Litchfield enquirer., 1875-08-12
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 ls a disordered state of the secretiOns: constipation, scanty and high-colorod urine, with an excess of earthly or limey sediment, indicative ofwaste of brain and nerve substance; frequent paipitations of the heart, loss of memory, and marked lrres- olution Of purpose. and inability tO carry into &C., ton any we'll defined business enterprise, or, to time. There ls great eeRsitiveness to impress sions, thougl, retained but short time with i'd tiickering and futtering condition of the mental faculties. rendering individual what is com. mOnly called f1ed-minder, or fickle-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 pecuIarities dis
 similar and peculiar to themselves. These dif- ferences, in the manner and form of their mani.
 festatiOn. do not indicate any necessary differ ence to be followed in the treatment of any case
 where disease has it's origin in physical injury: 1 the same remedies beng 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 pe- culiarities as are the dreams of the shipwrecked
 mariner who. in his struggles for safety, lies down exhausted for c moments sleeD urlou 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 q 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 Tn all it's stages; also all of the general symptoms enumerated, with 2 local manifestation of 1t 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. wilh pains of 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 sensibiiity increases; and if the diminution is the result of irritation, as by disease or local, there is general decrease of viz 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 arc a great many others on the list. such as scrofula, malaria, blood and wasting diseases of 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 depression of that great nervous centre, from whence . corre- spending degree of nervous debility is distrib- uted to all parts of the system; a weakened con- di.iOn follows, impeding, obstructiDg and para lyZing the functional operations of every organ, muscular and mental, necessary to carry on the ence. Hl
 This condition of the individual, distressing as 1t Is, may, certainty, be cured by