Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-15
LIMIT OF ENDURANCE.
Reply or Or l. [. Nascher to Cues
tions Regarding This.

Has The American reached the limit
OF has endurance"
| Is the individual deteriorating men
tally and physically? is his mode Of
life tending to shorten his years? Arc
his mental and physical labors excess
siyc? Are there unrecognized factors
which shorten life? To each of these
questions the physician believes an
unqualified yes can be given. /
| The tendency to hasten development
is seen in our schools where the men-
tai and physical labors imposed upon
the child have about reached the limit
of the capacity Of the young organism.
Compare the school curriculum OF to-
day with the curriculum of thirty or
forty years ago. The child must learn
all his parents did i'll their school days,
all the advances in science made since
then, and many SUBJECTS which We're
thought unnecessary i'll former DAYS,
Yet the school age has not been Icing
thened nor the number of school hours
increased.
There is limit to mental capacity.
as there is to physical capacity, and
+ that the limit is often reached III
school is evidenced by the brain fag
which accounts for the inattention ana
rritability of the child during the lat
! 80. ....t,,,I I,,, t.las,. tasiye ~,
,.,,,,,ed h, ,ho na,aoity nf the bright
-, u,in',s Of ~. class are ana tbe
-. ,,,,,,a.. S,,,4gt NIKE excessive
..ff,,.ts =, L., ,,,tl tna leaders ~
their age who are already forced tol
+ ,#,.troorlIin,rJ mental ana physieaI
e,ertfan
From one-half to two-thifds Of the
ehilds waking hours are taken UP
tefe,t TIM r,, ,.c,4-sation md violent
n,bfnsiae .,,n tal-,n M, which are az
;sts,,.izz,,., =. -. ..vcssei,o stn
H. sra ia tn mind Fac foundation
,,i4 ~, tho scbeol
room af rar,1fac hvDertranhv. and
i,iei, ,Ioaa ,,,o,s.,,,.a IN the athletic
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+ A. ,.o.,iIt IF his bastened deveIon-
,,a,t md o,.ar 1a,eloIyoent in orr
seboo,s tho cir MN ,tarts ont in ma
tare life Win mind and body ifapaft
- viii faci fnr copiIe generations
s.ze.iting the moments irrigation
,,.Eicl, ,3onId ,a,,so tho eanile PROCESS
49, - a.f,,'it,'
~, .,a,,,,t,.,.=l s...4 ,.o,,t5 * mother
! ,,,arta1I1. nar ,bysie.,Il4s The equal ofI
Tho citE,-brad rnntb vino has been
t,.ainod ia The Unit If mis- mental and
rlh,.,ical esnaeit,. H. is not n his
i,..st ,,,,ti, ha has reached The limit of
,,l,,ss,eIaaicaI do,5elo,onent several
- -. H., ia, rit- man Int
from that time on ne overhauls his
-. I,yafbo, ls,,o,,sa ne has deyaloped
..Io,,1,- i've sIap,Iv-apa aces slowly.
j 9,ra .it,,.br.1 nan aeas more randi
u n,t love he,.,3lsa ne reaches ma
1n,.it, soner Int because the strenu-
one life of tbe eitv favors earlier sell
Iia#cbangas He Incomes aged before
~ t.eo,7,os old rrba man from the
! ao,,,t,,, .ao,,,irs, IA tha ritv and taking
,,a tha r.nia iife of The eitv soon
t,ra,t,s do,t9,
a., :. ~ ,ea,,staa,ea 10 late bours
md inrufiicient stec1,. restaurant food
o1,o,toote5 rorns and mad air. and the.
,o,,s+artl e4rain Of evcitino bnsiness.
IL -, not-,,er % rtnidlv- like the city
-, tbo chances are not those of
nrseocfons sanf1ify hut those associat-
ed with clearly defined disease, gem
orally beginning in neHrasthenia.
Improper mode OF living IS undoubt
edlv the most important factor in
causing early death among prominent
persons of today. They do not sleep
enough at the proper time. they eat
too much and improper food, they dre
irrational in their reereauons. After
; five or six hours of intense mental
strain the brain needs rest, and brain
rest means sleep.
The German banker, broker or hiel-
chant goes I" the coilee mousse lor an
hour or two in the afternoon taxes u
nap, ano is suifeiehei| feifeSHeI -
take UP again ms strenuous mental
labors.
The American, aiter hNe OF slN nun
of intense mental concen tratloh on eN-
change or in the office, with but {. le~
minutes 1ntefmlssloh Tor iuhch Soe9
10 the pan game - r 'Na;4,...r,'.
supstltulihs one loi IN ., -; ~
Tor ahoti'et' oi nc so1' - q Us
oI BUSINESS iiieii - -
iieltat stIal'i "a ,,ls -, -
spare an Il'0i III .iiS q tt,l.,s
ms BRAIN rest ul'tii iicui a9','''.l,5
IN ana ne must spare "eeNs io' ii''