The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-03-16
MODERN MALADALS.
Diseases Following In tho Train o
Progressing Civilization.

Diseases Following in tho Train o
Progressing Civilization.
I'll About Railroad Kidney. Tslcphon.
.Tinn!tus. Electrical u -Ssroko, Teis.
scopic Eye and Numerous Other
Ncw-Fanglea Ailments.
As every pleasure in life brings Its
corresponding pain or bitterness, so il
may be said that every civilized aid t.
existence devised for human kind de.
vclops IN agency for introducing now
ills to torment alike suffering flesh and
tho Ksculapian. brain. The invention
IT steam locomotion, telegraph and tole.
phone instruments, electric lighting and
various time and labor-saving machines,
while adding 40 much to public comfort
end convenience, have also brought int
existence curious diseases, which, &C
:ording to tho Times and Register, form
interesting contributions to medical
science, although less interesting and
more expensive to the suffering victim.
Railroad spine, or railroad shock, an
affection unknown before travel by rail
became so common, has been 6
familiar malady for somo time
hut ono more recent is rail.
eoad kidney, a disease not unlike
Bright's disease, but vf nervous origin
lue to conclusions received on rail
,oads. There is a disturbance Of the
general system, especially Of the func.
tons Of tho kidnoys, the symptoms dis.
appearing wncn the sufferer leaves his
regular work. The ovcruse of the
telephone produces a curious disease, in
some respects a form Of asemasia, q
volitional ovcrstraining of certain
p.wcrs by which We perceive spoken
words when VIC ran not see the speaker
or perceive his gestures or tho move
mcnt Of his lips, thus creating confusion
Of ideas, general nervousness and lack
Of sclf-control. Certain Of the senses
are developed at the expense Of others.
the natural equilibrium being unbal-
anced. Telephone tinnitus, aural over
pressure, il caused 10y the constant
strain Of tho auditory apparatus in per
sons who use the telephone continually,
the car becoming intolorant Of the
tinklc Of the bell. Tho symptoms
are buzzing noises in the car, dizziness.
neuralgic pains, and, in some instances.
q sut-infamn,atory condition of the
membrane tympani. The photographers
cramp and tho professional akincsia are
Of the same order Of affections Is the
writer's cramp or the violinists' cramp.
Electrical sunstrokc is an affection
that attacks those who arc exposed
to the intense rays of the electric
arc used in fusing or welding
metals, protection against this being
afforded by wearing q mask c:
gray taffcta and gray Eyeglasses. Or
thalmia photoclcctrica is an infiamma
ton Of the eye in persons employed
about electric lights. and is caused by
looking at these brilliant lights at .
short distance away. A succession OF
bright spots rapidly follow n anothe,
ovcr the visual field, and ut night there
is inability tt look at light without
pain and a profusc flow Of tears; the
eyclids are swollen and movements o!
the eye painful. This lasts q few hours.
..rd is succeeded by y feeling of pain
Jul WEAKNESS. Tho ordinary telescope
vision is a disease by which the visual
licld is limited conccn;rica!ly, and the
sMtfcrcr can finally see nothing except
that which is directly in front Of his
,ye; this condition being due to lack OF
'nutritioa Of tho rctina Or to somc dis.
Ease of tive periphery. AN affection OF
vision similar to tho telescope eye may
also be produced by tho action Of qui,
zine. Tho telescope ego peculiar t.
iight-houso keepers is a thickcning ane
charging If the bony walls Of til.
orbit. caused by the persistent and re
peatcd. pressure at the end OF tho tel
scope upon the surroundings Q.
the cye, inducing q chronic form
II p%wriostitis or ostitis: tho eye
gradually p%rotruding, but not becoming
nyopic or astismatic. Tho divers
bends is a new form of caisson disoaso
which attacks the victim ON his return
to the open air with nervous prostra
zion. The Ca vitics connected with the
nasal passages arc ohstructcd in SOM
cases completely while the men arc al
work, and in some cases extreme deaf
ness has been induced. Tho sufferers
often reel and stayger like drunkards:
and sometimes are affected with partis:
paralysis. Electricity has been used
with success for the treatment of this
disease. Civilized indulgcnccs and van
tiles have also contributed thcir share
Of the diseases that at1ict tho modern
world. Tight shoes, 10y COMPRISING the
.erves of the foot, have crcutcl "Mor.
onls to-" T:cn the t"nnis elbow and
,asc-i,all shoulder tell their own story;
mile chronic cata:rh is in a large nun.
Ger of cases said to bo duo to cigarette
:hroa5. tho result OF smoking tho much
ondcmned but still !: yoritc cigarette.
inventive genius is still at work improv-
4ng tho arts and sciences, and 80 tho de.
nonI pf di~scasc.cvcr on tho alert, will
doubtless .swoop down with his at
.nndant ills to the end Of time, keeping
.rugress with the march Of civilization.
The Preachers Chromium.
There recently died q man VINO had
II years kept a drug store in Mcdford.
&c was respected. and when death camo
i was natural that his funeral should
. largely attended. The clergyman
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