Litchfield enquirer., 1875-07-01
Nervous Debility.

Is characterized by general languor or weak ness or the whole organism, especially of the nervous system. obstructing and preventing the ordinary functions of nature; hence, there Is a disOrdered state of the secretions: constipation, scanty and high-colorod urine, with an excess of earthly or limey sediment, indicative of waste of brain and nerve substance; frequent palpitations of the heart, loss of memory, and marked lrres- OutiOn of purpose. and inability carry into &c., tion any we'll defined business enterprise, or, to fix the mind upon any one thing any length of time. There is great sensitiveness to impress sions, though retained but short time, with a hickerin. and huttering condition of the mental faculties. rendering an individual what IS cOm- moIly called a whitfield hinder, or fickie- minded 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 ferenees, ln the manner and form of their mani festatlon, do not indicate any necessary differ ence to be followed ill the treatment of any case where disease has it's 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 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 as such, is as protean typed Tn its De- culiarities 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 long ing for 9 something solid upon which he may find standing place.
 In some cases of this disease there are parox- ysms or cancellations, with extreme debility ap- parent in everything; often conditions of hectic i'll 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 1t may be in any other part of the body, such as the thorax, 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 structure decreases by age, over exertion or too frequent excitement at improper times, it's nervous sensibility increases; and fl the dimlnution is the result Of irritation, as by disease or local tncre Is general decrease of vi. tai stamina or power; the least shock irritation may act as secondary cause, the inherent oE primary cause being some one or all of those al- ready mentioned. In causation, however, there are great many others on the list. such as scrofula, malaria, blood and wasting diseases oi 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 a depression of that great nervous centre, from whence a corre- spending degree of nervous debility is distrib- uted to all parts of the system; weakened con- dition follows, impeding, Obstructing and para iyzinS 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 1t Is, may, certainty, be cured by