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Talk About Nerves.

Causes and Prevention Of Nervous
Exhaustion" was the subject at q
meeting of the public health education
committee OF the County Medical So
ciety and the hygiene committee OF
the New York City Federation OF
Women's Clubs. and II the size OF the
audience was an indication OF the
prevalence of neurasthenia, New York
nerves must be IN bad way.
The large auditorium and the ad'
joining banquet hall. on the lower
floor Of the Academy of Medicine, No.
II West 43d street, were packed, peo-
pie filling all the seats and standing
four OF five deep In the rear.
DR.. Smith Ely Jelliffe said that In
digestion formed "the very large back
ground" of neurasthenia, and indiges-
tion was saddled on helpless children
by parents who we're injuriously con-
scientious about food.
There's too much talk at meals
about what we ought to eat" he de-
clared. Hot bread with melted but
ter on 1t isn't half as unwholesome as
half-baked dietetic ideas. Don't worry
your children to eat oatmeal because
you think it's good for them, or ram
spinach down their throats because
spinach has iron in it. Children are
conservative. They dread the new
things that are forced on them In this
big, puzzling world. Leave their lit
tie nerves and stomachs some peace
let them see you eating the right
things, and they will grow naturally
and calmly into an appreciation OF
spinach and other wholesome things
Nervous exhaustion, DR.. Jellife
said, had existed since Bible times
and long before. The only time we
didn't have it was when we were mol
luscs and clans and had no nerves
What breaks down the nerves o.
the adult? There are Thousand
| causes-you only have to read oul
modern novels and poems to heal
what they are. Overwork, too strenu
Gus work, anxiety, worry-and ther
the countless petty disturbances thai
keep you from the higher level yot
want to reach. You women know
about that-the dish that was burned
the servants who were stupid"
"Pick-me-ups" and afternoon tet
with brandy in 1t were abettint
causes, the speaker said. Il Won
touch on bridge, because that's live
wire, but it's hard to estimate how
much harm bridge and gambling havt
done women's nerves"
Dr.. Simon Baruch advised women t
throw their portieres out of the win
dow II they wanted sound nerves
"I've just left home in which thu
arch between the drawing rooms ha'
sliding doors and double portieres,
he said. 81 don't know what the.
were for, unless to bump head
against and tangle feet in. Thes'
1ambrekins' and things, as believ
they're called, which you have In you
houses because they are the last fash
ion from Paris, shut out light and al
and make bad sanitation. Upon sani
tation rests the question of nervous
exhaustion. Live an active life, sleel
six 10 eight hours, eat regular meals
ventilate your houses, don't, If your
a woman, bother too much about club
and the mandcurist, and II you starte,
with fairly good health you'll not hav
| narpo,c oyhouc4ion -
DR.. Evelyn Garrigue spoke on "th
two forces, alcohol and debauchery
which work such ravages on the nerv
cells" DR.. Edward D. Fisher, in
fve-minute speech, showed how nerv
troubles were inseparable from tn
heterogeneous, complicated life @
modern New York. DR.. Rosali
Slaughter Morton presided.-NeN
York Tribune.