The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05

life, etc, he might naturally be expected
to perform.
Illness and debility are in sense syn
onymous, for the one accompanies the
other, but debility may be only apparent.
Morbid material In the blood, for ex-
ample. may cause temporary debility
which disappears as the blood is puri ed
by the excretory organs as In the case OF
mild attack OF bilious diarrhoea These
states are always followed by a feeling
of increased strength and good health
and indeed any unusual discharge OF any
Kind, even Of blood, in small quantity, f.
often followed by feelings Of strength.
rather than debility. In other words. the
discharge Of whatever kind is like the
escape Of steam from a hlgh-pressure
boiler when the safety valve blows Or.
The blood loaded with morbid matter
either by over eating. Indulgence IN " ne.
neglect "a take exercise and the Ike. Is
a poisonous stream carrying lethargy In
It's current; the person feels weak both
in body and mind: languid and listless,
but as soon as the poison Is eliminated
by some slight actual Illness, caused by
the process Of elimination the bodily and
mental vlgor return to their normal con-
dtion.
The cause Of real de5ility Is due not 20
impurity Of the blood, but actual deteTior-
alton or deficiency. One Of the duties OF
the blood Is 10 maintain the animal heat
at a constant degree, a duty that it viii
perform at the sacrifice Of all other
functions To obtain fuel as # were,
the blood will consume muscular SUBJ
stance If the food Is not sufficient and
nourishng or cannot be assimil8ted. In
deficiency Of the blood certa II organs also
suffer az the blood lacks elements needed
for their work and repair. In children,
for example, deprived Of food containing
insufficient quantities Of earthy material
the bones remain soft; ricketts, results;
there Is not sufficient lime to make firm
bone. An exclusive starchy diet, an OK
cess Of bread or sugar and a deficiency
of muscle forming food on the other hand
will make the child puny and emaclated.
Debility In such cases results from Inn
proper food.
AS long as possible nature win keep
up bodily heat and movement and If ma
terial is not furnished from without 1t
vii. take It from within the body We
nay compare tho case 10 a steamship
az sea that has run out Of coal. the wood
work Of which even at the danger or
weakening the hull is broken up to keep
the boilers going until the ship can reach
q safe harbor
IL.
most important action in maintaining
proper equilibrium; IL is the governor Of
the engine which regulates It's speed and
prevents it's running away with Itself
A disordcred or overtsxed brain there
fore is an important factor in debility.
Alcoholic excess. for example, may 50
affect the brain that IL loses control 0r
the blood circulation and elaboration AMI
debility follows. but by far the most COM
mon cause is business strain, especially
where there are alternating periods Of
excessive excitement and depression. pro-
ducing irregularity Of action and ultl-
mately functional arrangement not only
of the brain itself. but organs controlled
by It,
The treatment OF debility depends great
ly upon the cause. In congcnital debility
it is manifestly impossible 10 supply
constitution to the child who is defective
in that respect, but much can be done by
proper food change Of air and scene.
and tonics Of a simple kind especially
codlfver oil. In these cases. how ever. the
child grows up prematurely decrcpid and