Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-20
The Great American
Disease, Nervousness

The following extracts from q pa.
per read bN IN W G. Hope before
the members OF the Woman cub
Lass week. ar oi general interest to
American disoas. n,urasthenia. or
What Is commonly called nervous.
ness
Nervous psostfation or nervous
exhaustion or npurathrnia tsyuo-
nyms), disease that the text books
cali fatigue ucurosis In Eu.
rope o. was frs called American
I'll aso' or Boards disease
board, of New York. was first TO
describe the disease IN 1863 Il is
nov recognized lhg world over as a
diseased state, as disease OF all
'imc ana not product of American
lie co. modern conditions II u mark.
rd 10y many variahC and most Of
them inconsistent symptoms. Fatigue
H. more quickly occasioned than IN
health There Is less endurance.
irrilability The whole condition is
summed up By the term Irritable
NCaknosS'
Nervous pros,Iation or neufasthc-
MIA. rarely occurs before twc>fy
years o! age, or over iifty II is IS.
sentiaily n disorder of the energetic.
productive. troubled period of life
Both sexes sun T. and possibly in
about equal proportions one auth.
~. basins his Natistics on 5000
cases, finds ncurasihcnia much more
frequent IN men than IN woman. Two.
thlfds develop between the ages of
twenty aud forty. Indoor occupations
count heavily on the list I'm thu
United States the high attitudes OF
western plaicaua and the extreme
climatic conditions In the northern.
ana particularly in the northwestern
states, apparently account for great.
'r frequency of ncurasthcnla In
those localities than in the soaboard
aud IN The southern states.
GouL rheumatism. tuberculosis
syphilis, excuses. diSsi patton. npu-
raigia and AL the euchiXias la par.
rnis are likely 10 discount the STAN.
ma ot offspring ami favor the early
Limitation Of endurance and yigur
manifested IN nervous pIoStra ion
dcicctlN" education. that omit s
discipline and the cul walton ol sell.
cont!ol UOoriy hitting lac child fOr
III" rudrr shochs pl life. L. a prcdis.
posing cause Educational methods
ihat orcrtlaiu may directly causc The
dls"its" occu Iations Of AL kinds
furnish n,urast hcnics II H. only
requisite thar overwork come in.
whether the work be mental on ply
steal OycrWorh, however Is yaria.
abb quantity. relative 20 tn strength
ana cndow n,nt. Of the individual
Among The melting causes, over.
work l. The most common. and as.
ISOLATED with b we usually cncon-
~ aCi.ry! Worry ana excitement
which drprcss The patients forces
often AZ the same timc impelling him
or her 10 greater efforts
The business man, anxious Tor his
venlnlcs. works doubly hard To Sc.
cure their success the mother.
anNious for a sick child. los,s sleep
ana works extra hard To meet It's
every morbid whim
The overturned athlete goes
stale ENcossos. by their dobililat-
.ng effects. are frequent sources o,
nourasihcGia. Alcohol. tobacco used
inlcmperately, may result IN the gen.
rral depression thar We cali nor.
rasthoBia. Trauma.shock both ply
steal and mental may result in the
same disorder Railway accidents
may cause neurasthonia in those who
DO nor receive scratch Of physical
injury The right is often worse
than The bow Together they may
cause double injury 4 muscular
strain from uycr.exertion. as in llit.
ing, may start neurasthenia. particu
latly II the back be hurt and there
J. suggestion oI fear OF serious harm
being done The more neurasihonia
IL studied the more promlnrn, viii
It's mental side become
Among the prodspsing causes OF
nervous breakdown. none is more
patent than the inability OF the in.
diNldnal 10 adapt himself TO change
OF plans, aud 10 reconcile himself to
cliilcl'm. opposition and the various
ahnoyhnces Incident 10 his occupa-
ton
Ia this connection. DR.. Walton. of
toward, says During an hours de.
lay caused by the failure OF another
10 Keep an APPOINTMENT ! formulated
ne following maxim These are the
anhOyances incident To nv business
To fret when hey occur means that
can not manage my business with.
ont friction
This may not appeal to the read
en- bur TO me- n has proved as good
an hours work As | ever did Since
mat ilnc, on the occurrence OF aim.
iiar sources OF proyocalion. hav"
round u necessary 10 go no further
than VheN are the annoyances to
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