Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-02
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 high-colorod urine, with an excess of earthly or limey sediment, Indicative of waste of brain and nerve substance; frequent palpisations of the heart, lOss of memory, aud marked lrres- oluion of purpose. and inability carry into &C., ton any well defined business enterprise, or, to time. There is great seHsitiveness to ;mpFss- siOns, though retained but short time, with hickering and futtering condition of the mental faculties. rendering an individual what is com 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 similar and peculiar to themselves. These dif- ferences, in the manner and form of their mani- festation, do not indicate any necessary tliffer- ence to be followed in 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 eturdy as ehe sick ly, varied only in degree of quantity and sdura- ton in the use of them in order to overcome the disease. Neryous Debility, or what is generally regarded as such, Is as protean typed m it's pe- culiafities as are the dreams of the shipwrecked mariner who, in hls struggles for safety, lies down exhausted for . moments sleep upon the Wr0ck upon whlcn ne nOats, W1th 9ll the el0ments of destruction in mad cOmmotion around 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- ysms or exacubatiOns, with extreme debility ap- parent in everything; often conditions of hectic in all it's stages; also all of the general symptoms enumerated, with local manifestation of if more frequently spParent in the facial nerves, though 1t may be in any other part of the body, such as the thorax, abdomen or limb8, with painn of . shooting, lancinating character. For this eOndi- tiOn an sxplsBatiOn Is found ia the fact thaA as the vitality of structure decreases by aee, over exertiOn or too frequent excitement at iInproper times, its nervous sensibility increases; and if the dimlnuti0n is the result of irritation, as by disease or local, there is general decrease of vi tai stamina or pOwer the least shock or irritation may act as e secondary cause, the inherent or 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 of forms of pelvic and all chronic diseases, where there is great irritation; this, being reflected to to the spinal marrow, prOdnces depression of that great nervous centre, from whence 6 core. spending degree of nervous debility is distrib- uted to all parts of the system; 6 weakened con- dition follows, impeding, Obstructing and para lyzing 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