The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-11

y few years ago when the bicycle was new, women
showed the affects OF nervous strain joined with
lar exhaustion much the way. resulting from
too forcibe attempt to accomplish things for which
they fitted.
These cases of hysteria arise invariably in women
who nervously strong The excitement OF auto
mobIing to appeal to them peculiarly, and
the they get of 1t the they seek. As with
any other stmulant. the indulgence is continued
increasingly the point of collapse. Hvsteria and
rnelanchola then established. and may have
eccentric results. such deafness, paralysis
of the legs any complication to which any special
weakness renders the patient liable. Complete alb
stinence and entire rest the first necessities OF
the treatment. though mild indulgence in the favor
lite pursuit later sometimes assists On the
other hand, complete revusion from automobiiiTg
sometimes takes place and the first movement OF the
machine after abstinence through hysera such
discomfort that the patient compelled 70 get
Worst OF all is the nervous prostration. more
among men, which is due to the general over
strain of the nervous system, perhaps increased by
keeping the body protected with inpervious
wraps. This trouble gradually. Often
the man is not of his danger until he gives
out losing power and control OF his nerves. the trouble
having been steadily increasing for years which ends
in his final breakdown The general effect of the
nervous strains resulting from sport too hberalv
INDUCED Just the same overworS and worry.
except that they have the advantage of having their
under control whereas work and worry
pursue their victims and give them quarter.
a typical case of this kind is New-Yorl business
man. now under treatment at his home in New Jersev
Two years ago. having large fortune, he withdrew
almost entirely from business and devoted himself
to artornobiling which, with him with many Others
became passion At present the garage at his home
has the proportions OF locomotive roundhouse
with collection OF types of machines repre-
senting various speeds and powers. For two wears
he has been indulgng in high speed daily, and neither
he his friends observed any i'll effects. Two
weeks ago, however. after period OF several DAYS
after a night during which he had slept badly. he
rose early and found that the slightest untoward
event-a breakfast dish badly cooked, the abserce
OF the morning paper and triies OF this kird-excc
in him exaggerated evaporation. About noon
he broke down completely and burst into iis
nerves were entirely beyond his control and he VS.
assaicd by all OF morbid ilaginings. He
in fact complete nervous wreck has since remained
so. and whether not he will ever be cured cannot
at present be determined
He weighs about one hundred sixty pounds. and
his body is well nourisfled. His appetite u'irl-
paired and bodily nutrition is thus far unaffected.
though it probably will be through the injurious
physical effects upon the secretions OF continuous
depression His muscular strength seriously affected
He as weak as child has lost control of his nerves
weeps the sightes; provocation, and is in fact
example of prostration in its form
His case is simply due to the effects OF high
speed Its chief interest by way of warning Is
the cumulative way in which it developed. He had
warning of any kind to induce him to lessen the
indulgence The abnormal conditions develops
secretly 20 their climax. and with the climax
complete collapse. This is the dangerous character
istiC OF al of this kind.
The only moral to be drawn is that the human
body IS not fitted for hgh-spced autornobiing al
that those who indulge in must pay for any undc
long protracted excess. All autornobili>.
given high speeding should and then consul:
their physicians to learn of any threatening conditions
which NAV be developing in them and which thev
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