Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-19
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Thai motal Work ~ 'l'

Tor the pilgrims. just as he is rushing
at them with club
bnnyan Internationally remarks that
a.'"chS ol PaFesls came on when the skv
was bright: he sometimes. in sunshiny
weather, leil into fits: very sage oh
sdl'oll' ana one not likely TO occur
10 any but an actual sufferer Hear viii
Shakospeare's hypochondriac. ~ hova ns
rate tbut wherefore know not), lost ali
my ml"th. foregone all custom Of ay.
crcises; and indeed. it goes so heavily,
with my disposition, that this poodi,.
frame, the earth seems 10 nc n sterile
rFoNioht0ry this most excellent canonv
.'ie ar loon you--this brave o'crhaneinr
irMameAt-this majestical roof fretted
with golden fire. why il appears no o.ne-
thihS 10 me than a foul and pestilent
congregation OF VapOrS" saws Har.I.t
polht!nS out of window 10 a bright starry
SKY: III does seem that the ppct know
well the condition.
IL is very seldom that n hypoChondriac
ESCAPES Wlinout the general misery be-
ing localized in pain OF some mort ar
another, either continuously or AZ irregu.
lar periods. Bunyan says. Il fell sucb ,
clogglng and heat at my stomach nv
reason or this my terror. that was
especially at sometimes as il my breast;
Dohe would have split asunder." This is
me pam IN the hypochondria, whence the
u!Scase gets its name The ''clogcinp ana
ana the heat is very graphic of tha
S!mptomaiology OF Observation-Disclosures
me loss OF power which was described
III the muscles OF certain parts. still
more ihirequently affects the involuntary
ioreS OF the intestinal tract The pcris.
t ,aiie movements become sluggish. The
bowels become filled with gas dis,a,,a
ing them inconveniently and nainfv vu-
POOR John Bunyan seems TO have haa.;
so down up. that he says he feared ha
was going 10 suffer the fate of Jmdae
lScarlot' and burst asunder in the
midst" 'ne
a feature which is almost universe, in
lohs cases OF hypochondriasis is loss of
weight during the attacks Soon nc tba
patient comes TO. and is again n normaI
Individual the weight increases. In hia
Trace Astounding, 'Bunyan describes him.
sen several times as suffering from this
SymptoN--as he words it. "inclining 10
whercwith, about the
spring, ! was suddenly and violently
9eiHca WIN much weakness in my out.
ward man" And Il few pages after.
wards he speaks of being "ve:y i'll and
weak, presumably from similar cause
when his spirits suddenly revived and
lie thousht OF the angels carrying Lazarus
nto Abrahams bosom. Then he mused
Win comfort on 20 grave, whore is thy
'lctory?' AT this" he goes on. 81 be.
'"hle well both IN body and mind at once.
or my sickness did presently vanish
lie typifics this symptom in the person
II one of the prisoners in Doubling
}asiio Mr.. Dependency, who was al
most starved 20 death"
One usually pictures the male as tho
uffercr from hypochondriass, but women
re not wholly exempt. Il may be no,ei
nat Bunyan places one. and only one.
woman in Despair's dungeons. Her he
oes not describe; because, indeed. he
new nothing OF the other sex "hut by
heir apparel beyond his own family
ircle He says he was shy OF women"
Inc common salutation Of women
bhor; lis odiouS TO me in whomsoever
sec it. Their company alone cannot
way with Thus, it is evident that
'unyan did not receive the condolences
f hypochondracal females