The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-22

he is apt to be harassed by dreams. and he
wakes up in the morning more tired and
worn out than he was when he went to bed
the night before.
"Only a few days ago one of my patients
consulted me in regard to this very matter.
Ee is very rich man, and his wealth has
been made within the past decade. If l
could only sleep as l used when did fair
days work in the mine every day I'd feel
all right, DOCTOR said he, but don't think
1 ever will Then I'd go to bed
and roll over, and that would
be the last of my consciousness until
l awoke at daybreak, fresh and hearty,
emit now. When l don't lie awake tossing
about l dream that | am in the office de-
vising some new scheme or presiding at a
stormy meeting of stockholders. It's
work all the time, night and day, and 1t is
wearing me out
before subjecting the man to an examina-
ton | inquired into his story. His story
was that of person threatened with pare
sis, and physical investigation bore out
my suspicious. OF course it wouldn't have
been well for me to tell him tie exact state
of affairs, so simply told him that it was a
case Of nervous prostratlon, and while as
surfing him that it was not serious, eau
toned him to be very careful or else he
might develop into confirmed invalid.
business for a few moths ana travel |
didn't give him dose of medicine, but ad-
vised him to live out in the open air as much
as possible and take as much plain, simple
food as he required.
brains are not made Of steel and nerves
are not copper wires Take the Wall street
men, for Instance. I have a number of
them who have been consulting me for a
long time seeking relief, and who are slow
ly going towards paresis, which sooner or
later means death. Robert Garrett, as far
as | am to judge without having seen his
condition, is afflicted in this way and don't
suppose he will ever recover. de Is man
of delicate sensibilities, and the constant
fear of losing his wealth and position among
the railway magnates brought on the dis
ease.
Paresis is slow and insdious. ItstealS on
a man like thief in the night, and he never
realizes that the destroyer mas HIM In his
tolls
''How do you treat such cases"
"Well, that is difficult question to an
swer There are but few remedies known
| to our science that have produced 6 cd re-
suits, and their efficacy Is constantly dis
puted. Paresis is beyond our knowledge of
drugs and the scalpel caa not reach it. In
all my cases l advise perfect aud absolute
rest. | try to show the patients that the
prostration is due to over-apphcation to
work, and tell them that II is necessary to
take more relaxation and forget worldly af-
fairs and go in for enjoyment. To those
who have large means | advise a long sea
voyage and an extended tour of travelling
abroad"
"Do they follow your advicep
mot often. You see, they are so used to
| rush about tne floor of the Stock Exchange
from 10 o'clock in the morning until In
the afternoon, make deals and such like,
that it has become second nature to them
and they can't bring themselves to give it
up. They ike it, and delude themselves
into the belief that the excitement of the
thing is as necessary to {. cir lives and COM
fort as bread and meat.
Just now / recall an instance of a man
who contracted paresis simply because he
tried to force himself to accomplish feat
that was mentally beyond his power. He is
George Knight, the actor. He had a fair
amount of success playing Zig t. spontane-
GUS parts, when he conceived the idel that
his abilities lay in more substantial di-
rection, and SO he studied the character of
Baron Rudolph, altogether unsuited to his
talents. He studied hard and conscien-
tiously. and was determined to overcome
all obstacles by persistent work. 1t wore
him out, and before his frie DIS we're aware
of it he was wreck from paresis.
"Paresis is only a natural consequence of
such conditions as have stated and one or
| two others, chiefly our unnatural social
vices and indulgences Perhaps it is be-
| cause " Q are in the critical period of our
commercial development and as yet have
no settled Laws of living. 1t is Make money
all the time. That's the only universal
American social law | know of.