The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
THE LARGEST NERVE.
WHAT VICTIMS OF scIATIcA
HAVE 70 ENDURE
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should - = rh@amafism Of the nerve
apart from rheamatism .of the muselei
and bones We ars accustomed u
thlnk Of ali pain as being Iocated IL
re neryes. baf IN most cases III
nerves are only the telegraph wires
Informing The brain u what il goina
"a in the muscles and other tissues
When there Is rheumatism in the
nerves themselves We may confidently
look for trouble sayE the Chicago
ChrOnicle.
The iargesf nerve IN the body and
the one most subject 70 rheumatism
i the sciatic nerve. % called from q
Greek word meaning the hip. II
takes Ifx rise In the sacral pIexns near
tae base Of fhs spine. and passes down
the thigh On The outer side quite close
u the surface Al The knee Joint il
splits into tao branches, one Of which
p4sses down each side 0f the calf Of
the leg Rheumatism in this great
nerve Il called sciatiea
The pain produced b. selatica IL
different from the rain Of muscular
rheumatism in tao ways. The pain
0f muscular rheumatism Is felt al
most entirely when there Il muscular
action. The pain u sciatiea Is ag-
grayated By muscular -etiOn. but Il
Il continuous. anyway. may be ac-
oompanied By Occasion- aroxysms.
Another difference - muscular
rheumatism il not az tied By
pressure On the muscles. but sciafica
s. Intimately connected with pressure
and greatly aggravated By Il. IL Il Is
not In the frst place produced BY IT,
When = person has a good case Of
sciatica on hand tha. is the only care
he has He may BE- hungry. thirsty.
betrayed and assertei b. family and
friends. bankrupt IN business and
ruined in reputation. society may be
iiied with abuses and the country be
planging headiOng into destruction.
but the ~datica sufferer Is obllyious Of
it all and has only cne trouble-that
internal pain IN his leg. Chalmers
SPEAKS of the exhDulsive power Of a
new affection. but that IL nothing
compared with the eKDulsive power Of
sciagie pain.
There il ore mystery about sciatica
that physicians have never been able
"a scive. and that IL that Il affects
only the left leg There is sciatscS
nerve 10 the right leg. TOO. but II Is
a. well-behaved and harmless a nerve
a. there Is In the body. Once in
century there will be a case Of sciatica
ia the right leg. but Il is such an
unusual occurrence that Il may be
dismissed from the mind as a neg
ilgible danger The habitat and stamp.
Ing ground Of sciatica Is In the left
leg.
The speculations OF a layman on
such a subject may be worth a great
deal, but is there not possibility that
Sciatica prefers the left leg because
the ieg IL habitualIy ma;treated7
5ciarica Is almost always produced by
pressure. especially against hard and
cold surfaces. though Il may result
even from the internal pressure caused
BY constipation This being known,
il It not likely that the disease is gen
orally due TO habitual exposure to cold
and to pressureg
II 20. there Is a solution Of the left
leg mystery in the fact that almost
everyone has a habit Of sitting most
~ in a sideIong position on his left
side. Even in sitting at desk to
write a person will without noticing It
at for hours on his left thigh. No
one would believe how inyincible this
left leg habit Is unless he has tried
70 break himself Of IL When the dis
ease has once been set up there is no
need 10 tell him to sit on his right
side, because he cannot sit on any
other-and live
A sciatica patient need never hope
10 recover unless he absolutely ceases
10 sit on his left thigh or even to lie
On it in bed As 70 well people who
are candidates for sciatica terrors. me
best thing they can do Is to make a
habit Of sitting on the cold. hard seats
of the street cars and the office and
on he left thigh The rheumatic sea
son Of the year Is row with us. and
rheumatism is within the reach Of
rich and poor alike. Who wishes to
be served frstg
English Emigration.
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