Litchfield enquirer., 1875-05-13
Nervous Debility.

Is characterized by general languor or weak
 hess ot the whole organism, especially of the
 hefvods system, obstructing and preventing the
 ordinary functions of nature; hence, there ls A
 disordeTed state of the secretions: constipation
 sc4atY and iigh-coiorod urine with an ex,eess of
 earthly or limey sediment, indicative Of waste of
 otdln and nerve substance; frequent paipitations
 U! ihe heart, loss of memory, and marked Irres-
 "iution 0t purpose. and inability carry into ac-
 !";i any Well dedncd business enterprise, OF, to
 lime lsrs is reas ys s srf to 5ensor !pres s1
 sishs, iiioagh retain-d but siIort tilne with
 .acaltes. rendering aii it,slisisl1al what is com
 Fl ou5y ta'iet -nliiiisr, 0E heke-minoed
 man ihef5- m'tsi s.f aecesslty J be m each indi-
 'i!nal @iierehs symptoms. < Go his pe-
 rlll!ar isal;Z io, habits, pursuits nd tthDer-
 "s;i! which all scrye o shape the mailner of the
 anif iiui u ttaer isii yscai peculiartfes Gls- .i.;iiiar aad peculiar tD temseives. These diff
 ieFelces, lh tho niaIi:or and form of their mani-
 ir-t%ii'i, io !i'bt Indicate any necessary differ t:ce tp oe followed ii tiIe treatment of any casa WheIe sii>ease has it's 0riSin in physicsi injury. ii: saiiie rci:leiss he.ns alike applicable to inc "eta as to iIe >iiuns; to the sturdy Al the sick iy> varied o'iy iA degree of quantity and dura- ;Ion III the use of them in order to overcome the ,iisease Nefyous Debility, or what Is generally reSarded as such, is as prot can typed m its De- lnaarities as are the dreams Of the shipwrecked inariner who. II ills struggles for safety IIes down exhausted fur a moments sleep u!;Jn the "ieck "t"n "hicI lie floats, with all the elements ni dtsti iciIoa !n mad coHmotion around him.
 vixen the first Instincts of his nature ax., long inS for something solid upon which he may
 dad d standing place.
 II sone cases of this disease there are parox- snis or eNacubatiOns, with extreme debility ap- parent i'll everything; often conditions of hectic
 Iii ai Its stages: also all of the general symptoms enumerated, with local manifestation of it more Frequently apparent ia the facial nerves, though II may be Ill any other part of the body such as the thOTax, abdomen or limbs, with pains of 2 shooting, ianclnatinS character. For this condi- ton 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, its nervous sensibiiity increases; and if the dimInutiOn Is the result eT irritation as by disease or local, there Is general decrease of vi- tai stamina or power the feast shock or irritation may act as a 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 tine 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 depression of that great nervous centre, from whence a cOrre- spending degree of nervous debility ia distrib- uted to all parts of the system; a weakened c0n- dl:ion follows, impeding, obstructing and para lyZInS the functional operations of every organ, and mentai, necessary to carry On the essential dnties. business or pleasures of exist ence.
 This condition of th- individual distressing as 1t Is, may. certainty, be cured by