Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-08-06
Nervous Debility

is characterized by general anguor weakness of
the whole organism, especially of the nervous system.
obstructing and preventing the ordinary functions OIL
tiOns; constipation, scanty and hgh-colored urine,
with an excess OF earthly or lmey sediment indicative
Of waste OF the brain and nerve substance, frequent
papitatons of the heart loss of memory and marked
irEesolution Of purpose, and inability to carry into
action any well defined business enterprise, to fix
the mind upon any one thing any length of time.
There Is great sensveness to impressions though re-
tanned but short time, with Pickering and uttering
condition of the mental faculties rendering an indivd-
ual what is commonly called a whihle-minder or
ickleminded man. There must OF necessity be IN each
individual different symptOms according to his pecu-
liar organization, habits pursuits and temperament
which all serve to shape the manner of manifestation
Of their disturbances, constituting difference
marked as are their physical peculiarites dssimar
and peculiar to themselves. These differences In the
manner and form of their manifestation do not indicate
any necessary difference to be followed in the treat
ment of any where disease has its origin in phys
cal injury; the same remedies being alike applicable
to the weak as the strong; to the sturdy as to tho
scky varied only in degree Of quantity ana duration
in the of them in order to overcome the disease
Nervous debility or what Is generally regarded as
SUCH is protean typed in Its pecuartie as are the
dreams of the shipwrecked mariner who in his strug-
giles tor safety, lies down exhausted for moments
Sleep upon the wreck upon which he floats, with all
the elements of destruction in mad commoton around
him, when the first instincts Of his nature are long
| ing for something solid upon which he may find
In some cases OF the disease there are paroxysms
CALCULATIONS with extreme debility apparent in every
thing often conditions of hectic in all its stages also
all the general symptoms enumerated, with a local
manifestation oft more frequently apparent In the
the body, such as the thoTax abdomen or limbs, with
pains Of shooting, Eliminating character. For this
condition explanation is found in the fact that,
the vitality of structure decreases by age overexer
ton too frequent excitement at Improper time its
nervous sensbity increases; aud If the dimnution is
the result of irritation, by disease or local injury,
there Is general decrease of vital stamina power
the least shock or irritation may act as secondary
cause, the inherent primary being ono
all of those already mentioned In causation how
ever, there great many Others such as scrOf
ula malaria blood and wasting diseases of all kinds,
fevers sexual excuses, and the forms Ct pelvic
and all chronic Diseases where there Is irritation this,
being reflected to the spinal marrow produces de-
preston of that great nervous centre from whence
corresponding degree of nervous debility is distributed
to all parts of the system weakened condition fol-
lows Impeding, obstructing and parayZing the func-
tOnal operations of every organ, SECULAR and mental
necessary to carry the essential duties, business
| pleasures of existence.
This condition of the individual distressing 1t Is,
may, with certainty, be cured by