The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-23
the disease Of Tho blood which has worked
such havoc among mankind sinOs medieval

times" &
DR.. William A. Hammond. retired sur
geon general OF tho United Stateg. army,
and prosidsnt OF the American Neurological
association, snya that pareHis A. now prob
ably tho best known In its symptoms, path
ology and morbid anatomy OF oil tho forms
of mental arrangements.
General p%arRiysis," says DR.. Hammond,
"ia the. most com Iao n 81 a1l e ental aiiscr Y,
the clrcumstanccs which may indicate the
inception Of general paralysis " q gradual
but obvious alteration in tho m0ntM char
actsristics at the Individual. He forms re-
~lAtions, oftsn8wtth w0Hlsn which are mat
tnrs Of surprise 70 those who have long
no prudent man would make. he may
perpetrats frauds Of various kinds, or
commit Obscene acts under circumstance
which ara almost certain to result IN dstsc-
tion. Many diatraasings instances OF gem
erRl pAralytics OF the highest responsibility
being arrested for petty thefts have boon
reported. A general state Of sxhilarstion.
different from the patients ordinary mAn-
ner and feeling, may exist for several
months, or even years, before any more OBJ
vious symptom makes its appearance.
Among the earliest Of the mental symptoms
generally noticed, whom the disease 10 fully
established, il an excessive anxiety in re-
&hAA ~ luAktOxh WAISA kVANAbIy ~ ~ 6AS@s
Importance. Tho patient becomes regard
less OF his personal appearances. NsElects
TO change his linen md appears in public
half-drssssd. His memory fails rapidly
and his acts are eccentric and absurd.. 4
patient OF mine sent home q wagon load Of
SNOW shovsls, another purchased all the
drained ths florist Of tulip bulbs. In th.
vast majority Of cases tho slight mental
depression which exists in the beginning Of
general paralysis disappears other sud-
denly Or gradually. and sxaltation takes IL
place. A tendency 10 srotio d%elusions, 81
most reaching to the extsnt Of satyriasis,
md q marked increase in sexual appetite
and power are often witnesses. In nv ex-
periencs the 6rst sign OF loss Of power,
ono which IN sometimes observed before
gany evidence Of arrangement, il : slight
DEFECT Of articulation due to paralysis
Of the lips. The words "national in
general paralytic, and in trying TO pro
nouncs them he concentrates his whole ~
tention on tho act. Headache is generally
a symptom from the very beginning. It ID
a notable characteristic OF paralysis that
renissions In its intensity generally occur,
during which the symptoms abAto In vio-
lsnco and ths patients friends imagine he
ID certainly recovering. Tho duration Of
general paralysis 10 variable. Sometimes
death results in a few months and at others
ii may BIZ deferred for five or six years.
Tbs average period is about thrso years.
General paralysis il almost invariably
fatal"
DR.. Verga. a high authority, says: "Abuse
Of the moral and intellectual powers, or Of
the cerebral funotions'' produces paresis.
DR.. Mioklo describes the existing causes o.
Chronic alcoholic intoxication; unmen-
tionable disease Of tho brain and %meninRes
sexual excuses, cranial injuries, exposure
to solar heat. violent and protracted emo.
tons, excessive mental labor and deficient
time for Sleep and recreation"
So, you, fellow man-for not one woman
has parosis whore four men fall victims
woman being in all things the better half OF
the race-you, fellow toiler, may become 6
paretio not only from over-indulgence in
apples of Sodom, but a. we'll by drinking
and eating to excess, by working too Ions
and too hard in the hot sun, by indulgine
in over much grief or a protracted spree OF
JOY, and by working or playing or ~feastine
or frolicking whom you ought to be sleeping
and resting! And as you are moro likely tc
have paresis If married than single, and il
a brain rather than a muscle worker, and
especially between tho ages of % md GO
beware-beware of burning life's candle Al
both ends! J. I. B.
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