Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-05-17
Brain and Nerves.
ADVICE TO NERVOUS PEOPLE.

Brain ana Nerves.
ADVICE TO NERVOUS PEOPLE.
Now. from whatever cause or combi-
nation OF causes nervousness has been
produced. if happiness and health are
to be restored, the causes must be re-
moved and the injury they have caused
be repaired. For in proportion to The
weakness Of mans system and the
enfeeblement of his nerves, will be the
liability of his falling victim to other
aud more fatal maladies; and thus it is
that every day we find such diseases as
bronchitis, consumption, Bright's dis
ease, brain disease and insanity follow
ing at the heels of nervousness. The
indications for treatment are fourfold !:
First, we must remove The cause, re-
store the tone Of the heart. improve the
blood. All injurious habits must be
given up; late hours and intemperance
in eating must be abandoned: smoking
if practiced stopped. The food is most
important. 1t must be abundant and
wholesome-neither too much nor too
little. 1t should not be sloppy, and
soups had better be avoided so long as
solid food can be taken. Rise from the
table feeling you have had enough, but
not oppressed with what you have eaten.
The bread should be stale, and no very
heating food taken. Eight hours sleep
should be taken every night If possible
This alone will nearly cure. Take no
narcotics to make you sleep. A few raw
oysters before bedtime are worth all
the narcotics in the world, are easily
digested, and furnish material tor res
toring nervous tissue and blood. lfvou
wake up in the middle of the night,
sometimes a small stale biscuit eaten
will send you off to sleep again. A
change oi scene, air and cheerful So
ciety, with sea-bathing. are excellent
agents for curing nervousness. Avoid
physic-it exhausts the tone OF the sys-
tenn, the vary thing you would restore.
Above all keep up good heart and a
firm reliance on the Great Author oil
Life.-HraH of Health.
NoURISHING THE BRAIN.
To increase the plastic property OF
the mind you must nourish the brain.
You naturally expect that this result
may ensue when the body generally is
nourished: and so it will if there be no
exorbitant demands on the part of other
organs. giving them such preference
as to leave very little for the organs OF
the mind. II the digestion or the mus
cles are unduly drawn upon, the brain
will not respond to the drafts made upon
it. Obversely, if the brain is so consti-
tuted by nature, or so excited by stimu-
lation, As to absorb the lions share oil
the nutriment, the opposite results will
appear: the mental functions will be ex-
alted, and the other interests more or
less impov eri.hcd. This Is the situa-
ton for an abundant display of mental
force.-.iieraader Balm.
NERVE FOOD.
Tn what does nerve food consist: In
what do we find It, Is it meat: no:
white bread: no: potatoes no. If it
is not 10 be found in these staples, in
what is il TO be found, answer, in the
exterior of the white kernel, in the skin
ot the potato, and in milk, partially
also in eggs and fish. answer, the
chief food staples, in the present diete-
tic system, are almost entirely deficient
IN brain and nerve building material.
In view of these facts, is it a resul, to
be wondered at that the starving ner-
vous tissue in the overworked masses
attempts TO satisfy an intolerable sense
of craving, of physical hunger, by the
use OF stimulating poisons that tempo
rarily supply the place of brain and
nerve foods i answer, the cause Of IN
temperance is based upon fundamen-
tai error in the present dietetic system.
Let il always be borne in mind that
stimulating brain poisons-alcohcl, opi-
um and tobacco-tenporarily supply the
place of brain and nerve food. What
rs the remedy for intemperance:
answer, nerve food-buildins material
TO supply the waste Of the nervous It's
sue in the masses. answer, further, a
reform in the present popular system of
dieteties, by reducing the proportion of
fat and muscle forming elements, and
increasing the nerve and brain building
material in proper ratio. Let the sup
ply in each case meet the demand, and
no more.-Heraid Of HeaiM.
THE ovER-ExcrrRMgSr OF pusrRsss.
II is not without q shade Of melan.
choly that We notice in almost every
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