have
their mental powers developed, and then
find nothing in life upon which to use
them. When the empioyments of women
are more complex, varied and social than
they now are, nervousness will loose
some of its most repulsie featurers.
When the principle of selection is intro
duced into wolnan's work, the gnawing,
unrest and discomfort, will be quoted.
When the bodies of women are strength
ened by free out of door life, more
| bracing, active exercise, the nerves of
women viii grow vigorous in tone and
action.
When the interests of women expand
to take in more of this broad, overflow
| ing universe, then the sentiment of love
which is now immensely overgrown will
cease.to harm, and will become woman's
crown of beauty, instead of playing
strains, tangled, out of tune and harsh"
upon morbid and diseased nervous sys-
1 fem