, 1875-08-29

turbaoces, and sometimes war. Suppose Cesar
mad started fi1st-class modern dour-mlll, and
separating almost seven -etghths OF the nerve
FOOD from their wheat. had fed Lis soldiers with
the unnstural Manufacture; may we not be
allowed to think there would have been equal
trouble? For one cannot imagine such large
dtmnuflon without corresponding lack OF
tonlc!ty IN those tissues needing and accustomed
70 full supply. To put it differently, suppose
Cesar had removed SIX per cent Of his soldiers
proper nerve-food from their wheat. would he
not have right to expect only 12>>5 per cent Of
energy, tone. or vital force 10 tAoee soldiers
nerVesF And yet this is just the state Of things
Our boaeted modern civilization has put us
into. Because public opinion says the whitar
and lighter the bread ID baked, the better It il,
therefore I'll Ch tstendon1 acknowledges the dec
lR1ation. and eats the food which contains the
less Of solid. substantiA elemeAts the winter
and lighter it ia.
at cannot be denied that
NEUnoT1c COMPLAINTS
are very common and chronic. Never we're
there so many insane people; never were physi-
Clans called upon oftener to treat nervous dig
eases than at present. How ofteu do people
drop dead from heart-disease, found, upon ex-
animation. to be solely for want OF proper in
nervatiou. How marked ia the prevalence OF
nsralysis- How the nerves Of special sense sut-
fer. We have trouble With the eyes very conf
monty. Our children. il We have any, grow I'D
thin, ethereal, nereous anGmic- They die of
consumption, and break down readily under the
discipline OF schools. Then see what vas. amount
OF nervous diseases in women II every condition
and class Of society. Go into any public assem-
bly,, see the cry Of distress and care imp1 essed
they lack. 1t is beaeeching look. Soma say il
is from hard work! Well, It ia bard work to
fight the battles Of life with buE 121l Per cent
OF uerve-food-
Inlay it not be that the diet OF our farmers.--
teh1te bread, pses, cakes doughnuts crackers, de-
fri a5 t31uyu Fha f1tLu nF
foods partly the cause OF their own and par
ticularly their wives decay, and distressed loo1s
and decayed teeth, and weak nerves that ttem-
BILE. aud shake. and acho when engaged III eer-
ylces that should be pieasorable painful
Consider the amount Of na1ve-force it taxes to
digest starch, which ia the main constituent OF
-four. compared with the amount required to di-
gest animal food containing the same amount OF
nerye-food.
''sometimes cases Of dyspepsia difficult d.
nerve poaer (so scantily fed upon Hour ia all
used up in labor and work in carrying on the
other functions OF the body. 80 that there il mono
left to digest the food. In other verbs, the
whole system is too tired to eat What folfows7
As matter Of course, the whole system ia un-
nourshed the other functions fail in their full
performances and, il this is carried too far.
tue nervous System rebels, and We have neu-
ralgia. headaches and distress in various parts OF
the body: and, it these things be continued,
dlseaaa results,
soxErlNEs FOLLOWED BY DEATH.
"As nerye-force 1s 80 Indispensable a part of
animal life, do We reason incorrectly when ne
assert that, in our opinion, nervous disease
would not be 20 prevalent II the human system
was fed with all the 100 per cent Of phosphoric
acid that Gcd intended it should have? Ours IL
such bustIins, active, nervous ago that We
need more nerve-food than eser before in the
history Of the world. How many OF us wear out,
how many OF Us euffer, how many Of US fail,