The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-26
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mo scheme OF treatment is complete
which ignores the mental side of the dis
order. One should write "eheerfulness'
on ones doorpost and laugh a little every
day Al first one may not feel like it,
but things will gradually take on a roster
hue. The morbid fears Of the victim of
neurasthenia cannot be laughed to scorn
by relatives and friends; but one can
themselves reason them away, or. better
still, ignore them. A cheerful companion
is of inestlmable value. If the society
of such a person can be secured, the bat
tie is half won.
"Neurasthenics should begin their self
treatment by spending twelve or fourteen
hours out of the twenty-four in bed, as
the keynote of the whole scheme is rest,
partial or complete. They should retire
shortly after the evening meal and not rise
till or o'clock the next morning.
THE isolation from friends and rela-
tives insisted upon by Charcot. Mitch
ell and others is only necessary in ex-
IRENE cases which do not come within
the province of self-trea tment. Though,
If ones relatives excite one, or annoy
one constantly by idle talk and conten-
ton it is better to get away from them
for while and be with quiet congeni1l
people
THE following regimen which IS recon-
mended by a SPECIALIST of wide experience
and reputation. can be easily pursued
by any one with leisure and little per-
sistence and viii work wonders in the
course of a few weeks. Rise at or
o clock, take a bath in tepid water, dress
quickly and eat breakfast. consisting 1f
fish chop or beefsteak, dry toast and one
cup of tea or coffee. No pancakes, or
other indigestible compound should be
taken, and the food should be well mastl-
cated before being swallowed.
AT IL o'clock take glass of dry sher-
ry and a biscuit. or a raw egg and glass
of port, and after this, If the weather
permits sit or stroll in the open air until
| lunch time.
For this meal take raw oysters or
CLANS three or four times week and
on alternate days a bowl of good soup.
! Then eat a cut of roast beef or NUT
ton. glass of sherry taken at lunch
may be of benefit. After lunch lie down
/ for an hour or So A four O'Clock take 4
cup of tea and a biscuit. The little sweet
cakes so often seen on tea tables are not
wholesome. After this go for a walk or
a drive, returning in time to take warm
sponge bath before dinner. A Turkish
bath in the afternoon once a week will be
found beneficial.
For dinner. say at about O'clock
take, If possible, soup. fish, a cut from a
! john or some game, or both, with let
tuce or other plain salad. Eat slowly
and avoid sweets. Wine may be drunk
by the neurasthenic without harm and
generally with benefit. though the guam
tity should be limited to two or three
classes a dinner and one glass az lunch
Sour wines are the best, such as Bur-
gundy. Rhine wine and champagne brut,
with an occasional small glass of brandy
after meal, but never before.
GO to bed at o'clock, take a dry rub
before getting into bed, sleep with the
head toward the north and the feet to-
ward the south. and do not think about
anything special.
III a woman will follow the above reg
linen for few weeks, will stop worry
! ing about everything and try to live ami
! grow as easily as the vegetables, Nature
who loves her children, will lend her aid
to the process of repair. and in a lntIe
while the sun will seem to shine more
| brightly and the birds to sing more sweet
~. and the life that a little while before
was burden almost too heavy to be
borne, will become n Joy, as II should be.
Elsie Barker.