The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-27


4 general ylbratory condition Of the
body. They become like human tun-
Ing fork, which yibrates ut high ten
sion. DIR. Petit gave the French Acad-
smy Of Medicine the results OF his OBJ
servatlons, and since then French and
English blcycllsts have been surprised.
when they have complained 20 their
medical advisers that they felt unusual
ly restless and could not account for
the reason. 10 learn that they had UNI
consciously acquired the Migratory
habit" The medical journals are TAX
ing the matter mp. and soon American
doctors will doubtlessly also begin to
prescribe for the cure Of this strange
new disease
Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson read
paper before the Medical Society Of
London. He found. he said. that all
bicyclists were not similarly affected
their natural nervous conditions hay-
ing much TO do with the development OF
the disease Riders who were careful
70 pedal In moderation, and who did not
lei their minds run on bicycles. were
free from any evidence OF the disease.
But among the enthusiasts he found
the vlbratory habit was rapidly de-
veloplng He declared that In Il lay a
menace 10 the future health OF
thousands OF riders who refuse to con-
lne their enthusiasm within a reason
able limit
The disease Ia a Kind Of intoxlcaiion
Tor the movement that h shown IN an
unconscious. OF seml-unconsclous bear
ing Of the body. which becomes especi-
ally plain. when great sieadiness Is
called for. as for instance. IN sitting for
4 photograph. Il Is shown also In an
over desire for rapidity of motion. as
u Il were necessary ~ every moment
10 overcome time and curtall distances
by labor OF an extreme kind. The
constant Impression given Is that the
sufferer from this general vlhraiory
condition Of the body. mus; jump on his
Eheel and be on, although the weather
md circumstances are not oppor,une foI
riding. The whole manner hespeaks
taste. although there Is rot the slight
st occasion for g.
sir Benjamin declares that this In
ioxlcation for motion grows In the
mind by what Il feeds on and keep
The heart under the impression thai
Il Is always requiring the stimulation
II exercise. n the devoiee OF th'
/ Eheel thinks morning. moan aud nigh
. u riding. and the exhllaration o.
. movement. his heart beats faster
! Generally the rider Is not aware OF IN,
, Influence his mind h eXcrtlng on THU
J most important organ. which after 1
r while feels that It's normal pulsaiioni
/, are those when the mind Is thus In
y ,oxicaled with the thought OF motion
3 Sir Benjamin says that Il Is no falls
Inference that this craving or do
4 sire for movement il very much likI
= Oe craving or desire Tor alcohol, AM
? its effects through the heart and ctr
,ulation are much the same In the end
OF course. this intoxlcation Is not &C
companled by the other serious eject
9 OF alcohol upon the human system.
Dr.. Edward Guernsey, OF Forty
l. fourth street and Fifth avenue. whei
seen by a Sunday Journal reporter 4
!. regard to the discoveries OF Dr. Petl
= and the observation OF Sir benjamin
said; II fully agree with the views o
= Or, Petit and Sir benjamin. Sir Hen
jamln edits a London medical journa
Physicians here from the frs, have ad
vlsed against excessive riding Just a
a they would advise that stlmulants b
aol used. but l do not believe that the
realize that a 'yibraiory habit Is aS
quircd. which. a. SIR BENJAMIN Oh
serves. grows on wha, I, feeds on Cy
! cling has 20 many good points In II
{, favor that many believe that bad 81
a 'ecls are impossible from riding a grea
n deal
y Il have noticed IN too enthusiast
Il riders a restlessness when not ridlnl
A. In business and AZ home they exhlhlie
Is Il In a more or less dsgree. unles
% rldors are warned beforehand Of the n
k. suits likely to follow this constant d
e. sire TO be on the move the vibrator
!, habit will take Us place among 9th,
disorders that We are treating now"