Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-04

living IN eternal contact with tie insane
ought 10 come IN contact with ncurulo'
gists aud others lie even goes 80 lar
MS TO shy that inaane aSylnms ought to
be hospitals with an outside stan OF
attending physicians believe me- ne
says, I'VE cannot safely permit any
class OF specialists 20 drift away RON
general and frequent contact with the
rest Of u.s.
As to spcciallam In surgery, aud most
"a rtiCularly a. TO the usu Of the knit,
which has been the Subject VI such
fierce discussion lately Dr. Mitchell
holds strong viows Aud Expresses them
modern fIinos. III ,rtuti$ dihdhHhing
the peril of life In operations, las cie-
ated q vast temptation for the younger
surgeons This remark applies, With
peculiar force TO teninlo complaints ~
which It seems 50 easy aud 80 safe 10 re-
store health by removing part. be-
hcve," be- says, "that too often aud too
promptly the gynerologist resorts To- but
one drug. namely. steel in the trenchant
form and depriyes the patient OF the ia.
ertimable possibilities Of tho wife aud
muthur when they might be preserved by
patient medical treatment" lie illus.
irntes this by u startling story NJ how he
once saw almost by chance, W enngnltn.
lion with "a famous phKsiglln, gifi OF
*. who had been condemned by the
surgeons to undergo nn operation heN
dny which must necessarily have dc
barred her from domestic PROSPECTS lit
recommended d further trial Of medical
treatment. aud his colleague cnphalirnl
! Is cducurring. she was spared To-day,
! be- says "she 1. a wholesome, happy
wife and mother"
THE CHARACTERISTIC MALADN.
DR. Mitchell consider 1t proved he
You'd dispute tint nervousness is tlit
characteristic mhlndy Of the American
/ nHiipn. growing upon them In q fright.
| fully accelerated ratio every year, aud
threatening them with disasters az no
/ distant date. which the mind shhnks
| from contemplating The number NJ
| deaths from this cnuse " already npphll-
/ ing. and Is steadily and rapidly inrFras-
| ing. In some Of the busy cenicrs The
/ trbles Of mortality show that the nrIpaf-
| tinn Of nerve deaths has multiplied more
| than twenty times M the last forty
| years. and that now The nefvo deaths
| number more than pnc-f0urih ~ all the
/ deaths recorded. What j. most shock.
| ing IN these returns Is, That this fearful
| loss Of life occurs manly among young
! pcotile Of both SIX THIS means that the
] Americans nre fast becoming very
/ shor lived people. and. u they were shut
| ia On Themselves for only few yonra,
| aud without any influx 1i vitality by Inn
migration. the publication Of the census
wanld send q pang Of horror and alarm
throughout the lunh.
| l. cleariv Of the opinion TINT The irsl
and most potent cause j. The climate
| How or why the climate Of America pro
duces tie ELECTS that i does. has never
Icon explained. Dr. Mitchell rays tbs
operation 81 climatic conditions Va rela
tiou 10 health IN this country II utterly
| utvsterions; hut he u quite persuaded
that the development " nervous tom
permanent Is one Of the ruce-ehanges
which are also giving The Americans ihs
fpcinl. vocal and other IRREGULARITIES DO
| rived from none u their nuceHirnl sforks
Some scientitc Observhycra have Affirm
ed that there Is an ''eleclric quality ID
The climate here which operates power
fully on the nerves but u IS not eleli
what they mean by that. and DIR. Mitch
Ell, who has probably given Tue subject
m6re attention than anybody else, doe'
NOT consider the evidence 81 this electri'
arrrcy sufficient TO found theory
Mint rs rcrtuin Il That people coming
largely from the phieEmaiic races under
go "A change Of temperament here and be-
come ex(iiahle. emotional and irritable II
degree that " unknown ~ any O,hel
part Of the world Another plainly recOg
nized effect Of ihe American CLIMATE u
1 tiat Il makes the strain d either ineu
fa or physical labor much more severe
| thnn n Is elsewhere A niau or WOnihl
can work longer and harder with hfai
or hanis. without injurious Effects, Z
III gland or on The continent OF Europe
Than America: and overwork of aihe
klrd involves far more serious conse
quenccs here than fherr, Even fb
changes Of the SEASONS and the weaihe
have curious effects On The nervous ~
am witch arc noticed w other conn
tr.es. Dr. Mitchell considers Il prove
that ihe paralysis u childhood--acni
antsrfsr myeiiiis-.a aadly rOuinon ntilit
nm. 4 disease ~ the summer months
and be q N much Impressed ~ the g.
Jhorea TO The weather curves. nnh q
frhrmsfic negrAida ~ storms. that i
hss prepared St+eiai fresbses for med
! | cal use % both Of ihoss subjects. As 1