Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-08-09
Nervous Debility

Is characterized by general languor or weakness
the whole organism especially of the system,
obstruction and preventing the ordinary functions Of
nature hence there dsordered state of the secre
tions constipation, scanty and high-colored urine,
with an excess Of earthly lmey sediment Indicative
OF waste OF brain and substance frequent palpi-
tations Of the heart, loss OF memory, and marked
irresolution Of purpose and inability TO carry into
action any well defined business enterprise, or to fix
the mind upon any one thing any length of time
There is great constituencies to impressions though
retained but shert time with Pickering and hutter-
ing condition Of the mental faculties, rendering
individual what is commonly called whifie minded,
or ckleminded man. There must be in each individ-
ual different symptoms according TO his peculiar organ
ization habits pursuits and temperament, which all
serve to shape the manner of the manifestation Of
their nervous disturbances, constituting difference
as marked as their physical peculiarties dissmilar
and peculiar to themselves These differences in the
manner and form of their manifestation do not nd-
cate any necessary difference TO be followed in the
treatment OF any where disease has its origin IN
physical injury the same remedies being like appli-
cable 10 the weak as TO the strong TO the sturdy to
the scky varied only in degree of quantity and dura-
tion in the use Of them in order TO overcome the
disease NERVOUS DEBILITY, or what is generally re-
grded as SUCH as protean typed in its pecuaTities
as are the dreams OF the shipwrecked mariner who in
his struggles for safety lies down exhausted for a
moments sleep upon the wreck upon which he floats
with all the elements OF destruction in mad commoton
around him, when the first instincts Of his nature are
longing for somsthng solid upon which he may find
standing place.
In some cases Of this disease there are paroxysms
exacubatiOns with extreme debility apparent in every
thing; often conditions Of hectic in all its stages; also
all the general sym ptons enumerated, with local
manifestation OF it more frequently apparent in the
facial nerves. though il may be in any other Tart Of
the body, such as the throax abdomen limbs. with
pains of shooting. laeinating character. For this
condition an explanation is found in the fact that
the vitality Of structure decreases by age overexer
ton or 70 frequent excitement at improper times its
nervous sensibity increases; and if the dminuation
Il the result OF irritation. by disease local injury
there Is general decrease Of vital stamina or power
the least shock or irritation may a secondary
cause, the inherent or primary being some one
OF all OF those already mentioned In causation how
ever there are great many others the list such
scroiula, malaria blood and wasting diseases Of all
kinds fevers, sexual excess and the many forms Of
pelvic and all chronic Diseases where there is great
lrritation this being reflected to the spinal marrow
produces depression Of that great nervous centre
from whence CORRESPONDING degree Of nevous debility
Is distributed 70 all parts OF the system; weakened
condition follows impeding obstructing and paralyz-
ing the functional operations Of every organ muscular
and mental necessary 70 carry the essential duties
business CT pleasures OF existence
This condition Of the individual distressing rs It IL
may. with certainty. be cured by