The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-02

forms Of nervous exhaustion Geve,o9-
mental, oYerstimulation and a combina-
ton of both The developmental form is
due to some disturbance of nutrit on du--
ing the growing period or some unhealthy
surrounding or habits during the forna-
tive years of children. These patients do
not need rest, but exercise which tends
to tremendously develop and strengthen
every part of the physical organiza ton
Those who are endowed with nervous
strength equal to their general org apic
strength, but whose baneful habits OF life
have exhausted their inherited nervous
vitality belong to the overs timula ton
class; this class including overworked and
underfed students, as we'll as the society
woman and professional man The
proper treatment for this class is the rest
cure, under which recovery takes place
rapidly. In some cases there is a his
tory Of recent overstrain with loss of
weight, dyspepsia, headache and other
pains and aches, indicating a failure of
nutrition. In these cases the rest cure
must precede treatment for the restora-
ton of the nutritives powers and tie re-
storation of the nutritive powers and the
restoration of nerve vitality. When tt e
oVerstrain however is slight the eleme t
Of oVerstimulation may be disregarded
and treatment be instituted for the resto-
alton of nerve force, such as a sea voy-
age or period spent among the noun
tains.
In an article upon the "Of1ce of
Motherhood, by DIR. Mark of Leu sv; lie
he says: Much stress is laid upon the
duty the child owes the parent. and very
little upon that the parent owes the
child Children are not brought into the
world of their own vOliton. 1t is safe to
say that could each person control their
entrance into the world, the globe would
| be populated by a race of fools and
| martyrs. The duty of the parent to the
child is more sacred than that owed by
the child to the parent The parents who
bring into being life for whom they can
not provide, and to whom they can not
give the training and attention neccs-
| sary for It's advancement, commit crime
| more to be condemned than the act of a
| husband and wife who, recognizing their
inability to give to a child what 1t has
a right to demand OF them, refuse to
bring a child into the world He believes
that motherhood should be placed upon
the highest plane and in the article pub
lished in The American Practitioner and
News he gives some suggestions that
might be profitably read and practiced by
every parent.
DR.. Carhart, speaking of school hygiene.
believes that backward and dull children
| need special care. An inattentive child
is usually defective in some special sense:
! he may, for example, be slightly deaf or
i have some eye diseases. The human eye
| IS going through a period of adaptation
| to its progressing environment and poor
! sight is one of the evils of advanced civil
ization Weak eyes are permanently
| damaged and slight arrangements are de-
Veloped into permanent short sightedness
and astigmatism. DR.. Taylor believes
that much Of the faulty mental char
acteristics Of the school child are due to
mismating Of the parents and are there
fore faults of Inheritance He believes
that the physician might correct many of
these faults by intelligent observa ton
and direction of the child and that this
skilled direction will soon be part of
| the duty OF the school physician.
Sir James Sawyer, speaking of cancer.
| says that steam appears to have brought
us cheap food and cheap food has multi
piled our cases of cancer by two. That
is 10 say. meat-eating is believed to cause
| cancer; and more meat Is eaten than
formerly because transportation is more
rapid and cheaper than in years gone by.
He does not, however, positively state
| that vegetarians-if there be any who are
strictly such-escape cancer.