Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-11-01
The CAUSE OF LANGuoR.
Not to B. COMPOUNDED with True Fatigue.
Cure and Prevention.

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in ordinary states of health the strong
est persons are apt TO feel sensations or
fits of languor which they call fatigue,
and for which they can give no reason
able explanation either to themselves or
to others. The weather largely intlu-
ences this condition. A moist and warm
atmosphere always increases the DISPOSE.
ton TO languor; a moderately cold and
dry atmosphere always prevents 1t. The
sense of relaxation and disposition to
sleep must not be COMPOUNDED with true
fatigue, arising from hard or prolonged
physical or mental work, but must be
taken as simply due to condition IN
which there is WEAKNESS without q SUI
ficent reason for it.
When this condition Is strongly pres
ent, it is marked by one particular sign,
which is of itself characteristic; it comes
on after repose. The affected person ex-
periences it most on rising in the MORN
ing, and even after a good nights sleep
is still oppressed by a senseo of WEAKNESS,
a feeling as if the day, with all lis cares
and anxieties, could not be passed
through. The desire, almost irresistible,
is 10 go TO sleep again, a desire which, If
gratiiied, increases the Til and makes
the day heavier than it otherwise would
be. That il is not real fatigue or eNhaus.
ton which causes the sense of languor
now being described is clearly shown,
not only by the fact that the feeling
comes on after long repose, but that it Is
dispersed in the day, after it has been
present in the morning, by the exercise
and duties Of the day. l have no doubt
that it is caused by the accumulation III
the body Of some diiTusible and light
chemical substance, which acts after the
manner Of an intoxicant and is a true in
toxicant TO the nervous system. The
probable physiology of the condition is
plain. but what is 10 be the cure, and,
above all, what is to be the prevention!
The cure is exercise and the wearing
of clothing which will give free liberia.
ton 10 the exhalatiors of the skin.
Every one who is affected with the sense
of languor Is Don cOnrerSant with the
knowledge that if he resolves TO throw
off the load which Expresses him and
takes a short, sharp walk or other good
and wholesome exercise, he is always re-
lieved. and many find this mode ot cure
so certain that they invariably follow il.
Others. and | fear the majority, are 50
oppressed that they feel as if they could
not bring themselves 10 the effort OF
throwing Off the sense Of WEAKNESS by
resorting 70 anything like active motion.
When the oppression is the strongest and
exertion Is most demanded, they try ia
balance hetwiXt the two modes Of treat.
ment, the sharp eXertion and the seduc-
tive sleep. They give way 10 the sleep;
the giving way becomes a habit; in q
very snort time the habit laIres into a
confirmed method, and with Tie habit
structural changes in vital organs Of the
body ar, soon set M. and add rapidly e
the evil. The body becomes obese, tht
liver becomes inactive, the mind hocOmej
dull, and a short lie Is, Of neGes lily, de
terminud.
The trcGtlnentul luugu0r inthc healthy
consists, then, ia taking exercise in due
hut in moderate amount. To 20 in fol
desperate exercise. as some do, is e
Illustrate, not 10 assist, cure; for desper'
ate exercise produces actual fatigue,
which nothing except rest will cure, and
then the WEAKNESS from actual work and
the WEAKNESS from underworld get con
fused the one with the other, and Ill goc,
wrong. Rightly conducted. the cure i:
exercise, and the prevention j, Continued
exercise carried ont daily aud regularly,
whatever the temptation may be 'ogivC
IL up. Second 10 this is light and porou.
clothing, us | have many years taught
Whatever holds or takes up the fluid OK
halations from the skin is not clothing Fl
10 wear Whatever cannot he easily
breathel through Is not clothing that j
fit 90 wear.
No kind Of clothing for the huma
body is SO good rs that which adniu
freely into and through its mcshcs ia,
most perfect purifier and the most per,
feet u~on-cOnluctor and hCaluhy equalizer
Of temperature known 80 atmosphere.
air. Patients sometimes come to me liz
orally borne down with the weight o.
their own clothing, They are coated
with three or four layers Of heavy anj
close materials. These materials ar,
saturated with the moisture from the skin
are unduly heavy, are always damp, il
taken OF for a short time leave cxcessiv,
cold, and if kept on too long induce up
pressive heat; III round mischiefs Of SUI,
and certain development. \ fairl.
healthy person who takes reasonable on
door exercise daily, and who clothes him
self lightly in porous material, will fec
no w~carinC,s except that which come