The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-11-27
Hearts Orerworked.

z7t-3f< Chab.bers' journst.I
10 orgAn IN the.body is so liable to be
overW0rk6{l IA the heart. When every
other pdft the BODY sleeps, it keeps on
its perpetual inotiQn. Every increased
effort III action <1en6ands from the heart
more force naagI1Aans tocateh train,
and XIII hesft \ 6pdibly. He drinks
wii'6 nd IT, rashes through its
reservoik faStek ever was intended
:by nafor6s His sf3llse rises after each
eotafse af 1linner. Al telegram arrives,
and IFS hSSlf A6ocks at his side. And,
when any5o1e 81 these "excitements'' is
over; he IS conscious of corresponding
depression n sinking or emptiness as it
Il called, The healthy action of all the
menabers of enx frame depends upon the
supply Of blood received from the CEN
trail fountain. When the hearts action
is arrested, the stomach, which requires
from it large supply of blood, becomes
enfeebled. The brain, also waiting for
the blood, is inactive. The heart is a
very willing member, but if it be "put
upon" as the unselfsh member of a
family often is :. it undergoes disorgan-
ization which is equivalent to its rup-
ture. And this disorganization begins
too often now -a-days in the hearts of
very young children. Parents know
that if their sons are, to succeed at any
{ of these competitive examinations which
have now become 50. exigent, high pres
sure is employed. Hence young persons
are stimulated TO overwork by rewards
and punishments. The sight of a clever
boy who is being trained for competition
is truly sad ono. The precocious
coached-up children are never we'll.
Their mental excitement keeps up a
flush which, like the excitement caused
by strong drink in older children, looks
like health, but has no relation to it in a
word. The intemperance of education is
overstraining and breaking: their young
hearts. d If in the = soheol- ol-room some
hearts are broken from mental strain, in
/ the playground and in the gymnasium
others succumb, to physical strain. 1t
is no object OF mine," says DIR. Richard
son, "to underrate the advantages of
physical exercise for the young; but I
can scarcely soyerrate the danger of those
fierce competitive exercises which the
world in general seems determined to
applaud. / had the opportunity once
in my life Of living near rover. He
was patient of mine, suffering from the
i vel loInA -Ol lueuCCu ui'S"oS Va
which am now speaking, and he gave
me ample means of studying the condi-
| tions Of many of those whom he trained
both for running and rowing. / found
5occasion, certainly, to admire the
physique to which his trained men were
brought; the strength of muscle they at.
tanned the forceiof their heart; but the
| admiration was qualified BY the stern
fact of the results" But indeed, it is
not by overwork so much as by worry
1 and anxiety that our hearts are dis
organized. "Laborious mental exercise il
/ healthy, unless it-bee made anxious by
unnecessary difficulties. Regular men
4 tai labor is best carried on by introduc
lsing intosit'some variety Business and
professional men wear out their heart
| by acquiring habits of express-trail
haste, which little attention to methot
would render unnecessary.