The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-23
HOME HEALTH CLUB
tEdited by pr. David H. Reeder.
 Chigago).

tEdited by pr. David H. Reeder.
 Chigago).
 NERVES: (Continuation of articles written for Home Health Club by H. .Lindlahr. M.D) Mechanical causes of Nervous Diseases In the last article of this series we studied the dietet1c causes of nervous diseases We shall now consider the mechanical causes of these ailments. The nerves may be irritated, benunbed and paralyzed not only by food and drink poisons. but also by friction or pressure caused by displaced or luxated bones, musles and fragments.
 All the nerves of the human proceed from the brain and spinal cord through tiny openings in the bony structures of the skull and of the spinal column. When any of these bones are out of place, twisted, dfslocated or 1uxated. they imping upon the nerve trunks and blood vessels passing out between them. thus causing irritation of the nerves or interference with the free flow of the nerve and blood currents According to a certain physiological law, irritation at any point along the course of a. nerve is communicated 10 all the branches of that nerve, similar to the way sin which an electric cur rant applied at any point. of a network Of copper wires, if not checked or d1- verted, will travel over all the wires connected with the system. Thus ab- normal pressure upon, and consequent irritation of a nerve trunk will be transmitted to all the branches of thae nerve and carried to all the cells and organs supplied by that particular nerve trunk and it's branches, result ing in inflammation, pain, and ab- normal funtion in the effected parts Tn accordance with the same physi- oIogical law, If a nerve slbe benumbed and paralyzed at any point along it's course the nerve and it's branches beyond the point of interference and al the structures depending upon them for their supply of nerve force will also be benuTnbed and paralyzed, The pressure of 1uxated bones on nerve or blood vessels may be illus trated by the effect of compression upon a rubber hose through which water is flowing. Stepping upon the hose will stop the flow of water; In like manner abnormal pressure or inn judgement upon nerves or blood and 1ynph-vessels interferes with the flow of vital currents Thus the tissues and organs depending upon. these ves- sels for their blood and nerve supply are deprived of sufficient nourishment proper drainage. and of the commun- ication with sshead-quarters' in brain and spinal cord. There can be but | one remedy for such mechanical inter ference, and that consists in replacing | through treatment by trained man l ipulator.
 From. the foregoing 1t becomes ap- parent how the irritation or pressure upon the nerves and blood vessels by dishocated bones, especially by the yer tebrae of the spinal column, may cause 1 all kinds of nervous diseases. Such 1 irritation may result in inf1a mmation of the nerves themselves and of the structures and organs which they supply, or, the constant pressure upon the nerves by the 1uxated bones may shut off the flow of the nervous (vitaD energy, and thus cause gradual atro- lphy and paralysis of the affeched parts. Mechanical interference withs nerves and nerve action, as just described
 accounts for a multitude of nervous ailments such as chronic headaches, neuritis, neuralgia, rheumatism, ner- vous dyspepsia, nervous heart troubles, iasthnatic conditions, and innumerab1e other acute and chronic ailments,
 Frequently patients come to us who have been treated for many years for
 'tsciatic rheumatism. We find that | one or both large hip bones are dis located. In such eases few thorough | treatments replace the bones, remove
 the abnormal pressure and tension and /, cure the chronic sciatica- Other inatients have suffered for many years