The Portland daily press., 1871-05-26
Death by the Nerves.

When man is wounded in battle even
slightly, he is likely to be knocked prostrate
which Is i'll fact often the first ntimatiou thai
he gets that something has happened Ii is
not the force OF the blow nor the wound that
brings him 10 the ground, Tor he may present.
~ get up ana walk away, or fight again il be
is very determined; but it is the shock upon
the nervous system. A similar shock may
come through the mind, or through any accl-
dent, just as would be the case through a
stroke OF Lightning. Sometimes 1T may be so
violent that death will overtake the victim
beyond recall by ary reaction, while there is
no sufficient injury 10 the tissues or organs,
or loss OF blood 10 cause a fatal result. a
sudden death occurred recently in promi.
nent family, in this city, where the young man
had no disease OF any tissue thai could cause
alarm, and no one could have predicted the
result. Nothing could be said OF 1t, but that
some violent shock tell upon an enleebIed
nervous system and took lite away before the
trouble, whatever it was, could pronounce it.
sef by dlsoreanlzlng any part OF the body
Civilization and its intense activities bring a
great strain on the nervous pO wers; physici-
ans have 10 bear this in mind and direct their
coulsels accordingly. A great desidera.um
is to discover some remedy which will act
promptly as counter shock. In cases OF
certain kind, as in lightning stI okes, dasbes
of cold water, suddenly given by the pailiul,
sometimes avail. Perhaps when the nervous
force is better understood it may )me within
ac0ntrol as decisive as that over galvanlc cur
rents in cable, which are charged aud dis
coareed at will. Meanwhile there should be
Sufficient knowledge disseminated among the
people TO enable them to exercise caution in
avoiding whatever is destructive OF nervous
vitality.-IO,1d School Journal. .r..
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The ATLANTIC for Juue is enriched, to be-
gin at the point OF greatest interest with more
reminscences..ofD Dickens in sour Whispering
Gallery" By James T. Field. Everything re-
lating to that truly great man should be rev.
erently preserved and cherished. Mr.. Fields
is one of many, we hope, who are doing for
posterity what no contemporary of Shakes
peare did for us, and is writing what will
make familiar to future generations the man
whom they are almost sure to rank with the
first of dramatists. The second article on
the capture of Fort Fisher by H. Lockwood
Is but too plainly written as vindication of
Gen. Buffers caution in the first attack on
that stronghold Gen. Ames, who is really
deserving, also gets great credit. The other
articles are ~Botanizlng" by Wilson Flagg
the shifting OF Power" anonymous; "Fr ON
Generation to Generation" a serial, by Caro-
line Cheseboro; the "Robin,' by Whittier;
Bubbles from an Ancient Pipe,' which are
not too brilliant; the "New English Edition
OF Lambs Works, by ]. E. Babson,,, who is
very severe on the English editor; "a Sum-
mer Mood" by Hiram Rich, and the first OF
the "Encyccals of Traveller" by Ell. Fl.
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada"
american Life in France" and tKate Beau
mont are continued. James r. Osgood &
Co., Boston.