The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-06-14
Nervous Prostitution.

~ ergy all the time. whenever OF
b wishes to move a muscle, the bra
telegraphs down the spinal cor
Z. and liberates some of this accuml
t lated nervous energy, by causin
the contraction of that particult
l muscle. We depend for all kind
of activity of the body upon tn
t store of nervous energy in th
| brain and the spinal cord. [
nervous prostration, the brain an
: the spinal cord are unable to max
a sufficient supply of nervous en-
ergy to meet the usual demands
1.-THE pond runs dry, ard the worl
goes slow" All the activities o
the body are slow-the brain i
4du1l, the muscles feeble, the live
inactive, the stomach rebellious
every fiber of the structure is GU
of order. For these reasons a per
son is capable of having every pos
sible symptom of every possible
disease, unless it be small pox, Oh
something of that kind. He feels
no energy at one time, and a great
exuberance of energy at another,
as if he could not get quiet. Per-
haps he feels a great pressure in
the back of the heed, sometimes
described as like having the head
in wise. There may be numb
ness in the arms or some portion
of the body, or even a general
numbness, and oft times prickly
sensations, and the patient thinks
he is going to have paralysis.
Then, too, there are often very
singular mental sensations. They
may assume the form of apprehen-
sions. 1t may be the patient is
afaid of certain places. Perhaps
he will not dare pass a certain
bridge, or if persuaded to go upon
it, he trembles with nervous fear.
There are certain individuals
whom he fears. When certain
faculties of the brain become dis
ordered in this way, a person often
feels as if something were going
to strike him or fall upon him.
Again, it is fear on general pfin-
sort of incubus which
broods over him. Sometimes it
continues in his sleep, and he has
night terrors, and he wakes in the
morning with the same languor
4uVt Vss0SIO15 -rvuru rcot Woret
the experiences actual. Dreams
have a great deal to do with our
characters. A person is as he
dreams; cur daily lives are tine
tured with our dreams. The per-
sons whom we associate with in
our dreams have an influence upon
our lives less only in degree than
that Of those with whom we asso-
ciate when awake, and this ac-
counts for the fact that OCCASION
ally this disease brings about
strange perversion of the moral
Nervous prostration often leads
to insanity. There is no doubt
that large portion of the inmates
Of our asylums become insane as
the result of general nerve exhaus-
lion, which led to less of sleep, |
and then a very little annoyance
something terrible, and a
slight accident a catastrophe; as a
result of living in this high pres
sure condition, week after week,
md month after month, the mind
gave way, and the person became
insane.
Because of this mental affection,
! person should never be told that
lie has nervous prostration. The
majority of people think this dis
order is nothing, that all is need
ID is a little tonic and rest, where
rs, it is one of the worst diseases
o cure. A young lady was told
hat she was suffering from ner-
7ous prostration. She said she
NEW she was suffering from some
hing a great deal worse that that,
md was not satisfied with this di-
.gnosis. She went to doctor in
Philadelphia, who informed her
hat she had neurasthenia, and
he felt relieved that at last some
me had wisdom to discern her real
nalady. The two Latin words
rom which this higher sounding
ERIN is derived, mean nerve" and
lack of force"
The only way to cure nervous
,rostration, is to work and wait
or a thorough process of regener-
.tion. There must be growth of
new set of nerves, and great i'm
'rovement in the general nutrition.
The length of time required for
his will depend upon the extent of
he disease and the length of time
t has been established. 1t may
axe six weeks and it may take six
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