Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-27
LOVE A FACTOR IN DISEASE.
How the Love-Sick Young Women AR
Affected Physicaiiy.

How the Love-sick Young Women Are
Affected fhy.icaiiy.
GIVES, SHE'S PRETTY SICK. BUT You
l. could scarcely guess what tine real
trouble 10. She's in love-"
The above remark was made in physicians
ONCE In response 20 question by a representa-
tive OF The STAR, suggested by the appearance
ola young lady who would have been quite
pretty but for a particularly sailow complexion
and generally detected appearance.
''oh, you needn't look incredulous," he con-
tinued, lit IL not so remarkable as YOU think.
of course you know the great number Of per-
sons who are insane from being in love. Look
at the number OF suicides from this cause II
also produces hysteria and nervous disorder
OF various kinds besides minor complaints Of
circulation and digestion. You know how
readily the various parts Of the body are
brought into the mos; intimate relation by
means OF the nervous system. and ANYTHING
that excites or depresses the mental condition
must more or less affect the rest Of the BODY
The heart. the lungs and the digestive system
are connected with the brain through the
great sympathetic system of nerves. Witch
they are very intimately connected with the
brain by the tenth, or 'pneumogastria,
nerve.
This great nerve, or pair Of nerves. as they
really are, pass downward through the neck
and supply the organs Of speech. the heart.
the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines. This
brings the organic system into very close rela-
ton 20 the brain. 80 any disturbance IN
either region would affect the other.
HOW THE HEART is AFFECTED.
The heart is particularly liable to be affected
by mental condition. Under exciting infiu-
ences il may beat very violently. or some
times, during sudden emotions it NAV seem 70
| stop entirely. The sight orr even thought of the
object of ones affections make the heart
go 'pit-a-pat Ii is from this fact. think.
that the ancientS, who knew nothing properly
OF the nervous system. located the affections in
the heart, and for lack Of better place TO put
| them they are still located there.
Being in love doesn't affect every one alike.
Some are greatly eNhilarated by it. and on them
1t acts like tonic their Imagination conjuring
| up the most delightful pictures, the tiny brain
cells get IN state of exalted activity and every
| thing is rore-colored. and all is as gay Rs n
| torchlight procession with a brass band. But
| some are made quite mi SCRABBLE by il. even when
| their affection Is reciprocsted: they are I'M
happy when away from their loved ones and
when present are equally as miserable and won
| der what they came for. These kind of natures
| frequently grow nervous and irritable; some
times their appetites fail and they fall of ap-
preciably: but such cases seldom last long
| they generally recover in a couple Of weeks, SO
| no particular harm is done.
WHEN TRUE LOVE DOESN'T RUN SMOOTH.
"But love only begins TO seriously affect the
| system when ii doesn't progress az the party de-
| sires. The loved one NAV be far away. the en-
gagement may be too prolonged. hard-hearted
parents may offer serious opposition or. saddest
| of all. il may not be reciprocated. Then come
the bad effects. The mind is depressed every
| thing looks a deep dark blue there's nothing
| to live for. Life without Yum YUM Oh, what
would II be2 1t is then that people grow dvs-
peptic and bilious and have to be treated for
such, though as a matter of fact they are only
| In love. If you could remove the cause no
other treatment would be necessary. With
men the depression is generally more violent,
but less lasting or injurious, for man is less
| sensitive and j. more or less polygamous in his
nature, SO If he can't get the girl he loves he
Will brace up and get another one.
LovE-sIcK YOUNG WOMEN.
"Young women, particularly those Of nerv-
| Gus temperament are more liable to be af-
fected, for with them it is almos: entirely
matter OF sentiment and any mental disturb
| ance tells on them very readily. A patient of
mine, girl about twenty suddenly developed
symptoms Of nervousness and dyspepsia.
TONES and dieting had no effect. Her mother
| thought il was due to overwork, for she was in
gagged, and inquiring of her mother found
| that her fanee had left about a month previ-
ously TO engage in business in another city. [
| suggested TO her mother that be had better re-
turn. little later he did so and the nervous
ness and dyspepsia disappeared as rapidly as
they came.
Long engagements are bad for young
| women. Very many of them suffer from it.
They generally lose flesh. their compilations
become bad and some look about as disreput-
able a setting hen
SHE DIDN'T HAVE CONSUMPTION.
Heres ease to illustrate the point: Another
young lady (for they are generally young came
to me. She said she was afraid she had the con-
sumption. She bad been feeding herself on
bovinine and matt extracts and various other
things, but still losing flesh. | couldn't
find the slightest indication of any lung troubles:
i'll fact, she was physically perfect. This led
me to suspect some nervous arrangement. and
inquiry revealed the fact that she was engaged.
and had been for some time. told her a sugar
coated matrimonial pill was what she needed.
shortly afterward she was married. Some.
time later met her clinging to the arm Of her
husband. looking plump and rosy, smiling and
happy. Matrlmony had cured herr
"Of course II ism always easy TO find out il a
girl is in love, particularly if YOU don't know her
parents. and often then you can do nothing
but treat the physical symptoms leaving Cupid
and father time TO take care of the rest Still
if Young woman is billions or dyspeptic
always inquire into her mental condition. Dc
casionly persons are advised to FALL in love in
order to divert their thoughts from themselves
when they have become morbid through some
chronic physical ailment. but this il easier said
than done, and besides the experiment is not
always q success"