Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-07-16
Nervous Debility

IS characterized by general languor weakness Of
the whole organism especially Of the system
obsructng and preventing the ordinary functions OF
nature hence there is disordered state Of the score
ti0ns constipation, scaaty and high-colored urine,
with an excess Of earthly or limey sediment ndloauve
Of Of tho brain and nerve substance, frequent
palptatons Of the heart loss Of memory and marked
irresoluton Of purpose and inability to carry into
action any we'll defined business enterprise, TO Tx
the mind upon any thing any length of time.
There is great ssnstyeness To Impressions though re-
tained but short time, with pickering and huttering
condition OF the mental faculties rendering indvid
ual what Is commonly called whfle-minder, or
individual different symptoms, according 70 his pecu-
liar organization, habits, pursuits and temperament
Of their nervous disturbances, constituting difference
marked their physical pecularites dissmilar
and peculiar to themselves. These differences In the
and form of their manifestation do not indicate
any necessary difference to be followed in the treat
ment Of any where disease has It's origin in phys
cal injury; the same remedies being alike applicable
to the weak As the strong to the sturdy as to the
scky varied only In degree Of quantity and duration
Nervous debility, or what Is generally regarded a;
SUCH prOtean typed in its pecnlarites are the
dreams OF the shipwrecked mariner who In his strug-
giles for safety, lies down exhausted for a moments
sleep upon the wreck upon which he floats, with all
tho elements Of destruction in mad commotion around
him, whom the FIRST instincts Of his nature long
ing for something solid upon which he may find a
standing place.
exaeubtons with extreme debility apparent in every
thing often conditions of hectic in all Its stages also
i all the general symptoms enumerated with a local
manifestation oft more frequently apparent In the
facial nerves. though It may be in any other part Of
the body, such the thorax, abdomen limbs with
pains Of n shooting, Illuminating character. Por this
condition explanation is found In the fact that
the vitality of structure decreases by age overoKer-
ton too frequent excitement at improper time, II:
sensblty increases and II the diminuton Is
the result Of irritation by disease local injury
there is a general decrease Of vital stamina power
the least shock or irritation may act secondary
cause the inherent or primary cause being some one
or all Of those already mentioned. In causaton, how
ever, there great many others on such As scrof
ula malaria blood and wasting diseases OF all kinds
fevers sexual excesses and the many forms Of pelvic
and all chronic Diseases where there Is irritation this
being reflected 90 tho spinal marrow, produces de
preston OF that great centre, from whence
corresponding degree Of debility Is distributed
70 all parts Of the system weakened condition fol
lows, impeding, 0bstTucting and paralyzng the fnnc
onal operations Of every organ, muscular and mental
necessary 10 carry on the essential duties, business
pleasures Of existence.
This condition Of the individual distressing It is
may, with certainty, DO cured by