Litchfield enquirer., 1875-07-22
Nervous Debility.

Is characterized by a 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 a dlsOrdered state Of the secretiOns: constipation, scanty and hlSh-cOlOrod urine, with an excess of earthly or hmey sediment, indicative of waste of brain and nerve substance; frequent palpifations of the heart, loss of memory, and marked Irres- OutIOn Of purpose. and inability carry into ac- ton any we'll defined business enterprise, O., to fix the mind upon any one thing any length of tune. There 1s great seHeltlyenesS to :mpres- sIOns, though retained but short time, with a hlckerlng and huttering condition of the mental faculties. rendering individual what Is con- mOnly called whlffied- hinder, or fickle-minded man. There must of necessity be in each indi- yldual different symptoms, according to his pe- cnllar organization, habits, pursuits and temper ment, which all serve to shape the manner of the manifestation of their physical peculiarities dis similar and peculiar to themselves. These diff ferences, ln the manner and form of their mani- festatiOn, do not indicate any necessary differ ence 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 the sick ly, varied only i'll degree of quantity and dura- ton in the use of them in order to overcome the disease. Nervous Debility, or what Is generally regarded as such, IS as prOtean typed Tn its pe- cuIaritles as are the dreams of the shipwrecked mariner who, ln hls struggles for safety, lies down exhausted for a moments sleep upon the WHICH ue nOdtS Wltn ali the elements of destruction in mad commotion around him. when the first instincts of his nature are a long ing for a something solid upon which he may find standing place.
 In some, cases of this disease there are parox- ysms or exacubations, with extreme debility ap- parent in everything; often conditions of hectic Tn all its stages; also all of the general symptoms enumerated, with a local manifestation of it more frequently apparent in the facial nerves, though 1t 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 condi- tion an explanation Is found in the fact that, as the vitality of a structure decreases by age, over exertion or too frequentexcitement at improper times, its nervous sensibiity increases; and if the dimlnutiOn is the result of irritation. as by eai lesa tRs s least shock CT irritation may act as 3 secondary cause, the inherent or primary cause being some one or all of those al- ready mentioned. In causation, however, there scrofula, malaria, blood and wasting diseases of all kinds, levers, sexual excesses and the many forms of pelvic and all chronic diseases, where there Is great irritation; this, being reflected to to the spinal marrow, produces depression of that great nervous centre, from whence a corre- spending degree of nervous debility is distrib- uted to all parts of the system; a weakened con- dltlon follows, impeding, Obstructing and para lyZlng the functional operations of every organ 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