The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-03-18
Nervous Debility

Is characterized by general anguor weakness of
the whole organism especially of the SYSTEM
obstructng and preventing the ordinary functions of
nature; hence there is disordered state of the
cretions; constipation, scanty and high colored
urine, with an excess of earthly limey sediment,
indicative of waste of brain and substance ire
quent paptations Of the heart loss of memory, and
marked rresoution of purpose and inability carry
into action any well-defned business enterprise
to fix the mind upon any one thing any length Of
time There is great constituencies to impressions,
though retained but a short time with Pickering
and utteriDg condition of the mental faculties,
dering an individual what is commonly called Whit
fe-minder, or tickle minded man. There must of
necessity be in each individual different symptoms,
according to his peculiar organization, habits, pur
manner of the manifestation of their nervous dis
turbances. constituting difference marked
their physical peculiarites dissmar and peculiar to
themselves. These differences, in the manner and
form of their manifestation, do not indicate any
necessary difference 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 to the
sickly, varied only in degree of quantity and dura
ton in the of them in order to overcome the
disease. NERVOUS DEBILITY, what is generally
regarded as SUCH is as protean typed in its pecuiari
ties 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
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 paroxysms
or calculations, with extreme debility apparent in
everything often conditions of hectic in allis stages
also all of the general symptoms enumerated, with
local manifestation of it frequently apparent in
the facial nerves. though it may be in any other part
of the body, such as the thorax, abdomen limbs,
with pains of shooting, lancinatng character. For
this condition an explanation is found in the fact that,
the vitality of structure decreases by age over
exertion or too frequent excitement at improper
times, its sensbility increases; and if the
dimnution is the result of irritation, by disease
local injury, there is general decrease of vital
stamina power; the least shock irritation may
act as secondary cause, the inherent or primary
cause being some one or all of those already men,
toned, In causation, however, there are great
many others on 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 great irritation; this. being
reflected to the spinal marrow, produces depression
ponding degree Of nervous debility is distributed to
all parts of the system; weakened condition fol-
lows, impeding, obstructing and paralyzins the
functional operations of every organ, muscular and
mental, necessary to carry the essential Duties
business or pleasures of existence.
This condition of the individual distressing as it is
may, with certainty, be cured by