Litchfield enquirer., 1875-11-04
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, there Is disOrdered state of the secretiOnS: constipation, scanty and hiSh-colOrOd urine, with an excess of earthly or limey sediment, indicative of waste of brain and nerve substance; frequent paIpiIatioDs of the heart, loss of memory, and marked Irres- OIutIon of purpose. and inability to carry into ton any we'll deinCd business enterprise, or, to fix the mind upon any one thing any length of time. There is great ssRsitiveHess to impress slOns, though retained but a short time with a hickering and huttering condition of the mental faculties. rendering an individual what IS com moDly called whlfned- hinder, or fickle-minued man. There must Of necessity be in each indi- vidual different symptoms, according to his pe- culiar organization, habits, pursuits and temper ment, which all serve to shape the manner of the manifestation of their physical peculiarties dis similar and peculiar to themselves. These diff ferences, in the manner and form of their mani. festatiOn, do not indicate any necessary differ ence to be followed i'll the treatment ofany case where disease has its origin in physical injury; the same remedies belng alike applicable to the weak as to the strong; to the sturdy as the sick ly, varied o0ly in degree of quantity and dura- tiOn ln the use of them in order to overcome the disease. Nervous Debility, or what is generally regarded as such, is as prOtean typed ID it's pe- culiarities as are the dreams of the shipwrecked mariner who, in bIs struggles for safety, lies down exhausted for q moments sleep upon the WTeck upon WHICH ne nO3Is, Wltn all the elements of destruction i'll mad cOmmotiOn abound him. when the first instincts of his nature are long ing for something solid upon which he may find standing place.
 In some cases of this disease there are parox- ysme or cancellations, with extreme debility ap- parent in everything; often conditions of hectic Tn all it's stages also all of the general symptoms enumerated, with a local manifestation of it 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 shooting, lancinatinS character. For this condi- ton an explanation Is found in the fact that, as the vitality of structure decreases by age, ever exeftiOn or too frequent excitement at improper times, its nGrvous sensibility increases; and if the dimIDutiOn is the result of irritation, as by disease or local, tDere is general decrease of vi 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 all ready mentioned. In causatioD, however, there are great many others on the list. such as scrofula, malaria, blood and wasting diseases of forms of pelvic and all chronic diseases, where there is great irritation; this, being reflected to to the spinal marrow, produces a depresslon of that great nervous centre, from whence core spending degree of nervous debility is distrib- uted to all parts of the system; weakened con dition follows, impeding, Obstructing and para muscular and mental, necessary to carry on the essential duties, business or pleasures of exist ence.
 This condition of the individual, distressing as it is, may, certainty. be cured by