The Washington times., 1916-02-04
VICTIMS OF OVERWORK
CURED BY THE KNIFE

NEW YORK Feb. All over the
world today men arc fighting harder.
working harder and diving" harder than
ever before. it has been observed by
the medical profession. This intensive
forcing Of mans mental powers has
Just the same effect on his physical sys
TEN as firing up" locomotive boiler,
since mental activity sets in motion
certain physical elements in a man s.
body which, in turn, are transmitted
into muscular energy.
This phenomena has now reached
such an Importance in the medical
world that DR.. George w. Grille, the ia
NOUS surgeon Of Clev Gland. has evolved
a name for It. He calls 1t the Nnctc
drive" And as a result of his studies
of the phenomena he has worked out
two operations, new to the world OF
surgery, for lessening the force OF this
kinetic drive. II not It's complete cure.
II Is the first time in the history Of
surgical science that the knife has been
used to cure certain diseases which are
now known to be the direct result OF
the overheard living OF which man Is
the victim today.
Reveals New Methods.
UP ITO the time this the ory and prsc-
tice u DR.. Crile's were worked out TO
a partial solution--fnr nc does not
claim that his operations have thor
sughly solved the problem. only that
they point the way to new methods
there were certain states OF mental
excitement in men and women which
doctors, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and clergy
men cured with a certain degree OF
success by mental suggestion. The
old laying on OF hands was one OF
these cures-which really was the ef-
feet OF faith in the healer; all sorts OF
cults based on belief in prayer were
others. and so were travel, diversion
mesmerism, books that produced tran
auillity Of mind and systems OF
philosophy.
All these have had a curative effec,
ON the kinetic drive when it was In
what Dr. Grille calls chronic state
That is. when a man or woman suf.
fered in an ordinary degree from
mental and physical overwork. eXces.
sive diet. or the emotions of fear, hate
tealously. But there comes time
when this chronic drive reaches the
acute state. and 1t Is then that the in,
dtvtdual is endangered by death from
exhaustion or from poisons produced
by excess of emotion. II is when thu
ktnetic drive reaches this height o
It's driving force that Dr. Grille ha.
come to the point OF lcsseninG tn,
drive by cutting down one or N,
other of the two connecting links be
twenn the brain and those r1n~bcr
Of tho body where thes" poisons ar,
produced.
Diabetes and Stocks.
Just what happens to a victim Of III
acute kinetic drive is this. set dowi
in nontechnical language: When tn,
complicated machinery Of modern civ
ilization drives a man or woman alonI
the road OF his own destruction
through too hard work and too hare
living" generally. the activity Of hi
brain calls for more and more fue
from fluids created in the liver AM
kidneys. These are the driving fore
~ q Arnt to ~ TR.tl -
the thyroid gland ~ the paCemakeI
Too much of these fluids get into tn
system, and such diseases result a
diabetes, Brights disease and other!
That diabetes is the direct result O
mental excitement and despair is apt
ly illustrated by Dr. Grille, who quote
certain phrasemaker as saving
when stocks go down in New Yor
diabetes goes up"