Wichita eagle., 1889-08-28
ATTACKS OF MYSTERIES.
THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS LIMITED TO
WOMEN, AS SUPPOSED.


tslre and Cause of the TroubIe-Often
Made to Resemble NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
That Doctors Would Rather Not Have.
Eysteria is arrangement Of the nervous
sTstg1R which manifests itself in many diff
ferent ways, and presents many different
phases AS for instance, one patient may
be 50 violent as 10 be dangerously unman-
ageahIe- while another may lie for hours as
though dead. 1t IS a functional disorder,
affecting different parts of the nervous sys-
TEN, but exhibiting itself first by mental dis
tur5Gnces the VIII, reason and imagination
being perverted Women suffer from II the
most, and it usually makes its appearance
between the ages OF 70 and 81 years But
men are by no means exempt from 1t, al
though 1t as quite rare among them, at least
in this country, That wo,Hd not appear 20
be the rule everywhere, however, for 1t has
recently been stated that the existence OF
hysteria among Russian soldiers Is by no
means an exceptional occurrence The azfec-
ton, it is satd. presents In them the same
diversities of form as it does among women.
SOME OF TIE STATIONS.
The influences which render one liable to
attacks of hysteria are many. It is most
likely TO occur in women who suffer from
nervous debility ca in those n whom the
nervous systa1n is highly ezcitabie and,
hence. easily disturbed Those whose parents
have had such nervous diseases as epilepsy,
St Vitus dance, insanity, etc, ese peculiarly
liabe to become victims of bysteria- Great
mental disturbance, such as fright, anger,
grief, etc, prelifsposes to IT'S development. In
fact, any influence which depresses and
weakens the nervous system may be held as
one OF its causes. Chisdren, end especially
little girls destined in later life to become
hysterical, often exhibit, says one writer,
peculiar fiightiness and excftebiiity of tenn
permanent. violent and Unreasonable temper,
ready disposition TO cry or scream on the
least proyocation, and are especially liable TO
the forms Of digestive disturbances which
torment adult Mysteries.
Whimsical appetite, reorganization of food
Immediately after swallowing and without
nausea, sensations OF sinking at the pit or the
stomach, craving for food, of which only
few mouthfuts cause safety or even disgust.
These and other indications OF nervous dvs-
pepsia are to be dreaded, hot Only fod their
immediate influence on the uutrit1on, but as
indications OF an iuIperfection of the nervous
system most liable TO predispose TO the serious
disease in question. Headache, especially
when seated Oh one SIDE or in one temple, Is
another symptom, often, Of hTsterlcal sig
nifcance So, also, Is a Inability to pain in
the left side under the heart, which Is neural
gia, or else seated N the MUSCLES OF the part.
The perversons Of SenEibility IN hysteria are
generally seated on the left size of the body.
Bysterictl commissions 111itste those OF ep-
ilepsy, but without loss of consciousness.
There is no knowing inst what furn AN hys-
terical attack will take after its first out
break. Sometimes the patients act III the
most insane manner, ,ite' kniscilievous, talk
most ablsively, and even those who ere at
other tunes uneEcepticnai IN their language,
while historical ''sy2ear like troopers" Some
are wholly unnlanageable ana appear dam
gerous t. themselves alsd TO others. Not in
frequently, a. Ter violent fit of nystcTia, the
victims suddenly become qaiet--Ss0 quiet, In
deed, that they lie as thou;rh IN deep sheep.
in nhat state tncy remain for hours That
they breathe is Of course, evident, but be-
yond that they 90 not seem to4uove a1nuscle.
Among the symptoms of hYsteTia- shat
which is termed by physicians -'giobus hys-
tericus" is quite common. Fatient5 present.
ing that imagine chat ls2iap arises from the
pit Of the stomach to the thrust, and romans
there, threatening to choke them. In some
hysterical subjects there is also trouble with
the respiratory muscles, causing q pecEhar,
harsh, rasping breathing. What is called
the bystericai cough IS not UNCOMMON. 1t IS
loud, barking aid brassy. Hysterical hydro
phobia, in which the patients bark like q
dog, snap at things, hsEe commissions, etc, is
doubtless many times taken tor the real dis
ease simulated, aud certainly would be si,s-
pectsd in those cases where recovery takes
place