The Portland daily press., 1875-03-27
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 hesse
cretions; constipation, scanty and high colored
urine with an excess of earthly or limey sediment,
indicative of waste of brain and nerve substance fire.
Quent palptations of the heart loss of memory and
marked irresoution of purpose and inability to carry
into action any well-defned business enterprise, or
to fix the mind upon any one thing any length of
time. There is great sensitiyeness to impressions,
though retained but short time, with Pickering
and futtering condition of the mental faculties,
deriDg an individual what is commonly called Whit
Reminder, or tickle minded man. There must of
necessity be in each individual different symptoms,
according to his peculiar organization, habits pur
suits and temperament which all serve to shape the
manner of the manifestation of their nervous dis
turbances, constituting difference as 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 where disease has its origin in physical
injury; the remedies being alike applicable to
the weak as to the strong; to the sturdy to the
sicky, 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 such, is protean typed in its peculiari
ties are the dreams of the shipwrecked mariner
who in his strug lies for safety lies down exhausted
fer 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 paroXysms
or exacubations with extreme debility apparent in
everything often conditonsof hectic in all its 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 the thorax, abdomen limbs,
with pains of shooting, lancinaing character. For
this condition explanation found in the fact that,
as the vitality of structure decreases by age over
exertion or too frequent excitement at improper
times its nervous sensibity increases; and if the
dminuton is the result of irritation by disease
local injury, there is general decrease of vital
stamina or power; the least shock or irritation may
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cause being some one or all of those already mem
toned In causation, however, there great
many others on the list, such scrofula, malaria.
blood and wasting diseases of all kinds fevers, sexual
and the many forms of pevicand all chronic
diseases, where there is great rTitaton this being
reflected to the spinal marrow produces depression
of that great nery centre, from whence cores
pondng degree of nervous debility is distributed to
all parts of the system; weakened condition fol-
lows, impeding, obstructing and paralyzing the
functional operations of every organ muscular and
mental necessary to carry the essential duties,
business pleasures of existence.
This condition of the individual, distressing it is,
may, with certainty, be cured by