The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-01
NEW hooks.
Preseninty.

In OLD DtIOT tN1 h'AN
srnn,ou. and causes OF such premature
ia are? We find the question answered
y, Tho well-known ~alienist, DR.. Allan
NcIane Hamilton, In ar interesting essay
entitled Tho Neurotic Indications OF Pro-
saniIitv" william Wood d Coz OF course,
IN order TO understand what Is meant by
pre-sentity, or premature ola age We
must have a definition Of senillty. that Is
20 say the degeneration which, normally.
NAV be looked for at a certain period OF
life. DR.. Hamilton accepts the dehnition
Of senility given by DIR. t. b. Ciouston In
bia .Lectures on Mental Diseases That
definition runs substantially az follows;
physiological senility means the disap-
pcnrance Of reproductive power; a greatly
iessened affection faculty; . diminished
power OF attention and memory; q dimin-
ished desire and q diminished power to
snereize mentally and bodily; lowered
;mseinatIon and enthusiasm; q lcssened
a~daptabillty to change; a greater slowness
~ mental action; slower and less vigorous
spe,ch. 40 we'll as ideation; fewer blood
oorpuscles, red and white; a lessened power
~ nutrition In all the tissues; q tendency
10 disease OF the arteries hence a man Is
sometimes said to be as old as his artoriesl;
lpssening in bulk OF the whole body. but
,otnbly Of tho brain, which Ia altered
srruc:urally and chemically In its most
essential elements, the cellular action and
the nerve currents being slower. and more
resistance being encountered along the
conducting flores Again: AS In the
Young man there IL organic craving for
action, which. not being gratifed, results
In organic discomfort, 80 In the old man
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