Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-19
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GonsoIation for the Nervous.

aries will be charged st advertisement r-'eS.
Consolation for the Nervous.
Nervousness in The sense Of feeb!eness, or
lack Of stability Of the nervous system, as dis'
| tiueuished from the rest of the body, ID a word
Of modern origin; neither the arcients ror The
mcdiaevals used this term in the modern sig.
nifoaliop; it is pre- eminent!y anAucricaa term.
since tho state or tendency Of the constitution
suggested by i! abouuds in the northern ard
eastern parts of the United States more than
10 apy other part Of the wcrld. The number
Of those 10 the middlo ard higher classes OF
American society, who, without ever being
actually sick, yet never know what iull, reJ lcirg
health really is: who 1.-Two constantly IN a lower
plano of being than IS normal to man: VINO
are weak alI over. though not special ~ and
constantly weak in any one organ; and Who, Al.
though they may never experic1ce piercing aud
grinding pain, yet suffer a. times, II not always,
that prciGund exhaustion WE!ca II many re.
speots is far worse than raln--ls very laFge,ard
is, or bas been, apparently lncrcasys.
Persons thus organized arc ucuasStlonaDiy
cheated somewhat 10 the game OF Nc, shorn
of at lcast portion of their possible happiness
and usefulness, prisoners OF their own feooic-
ness, with no certain hope o! perfect aac per
manent liberation. There ere those Ehoo como
into life thus weighted GOwo, Got ty disease,
not by transmitted poison in the blood, but by
tho tendency to disease, by & scDsitlveness to
evil end cltacbliog forces that seems 10 make
almost every external irfueoce means OF
torture; as soon as they are born, debility ratslts
terrible bond upon them, and will cot let them
20. but plays the tyrant with them until they
die. Such persons in infancy arc often on tho
poiot OF d7iog, though they may not die; II
childhood numbcress physical ills attack them
and hold them dove, and, though DOT COZ
iDjpg them to home. yet deprive them, ptr'
hsps, cf many childish delights; IL maturity
and cd age an army Of abnormal nervous SEP,
salons is waiting for them, the gauntlet OF
which they must run it they cap; and through.
out life every tuucli0n seems to be 80 enemy
The conpensa,ious ct this type OF organization
arc quite important AID suggestive, and are
most consostory to sufferers. Among these
coupcnsationa, this. perhaps. - worthy OF
Grs. mention-thst this very kncncss or tenn
perameDt, which IS tho source or ncrVousncs'
is also the soutc, Of exquisite pleasure
Highly sensitive natures respond to good a.
we'll as evil factois 10 their environment.
salutary as we'll as pcrnicious stimuli aro ever
operatinp npon them, and their clDaci'y for
rccci,iog, FIR retaining ard for multiplying tho
pleasures derived from external stimuli IL pro.
portionalIy greater than that OF cold and stolld
natures; if they sr, plunged into deeper hell
they also rise to d lighter heaven; thtlr dell
cately-stluog nerves make music to the
siightcst breeze; art, literature. travel. socia!
If. and soi.ude pour out On theCi
their chti,,st treasurers; they live not ooe
life but many liv>s, and ali joy is fer
them mu!tipi.d manifold. 10 such tenn
peraments the bare CONSCIOUSNESS OF living.
when life is rot attended by excessive ex
haustion or By psin, or whan ones cspaci!y i'r
mental or muscular toll is not too closely teIh
cred, is ofLeDtiInes supreme felicity. mo lrio
rs svchoogv of happiness is qualification OF iacn!'
ties and whom the nervous are able u incClS;
oven moderately and with studied caution and
wstchful anxiety their controlling desre' ni lh"
nob!e7 order, they may experience an cx4u:'I"'
ness Of eIioyment that scrvcz IN HessA:';, l"
reward them for their frequent dlstresaes. IN
the human system, as in all nature. everything
| /, in motion, and all mo!lon ls rhythmi2H! hhd
movement in any one direction IS lno H"r'
forcible and Spontaneous when 1t follo@s move
mont in another direction; tho motions u.
constitute what wo call health most delicious
and satisfying when following qnckly aitHf d.
| hiItv or Main Perfect health VI ltscll u no, a
condition Of positive happiness ana Is NO. =! III
| an essential tG happiness. Tho happrst persons
heVo seen, or expect u sc3 arc pArIiai i" >''
not those who arc rac1ei and t"rtur'1 "'.h
| namcless a2onica knpt pr0slrh!o bJ no,o'
Lutte exhaustion. bat who are 81 lar under
bondage to susceptible nerves a' mover 70 rei:|
even approximsis health; oVoa "a Their :ia"try
they were suili ;enty 1ro1 10 !ndu'g, s?;n.'
at least of Their higher faculties. ard ~ tan: de-
gree wero cAphbic vi cnloymeat y! Ino in';e ~
| tanse from CoGlras! with tho restrictions LEA.
d;geuse inpoecs on tho ros. OF their orGsrH '''o;
| l recall the c.ae Of p lady who, rs an ctie'; a.
severo tuoc.iona! nervous di:Jrac', bal b.c'n
tenporsly par.lyz d, So that nono CT III: l1l3s
| had power OF self-lnotlon. AZ! JcI sne ""7 ~
nnrently and 1o.iiy more joyous tn"f thc NM
ioritv Gf those who have lull nhy;lcsi liberty.
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