St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-15
TIE CAUSE or LANGuoR.
not to Be COMPOUNDED with True Fatigue.
euro and Prevention.

Sot to Be COMPOUNDED with True Fatigue.
euro and Prevention.
In ordinary states of health the strong
est persons are apt to feel sensations or
Ats of Ianguor Which they call fatigue.
and Tor which they can give no reason
able explanation either to themselves or
to others. The weather largely intiu-
ences this condition. A moist and warm
atmosphere always increases the DISPOSE.
ton to languor; q moderately Coid 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 weariness without sui
fcent reason for it.
When this condition is strongly pres
ent, it is marked by one particular sign,
which is Of itself characteristic: it CONES
on after repose. The affected person ex-
periences it most on rising in the NOM
ing, and even after good nights sleep
is still oppressed by sense CT WEAKNESS,
q feeling as if the day, with all its cares
and anxicties. could not be passed
through. The desire, almost Irresistible,
ia to go to sleep again, desire which, u
grat!fied. Increases the evil ind makes
the dav heavier than it otherwise would
be. That it is 70, real fatigue or exhaus-
ton which causes the sense OF languor
Row le:nG described is clearly shown,
net only BY the fac: that the feeling
,Fs E,,r,rr tx
dispersed III the day, after it has been
present in the morning, by the exercise
and duties OF the day. have no doubt
that it is caused hy the accumulation in
the body Of some ditfrsihle and light
chemical substance, which acts after the
manner Of au intoxicant and Is true In
toxicant to the nervous system. The
probable physiology of the condition Is
, p!ain, hut what IL to pc the cure, and,
above all, what il to be the prevention?
The cure is exercise and the wearing
! of clothing which will give free liberia
/ ton to the exhalat;ons Of the skin.
! Livery one who is affected with the sense
/ q lang.lor Is soon conversant with the
know ledge that if be rcsolvss to throw
4 off IL: load which Expresses him and
| :sles short, sharp walk OK other good
/ and Wholesome exercise. he is always re-
| .ioved, and many find this mode Of cure
so certain that they invariably follow it.
! Others. s..;I fear the majority, uro 20
! opDressad that they tecl as If they could
F.; not Lring themselves to the effort OF
throwing CT the sense Of WEAKNESS by
resorting to anything like active motion.
When tho oppression is tho strongest and
eyer;ion is most demanded, they try *
balance betwixt the two modes Of treat
clert, Tie sharp exertion and tho seduc
tive sleep, They give way to the sleep
the giving way becomes q habit; IN
very short time the habit lapses into s
confirmed n,ethod, ond with tho habi
structural changes il vital organs Of th'
botiv ara soon SET up, and add rapidly K
the evil. The body becomes obese, thu
liver becomes inactive, the mind becomes
duh, and short Life is, of necessity, de
termined.
The treatment Of languor IN the health,
consists, then, III taking exercise i'll Cue
but in moderate amount. To so in TO
desperate exercise. as some do, Is t
Illustrate, not to assist, cure; for deeper
Which nothing except rest will cure, an'
then the WEAKNESS frou actual work an'
tie WEAKNESS from underworld get con
fused the che with the other, and all goe
WONG. Rightly conducted, the cure
exercise, and the prevention is continues
exercise carried out daily and regularly
wl.a,ovcr the temptation may }'e to CIV
it u, Second to this is light and porol,
c,otI1ing. Us have many years taught
Whatever holds or takes up the Ea!d e1
mutations FROM the skin is not clothing I:
to wear. Whatever cannot be easl
breathed through is not clothing that
lit 10 wear.
70 hiud Of clothing for the hunoa
body is SO coed as that which adnai:
J freely into and thrcugl. its neshes til
most perfect purifier and the most pc,
feet non-cor,!uctor and healthy equalize
of temperature known atmosphere
air. Patients sometimes come to the lii
, orally borne down with the weight {
their own clothing. They are eoate
wit, three or four layers Of heavy all
close materials. These materials al
: saturated with the moisture from tile skin
are unGul7 heavy, are always damp.
taken OF fer 81 short time leave excessly
cold, end If kept on too long induce OF
presige heat; all round mischiefs OF SUI
} end Certain development. A fairl
, healthy person who takes reasonable o.
door exercise daily, and who clothes hin
5 self lightly in porous material, will fe
no WEAKNESS except that which conl'
: naturally from healthy fatigue.-O
, Richardson in The Asclepiad.