The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-03-13
MODERN MALADIEN.
Diseases Following In the Train Of
Progressing Civilization.

AN About Railroad Kidney. TsaspAoos
Tinnitus, Electrical sun-Stroke, Tels.
scopic Eye and Numsrous Other
New-Fsnsled Ailments.
A every pleasure in life brings IL
corresponding pain or bitterness, 20 II
may be said that every oivilised cid 70
existence devised for human kind de-
velops an agency for introducing new
t1ls 70 torment alike suffering hcsA and
che Esculspian brain. the invention
OF steam >oomotion. telegraph and tels-
phone instruments, electric ligh ting and
various tine and labor-saving machines,
while adding 30 much 10 public comfort
and convenience, hsvo also brought into
existence curious diseases, which, 90
eording 10 the Times and Register, form
Interesting contributions to medical
science, although less interesting and
moro expensive to the suffering victim.
Railroad spine, or railr ad shock, an
affection unknown before trav>l by rail
became 30 common. has been .
familiar nAlady for some time;
bat one moro recent 10 rail-
Ioed kinney, . disease not unlike
Bright's disease, but Of nervous origin.
duo 10 conclusions received ON rail-
1oads. There Ia disturbance Of the
general system, especially Of the func-
lions Of the k'Gneys, the symptoms dis
appearing when the sufferer leaves his
seguls, work. Tho overuse OF the
telephone produces curic Is disease, In
some respects 70: n " asemasia, a
voitionsl overstrsining o. certain
pcwers BY which w r,eroeive spoken
words when we can not SO. L. speaker
o. perceive his gest. es Or tho move
mont Of his lips, thus creating confusion
Of IDEAS, gonoral nervousness and lack
of self-oontrl. Certain. OF tho senses
are developed st the expense Of others,
The natural equilibrium being unbal-
anoed. Telephone tinnitus, aural over
pressure. is caused by the constant
strain Of tho auditory apparatus In per-
sons who use the telephone continually,
the ear becoming intolerant Of the
tinkle Of the boil. The symptoms
are buzxing noises in the ear, dizziness,
neuralgio pains, and, In some instances,
sub-inhammstosy condition Of the
membrane tympani. The telegraphers'
oramp and Tho professional akinesia are
Of the same order Of affections as the
writer's oramp or the violinists' cramp.
Electrical sunstroke Il an Affection
that attacks those. who are exposed
to the intense rays Of the electric
arc used In fusing or welding
metals, protection against this being
afforded BY wearing mask of
gray taffeta and gray Eyeglasses. OPP
thalmia photoelectrica is an inflamma-
ton of tho eye In persons employed
ebout electric lights, and Is caused by
looking at these brilliant lights at
short distance away. A succession Of
bright spots rapidly follow one another
over the visual field, and at night there
L. inability to look at light without
pain and profuse fiow OF tears; the
eyelids are swollen and movements of
the eye painful. This lasts q few hours,
and is succeeded by feeling OF pain
full weariness. The ordinary telescope
vision y Q disease by which the visual
deld is limited concentrically, and the
sufferer con finally see nothing except
that which Is directly In front Of his
eye; this condition being due to laok of
nutrition Of the retina or TO some dis
ease OF the peri iphery. An affection OF
vision similar TO he telescopio eye may
also be produced by the action OF qui-
nins. The tolesoopic eye peculiar to
lighthouse keepers Is o thickening and
snlarging OF the boay walls OF the
orbit, caused by the persistent and re-
peated pressure at the end OF the tel-
osoope upon the surroundings Of
the eye, inducing chronic form
Of periostitis or ostias. the eye
gradually protruding, but not becoming
myopic or astigmatic. The divers
bends 10 new form of caisson disease,
which attacks the victim on his return
10 the open air with nervous prostra-
ton. Tho cavities connected with the
nasal passages are obstructed In some
cases completely while the men arc ut
work, and In some cases extreme deaf
ness has been induced. The sufferers
often reel and stagger like drunkards,
and sometimes are affected with partial
paralysis Electricity has been used
with SUCCESS for the treatment Of this
disease. Civilized indulgences and van
tiles have also contributed their share
of the diseases that affiict tho modern
world. Tight shoes, by compressing the
nerves Of the foot, have created "Mor-
tons toe" Then the tennis elbow and
shoulder tell their own story,
while chronic cstarrh L. In q large num-
ber Of cases said TO be due to cigarette
throat, the result Of smoking the much
but still favorite cigarette.
Inventive genius Is still at work improv-
ing the arts and sciences, and 30 tho de-
mon Of disease, evee ON the alert will |
doubtless swoop down with his at-
Isndant ills to the end of time. Keeping
progress with the march Of CIVILIZATION. |
Tbs ProacheS'D Enoomsuu.