Litchfield enquirer., 1875-06-24
Nervous Prostration.
Nervous Debility.

Is characterized by general languor or weak ness or the whole organism, especially of the nervous system, Obstructing and preventing the ordinary functions of nature; hence, there Is a dlsordered state of the secretions: constipation, scanty and high-colorod urine, with an excess of earthly or hmey sediment, indicative of waste of brain and nerve substance; frequent palpitations or the heart, joss of memory, and marked 1rres- Olutlon or purpose. and inability carry into ac- ton any we'll defined business enterprise, or, to nX the mind upon any one thing any length of time There is great sensitiveness to impress slons, though retained but short time, with a fickering and hutterinS condition of the mental faculties. rendering an individual what IS con- monly called whiffied hinder, or fickle-minued man. There must of necessity be ill each ind- vIdual different symptoms, according to his pe- cullar organization, habits, pursuits and temper ment, which all serve to shape the manner of the manifestation of their physical peculiarites dis similar and peculiar to themselves. These diff ferences, Ill the manner and form of their mani festation, do not indicate any necessary differ ence to be followed in the treatment of any case where disease has its origin in physical injury; the same remedies being alike applicable to the weak as to the strong; to the sturdy as the sick ly, varied only in degree of quantity and dura- tlon Tn the use of them in order to overcome the disease. Nervous Debility, Or what is generally regarded as such, Is as protean typed ID it's pe- cullarities as are the dreams of the shipwrecked mariner who, in hIs struggles for safety lies down exhausted for moments sleep upon the
 
 of destruction in mad commOtiOn around him. when the first instincts of his naturs.are long ing for something solid upon which he may find a standing place.
 In some cases of this disease there are parox- ysms or cancellations, with extreme debility ap- parent in everything; often conditions of hectic Tn all It's stages also all of the general symptoms enumerated, with local manifestation of it more frequently apparent in the facial nerves, though It may be Ill any other part of the body, such as the thoTax, abdomen or limbs, with pains of a shooting, lancinating character. For this condi- tlon an explanation is found in the fact that, as the vitality of structure decreases by age, over exertlon or too frequent excitement at improper times, It's nervous sensibility increases; and if the dimlnutlon Is the result of irritation, as by disease or local, there is general decrease Of vi- tai stamina or power; the least shock irritation may act as secondary cause, the inherent or primary cause being some one or all of those al- ready mentioned. In causation, however, there are great many others on the list. such as serofuia, malaria, blood and wasting diseases of all kinds, levers, sexual excesseS and the many forms Of pelvic and all chronic diseases, where there IS great irritation; this, being reflected to to the spinal marrow, prodaces depression of that great nervous centre, from whence a cOrre- spending degree Of nervous debility is distrib- qted to ali parts of the system; a weakened con- dition follows, impeding, obstructing and para fyzlng the functional operations of every organ, muscular and mental, necessary to carry on the essential duties, business or pleasures of exist ence.
 This condition of the individual, distressing as It Is, may, certainty, be cured by