Litchfield enquirer., 1875-06-10
Nervous Prostratioa.
Nervous Debility.

Is characterized by general languor or weak ness Of the whole organism, especially of the nervous system, Obstructing and preventing the ordinary functions of nature; hence, therels & dlsordered state of the secretions: constipation, scanty and high-colofod urine with an excess of earthly or limey sediment, indicative ofwaste of brain and nerve substance; frequent palpitations of the heart, loss of memory, and marked rres- OintlOn or purpose. and inability 10 carry into ac- ton any we'll defined business enterpise or to fix the mind upon any one thing any length of time. There Is great sehsitiveness to impres- sI0ns, though retained. but q short time with a hicksring and futterins condition of the Smental faculties. rendering individual what is con- mOnly called whiffied-minder, or fickle-minued man. There must of necessity be in each indi- viduai different symptoms, according to his pe- cDilar oEsanlzatloR, habits, pursuits and temper- ment, which all serve to shape the manner of the manifestation of their physical peeuliaritesS dis similar and peculiar to themselves. These diff ferences, Ill the manner and form of their mani fcstatiOn, do not indicate any necessary differ ence to De followed Ill the treatment of any case where disease has its origin in physical injury: the same remedies beang alike applicable to the, weak as to tue strong; to the sturdy as the sick ly, varied oaly in degree of quantity and dara- ton Ill the Use of them in order to overcome the disease. Nervous Debility, or what Is, generally regarded as such, Is as protean typed m its De- cuiiarities are the dreams of the shiDWrecked mariner who. iu hls struggles for safety, lies down exhausted for a moments sleep upon the
 
 of destrustiOn In mad comlaDtiuns around hi ms when the first instincts of his n2fure ara A loug ing for a something solid upon which he may lind standing place. y In some cases of this disease there are parox- ysms Or exaeubatiOns, with extreme debility ap- parent m everything; Often conditions of hectic Tn all its stages; also all of the general symptoms enumerated, with a local manifestation of iE more frequently apparent in the facial nerves though it may be in any other part of the body, such as the thOIax, abdomen or limbs. with pains of a shooting, lancinating character. For this eondi- ton an explanation ls found in the fact that. as the vitality of structure decreases by age, over exertiOn or too frequent excitement st improper times, its nervous sensibiiity increases; and if. the dimlnutiOn is the result CT irritation. as by disease or local, there Is general decrease of yi tai stamina or power; the least shock irritation may act as a secondary cause, the inherent or primary cause being some one or all Of those al- ready mentioned. In caasatioa, however, there scrOfnla, malaria, blood and wasting diseases of forms or pelvic and all chronic diseases. where there is great irritation; this, being reflected to to the spinal marrow, produces a depression of that great nervous centre, from whence 8 cOrre- spending degree of nervous debility is distrib- uted to all parts of the system; a weakened con- dltion follows. impeding, obstructing and para lyZing the functional operations of every organ, muscular and msntal, necessary to carry on the essential duties. business or pleasures of exist eace.
 This condition of the individual, distressing as it Is, may, certainty. be cured by