Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-08-13
Nervous Debility

I characterized by general languor weakness Of
the whole organism, especially of the system.
ohstructing aud preventing the ordinary functions of
natures hence there Is dsordered state of the secre
tonsi constipation, scanty and higl-colored urine
with an excess OF earthly or mey sediment indicative
OF waste OF the brain and nerve substance, frequent
Papitatons Of the heart loss of memory and marked
irresolution Of purpose and inability to carry into
action any well defined business enterprise, to fix
the mind upon any thing any length of time
There is great ssnstveness to Impressions though
tanned but short tilne, with Pickering and futerng
condition Of the mental faculties rendering an indivd
ual what Is commonly called a whinleminder, or
Rckle-minded man. There must of necessity he IN each
individual different symptOm, according to his pecu
liar organization, habits pursuits and temperament
of their nervous disturbances, constituting difference
marked their ply sca peculiarites dssmilar
and peculiar to themselves. These differences, in the
and form Of their manifestation do indicate
any necessary difference to be followed In the treat
ment of any where disease has its origin in physi
cal injury the same remedies being alike applicable
to the weak the strong; to the sturdy as TO the
scky varied only in degree Of quantity and duration
in the of them in order to overcome the disease
Nervous debility, what is generally regarded as
such, is prOtean typed in its peculnrtes the
d cams Of the spwrecked 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 commoon around
him, when the first instincts Of his nature long
ing for something solid upon which he may find a
standing place.
In some of tho disease there paroxysms
calculations with extreme debility apparent In every
thing; often conditions of hectic in all its stages also
all the general symptoms enumerated, with o local
manifestation oft more frequently apparent in the
facial nerves. though 1t may be in any other part of
the body, such Us the thOrax, abdomen limbs, with
pains Of a shooting, Eliminating character Dor this
condition an explanation is found in tho fact that,
the vitality of structure decreases by age
ton or too frequent excitement at improper time its
nervous sensbiity increases and If the dminution is
the result OF irritation as by disease or local INJURY,
there is general decrease Of vital stamina power
the least shock or irritation may act secondary
cause the inherent or primary cause being some one
OF all of those already mentioned In causatiOn, how
ever, there great many others such scrof-
ula malaria blood and wasting diseases of all kinds,
and all chronic diseases, where there is irritation this,
being reflected to the spinal marrow, produces de-
preston of that great centre, from whence
corresponding degree Of nervous debility is distributed
TO all parts of the system weakened condition fol-
lows, Impeding, obstructng and paralyzng tho func-
tiOnal operations OF every organ and mental
necessary to carry the essential duties business
pleasures of existence.
This condition of the individual, distressing it is,
may, with certainty, be cured by