The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-24
ATTEND TO BRAIN
ADVICE or EXPERTS
Philosophers Believe in Ex-
ercise of Brain to Con-
troll Physical Body.

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New York, June 2i.-JGst now some
authoritative writer's are calling atten
ton to the brain. which they Fay
needs quite as much personal atten
ton as the body. They marvel that
all people, including contemporaries
OF their own, forget, II they ever knew
that the brain demands nourishment
rest and exercise-more SO than the
body. Again. they find that many peo
pie who feel tired are only suffering
from brain flag, instead OF taking bodi
ly rest. they ought TO take physical
exercise to restore their normal condi
ton so that the brain may rest.
Further, these modern philosophers
inform their readers that not only
intellectual workers tire their brains
but all kinds of people who eat and
drink improperly and give no attention
to the simple laws of health.
All men, they find. fix their capacity
for work by the way they feel, though
they may not always apply themselves
when they feel best, and though they
may drag themselves through II even
when they feel worst.
Mechanism Of Brain
Now. they think II quite strange
that no one considers the mechanism
OF the brain In relation to intellectual
work. and they think IL stranger still
that mental workers are only concern
ed at bodily symptoms of impoverish.
ment and never give a thought to the
neglect OF the brain or need OF rest.
ing this organ which never rests
while Its possessor is conscious, and
which Is frequently not permitted to
rest. they say. because of the neg
lect. and overtaxing OF IT,
Some of the thinkers affirm the boy
II not of much consequence and that
the brain OF physical entity directs
all there Is that IL substantial. and
they say the brain must be nourished
and nurtured II II Is to do its work
DR.. 8. Weir Mitchell wrote a treatise
closely related to this subject In which
hs says:
"The man who sleeps with the stars
visible above him. who wins bodily
substance first hand from the earth
and water, who defies the rain and
sun, may drink II he likes and smoke
without injury. When man uses his
muscles. after time he comes to a
feeling called fatigue. He Is warned
by this to take rest. but In the
brain which hs is intensely using. he
does not feel any sensation referable
to the organ itself II is apt, like
q wellbred creature. to get into an
exalted state under the stimulus OF
need. so its owner feels amazed at
the ease of It's processes and the sense
Of wide-awakefulness and power that
accompanies them. II is only after
long misuse that the brain cries out !;
! have done enough"
Different With Brain
II appears that body and brain have
reversed symptoms OF alarm. The
body serves notice. when II Is tired.
that II has done all II can and any
more put upon II means break.
When the brain is overloaded. or driv.
en- too long. II does double work and
II seems stronger than ever. clearer
and more active. after excessive hours
OF labor during which the stage OF
fatigue has been passed. This Is its
method OF sounding the alarm. and II
may be gathered from what the com.
mentators say in their recent discus.
sions that II In the signal before the
disaster. When the brain gets real
tired II Is not to be rested. like the
BODY, with an hour or day of sleep
Some DOCTORS" says Alfred Scho.
field. think that man is pretty
much rs an engine. or rather. perhaps,
q motor car. and resembles the latter
In being subject to announcement
breakdowns.
1T Ia clear TO them that the use Of
adequate means-a new nut or bolt or
strap-could effect the repair or re-
store the machine to health"
DR.. Schofield Ia skeptical about the
efficacy Of medicine or the ability of
the physician In his professional ca.
pacity to cure the sick. though he OK.
presses confidence In his personal aid
TO his patients which comes through
the employment OF mind over mind
in other words. the unconscious do
minion OF the brain: and II is the
brain. he thinks, that cures disease
and keeps the body strong. He believ.
es II Is the subconscious power of the
brain that accounts for all the cures
attributed to quack remedies. mystical
healers and religious cults. He has
written a book called THE Force of
Mind" In which he comments on re-