Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-04-19
coming morbidly self conscious and


With the latent knowledge that you
have such system and very def
mite knowledge of the things that will
iniure it, go on your way with habits
formed accordingly and with conf
dence in your ability to defy disease
and the odds are all in your favor.
| Nerve strain. neurasthenia and host
of other troubles will pass by, leaving
| you unscathed
Heredity is undoubtedly responsible
| for many cases Of nervous failure and
the maladies that follow in its wake. |
| If individuals whose family history |
shows tendency to nervous or degen-
erative disease would refrain from
marrying the face of this globe would
be transformed as if by magic within
a generation
Value of Early Training.
For best results we must begin ear
ly. Regularity. discipline and the up
building of self control are the watch
words in dealing not only with the
nervous child but with all children.
Freedom from Undue excitement and
strain are likewise important The
nervous child must not be asked to
compete either physically or mentally
with more fortunately endowed chill
dren The very principle Of "compe-
tition' should be excluded from the
home and school life and the principle
of training" substituted. Work and
play for their own sake is a higher
ideal than the mere desire to beat the
other fellow."
The habit of early retiring should be
especially enforced with nervous chill
dren Excitement in the evening home
should be avoided and the child en-
Outraged to seek it's rest while in
normal. sleepy condition instead of in
a state of high tension from romping
or the reading of exciting tales.
Dancers of School Strain.
A clear brain and a sound nervous
system are far more valuable posses
sions than a highly cultivated mind
and a shattered nervous system.
The nervous system of the growing
child is an exceedingly delicate and
unreasonable mechanism. If the de-
mands upon it are too heavy the evil
, influence may reach far into adult life.
This is especially true as affecting girls
, between the ages of twelve and seven
, teen The school work should be care
fully considered at this period. and if
J there is any sign of nervous instability
or weakness freedom from the strain
and confinement of school life is safer
until the child's health and nervous
control are fully restored.
Nervous children and, in fact. all
children should be examined for any
possible local source of irritation. such
as eve strain. adenOidS. enlarged ton
sis, defective teeth, etc. Correction
of these troubles may change the en-
tire future of the individual and great
" simplify the work of training
Nerve Strain In Adult Life.
"Overstimulation'' has been mention
ed as the second great cause of nerv
Gus maadies. This term would con
note with intemperance in its broades
sense Many prohibitionists are eX
tremely Incorporate not only IN thel
language. but in their manner OF lfe
They drink no liquor, but they Otter
eat too much and drink too much tie;
or coffee or talk too much or work to-
hard and too long. | would not be un
derstood as criticising the prohibition
movement or the average prohlblhon
list. but merely wish to show that In
temperance" covers wide range o
activities and indulgences which ma
be injurious in their effect. The socle
| tv climber" the business 'climber.
4 the man about town." the speculato
] the glutton. the debauchee. the ave-
age daily drinker. the drunkard. ar
=. all types of intemperance or overstin
ulatiOn.
The business drudge. the househol
~ drudge. the laboring drudge. the mel
- tally deficient, are all types of the I'll
..e derStimulated class. upon whom deadl
-, monotony exerts its lethal power.
ne seems that when life is confine
~ within too narrow limits conditio
~ of inequality or strain arises in til
nervous system. One set OF cells
(" used until they are worn to fra
III zle." and then the trouble comes.
nd The Tired Woman.
* The tired woman is often the mr.
ng phase of the nervous woman. III
u- monotony of domestic routine. unr
lieved by that daily contact with II
outside world which often saves
". man from hysteria. is fertile sour'
us of nerve failure among women. Ii
th my belief that every housewife neet
ay a vaca ton occasionally.
an There is reason to believe that 1
la tent grief. worry or remorse relaflr
.en to matters really long since settled
los often responsible for neurasthenia ar
I'd. functlonai nerve 'roui'es' :,
VS. sirable 10 ger such 'hlnss' Out vi u
system" Talk the matter over Wi
The your physician OF your ciefss nhah a.