The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-13
Nervous Debility

the whole organism especially of the nervous system.
nature hence there is dsordered state of the &C.
cretions; constipation, scanty and high-cOloTed
urine, with an excess of earthly or limey sediment,
indicative of waste of brain and substance re
quent paptatons Of the heart, loss of memory, and
marked rresouion of purpose, and inability to carry
into action any well-dehned business enterprise, OF
to fix the mind upon any one thing any length of
time. There is great sensitiveness to impressions,
though retained but short time, with Pickering
dering an individual what is commonly called Whit
fe-minder, or tickle minded man. There must of
necessity be liz each individual different symptoms,
according to his peculiar organization, habits, pur-
suits and temperament, which all to shape the
manner of the manifestation of their nervous dis
turbances, constituting difference as marked as are
their physical pecuharites dissimar and peculiar to
themselves These differences. in the manner and
form of their manifestation. do not indicate any
of 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 to the
sickly, varied only in degree of quantity and dura
ton in the use of them in order to overcome the
disease. NERVOUS DEBILITY or what is generally
regarded as such is as protean typed in its pecuiari
who, in his struggles for safety lies down exhausted
Tor moments sleep upon the wreck upon which he
floats, with all the elements of destruction in mad
commotion around him, when the first instincts OF
his nature are longing for something solid upon
which he may find standing place.
In some cases of this disease there are par0Xyems
or CALCULATIONS, with extreme debility apparent in
everything; often condionsof hecticin aits stages
also all of the general symptoms enumerated, with
heal manifestation of it more frequently apparent in
the facial nerves though it may be in any other part
of the body, such as the thOrax a bdo-1en limbs
with pains of shooting lancinating character. For
this condition explanation is found in the fact that
the vitality of structure decreases by age, over
exertion too frequent excitement at improper
times, its sensbility increases; and if the
diminution is the result of irritation, by disease
local injury, there is general decrease of vital
stamina power; the least shock irritation may
act secondary cause, the inherent primary
cause being some one all of those already men,
toned, In causation however, there great
many others the list, such scrofula, malaria,
blood and wasting diseases of all kinds fevers sexual
and the many forms of pelvic and all chronic
Diseases where there is great irritation; this, being
reflected to the spinal marrow, produces depression
of that great nervous centre, from whence cores
pondng degree of nervous debility is distributed to
all parts of the system; a weakened condition fol-
lows, impeding, obstructing and paralyzing the
functional operations of every organ, muscular and
mental necessary to carry on the essential duties,
business pleasures of existence.
This condition OF the Individual distressing IL Is,
may, with certainty, be cured by