Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-04
The PHYSICAL Effects ., vrs,v.


nectiOn and interdependencc Of body and
mind. Once they were supposed to be 80
tar distinct and separate, that either one
out improving or Strengthening the other.
and that injury to the one did not neces-
sarily injure the other This notion ex-
were held to be mutually antagonistic.
Many who priced the mental or spiritual
life thought to exalt II by the .grossest
injuries to the body. The historian
There is perhaps no phase in the moral
history OF mankind Of a deeper or more
painful interest than this ascetic cpl
demic. A hideous. sordid and emaciated
maniac. without knowledge. without pa
triotism, without natural anec.ion, pass
ing his life in long routine OF useless
and atrocious seIf-tOrture. and quailing
before the CHASTITY phantoms OF his delir-
ious brain. had become the ideal Of the
nations which had known the writings OF
Piato and Cicero and the lives OF So
crates and Cato. For about two centu-
ries the hideous maceratfon or the body
was regarded the highest proof OF ex-
celiehce.''
Happily such fatal errors have been ex-
ploded, owing 10 the influence OF more
at the present day every one admits that
body and mind act and react upon each
other for good or for evil. for health or
Nowhere is this truth more fully ex-
emplified than in the effect Of the habit
OF worry upon the physical system. SO
IuuCu mas Dccsi sdlu anu SstIo tIuiy doOut
the effects Of worry upon the mind itself.
weakening It's activity. destroying energy.
depressing the powers and embittering the
life. that repetition seems useless; Dut
less notice has been taken of it's newt
able action upon me pnysicai system; per
haps because less has been hitherto
1attar,~ hnwever me attan,,on m 'nhv-
sicians and others has been specially d.
rected 70 this subject, and their state
i' '' an 49, -, -" lie nwary,,i -,
ohce OF mental woJIy " nc ~" W, -.
its injury 10 the body. DR.. L. 5. Kinney
Worry is first and last depressant.
II may excite for a time, but only as an
irritant, followed by depression of the or
gan excited. 1t cannot coexfst with per-
feet health. 1t acts as a ball and chain
on the activities Of every human impulse.
mental powers, functional arrangement
Of the heart or stomach may follow. and
the effect on these organs may extend to
every other. The truth remains
that worry creates slow, sluggish fever.
In which the moisture or the entire BODY
~ urawn upon, IN .ISe LAS IN, -. ,.
continued; exalteu tenpsrature tSIIs .no
STORY OF the iIie-Gunsuniihs hf1. one SO
II IN the carry history OF lhe asian.
chollac. ana becomes convinced OF IL as
he views the burned out tissue OF the pa
retic.
IN Iinited uegI,se our own eapei'ene sc
VIII cofroborate THESE slate Iaen.s. Let
any one compare ms physician sehsi IONS
after day spent in fretting and discon-
tent with those ne experlshe e aL.er =
hopefuliy-and the difference Will De man
ifest. In the one case there Will be
sinking Of the whole system, and an ex-
haustion which does not Always induce
sleep, perchance a headache and loss OF
appetite: while in the other case, the rest
from work il grateful. there is a health
fII fafinuo which is soon forgotten in
.oi,nd and refreshino sIean When We
multiply such results by the number Of
DAYS in year, and the number of years
a.
il of worry should undermine the health,
and produce in time all manner of bodily
ailments while the calm and self-col-
trOlled mind should sensbly tend to
build up vigorous and healthful body.
If we look among our acquaintances with
this thought in view. il will doubtless stiil
being equal, the worrying habit will show
itself in the stooped fame. the dun eye.
the premature wrinkles. the absence OF
elasticity, and too often at length in the
more serious evils mentioned above. On
the other hand. he who has never formed
this habit. or who has overcome it. will
with equal chances usually have an erect
carriage. cheerful bearing, an eiastlc
step and a tone of vigor in all his move
ments The simple fact that the victim
OF worry is always in more or less dis
tress, while the tranquil and serene are to
the same extent happr and content will
of itself explain many Of the Interior re-
closely Knit together.
1t will. however. be said that notwith-
standing all its evils. the man who de-
serves pity rather than censure. I'm
doubtediy the victim Of every bad habit
deserves pity, not however the pity of de-
STAIR. but that which reaches out help
ing hand. To believe that we cannot help
it is TO establish il on the ilrmest fonnda-
tons 10 know that We can overcome 1t
is the first step in its extinction. There
are many practical ways In which this
can he done. One Is TO restrain The ont
ward expression of the feeling itself. We
may not be able at once 10 say, peace.
be STILL" TO any emotion that wells up
within us; but We can by effort repress
it's exhibition We need not pour out our
fancied woes into another's ear; we need
not carry a dismal countenance to at
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