The Detroit times., 1917-03-30
Fatigue and Disease
NJ ARLINGTON RRucE
Author OF The Riddle OF Person
Ality." Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

II you let yourself get over tired
you cannot do good wcrk. Every
hody knows this. Hut also-which
Is something not everybody knows
n you let yourself &c. oyer-tired you
increase your liability TO be attacked
by disease. and decrease your
chance for recovery II attacked by
disease.
Please ponder this observation by
an experienced physician. Dr. Fred
erick s. Lee:
TO disease fatigue stands In the
relation OF both cause and effect.
That il may De FACTOR In causing
disease is. indeed. often believed,
and this belief Is justified BY labora-
tory experiments
Thus N has been shown expert
mentally that OF two groups OF ami
mails. the one resting and the other
/ fatigued by muscular work, and b0th
iDocuiated by pathogenic bacteria.
the fatigued animals exhibit fall
Il the opsonio index and succumb
to the disease in larger numbers"
In other words. II las been demon
ctrated by actual scientific cIperi-
Inent, and demonstrated beyond the
shadow OF a doubt. that fatigue
means n lowering OF the power 10 re-
sist disease germs
But, indeed. one does not have 10
60 10 a laboratory TO observe this
Only the other day the truth OF IL
was fcrcibly impressed or me by
the death of a close personal friend.
a temperate clean-livinE man. for
wHlom a long life would ordinarily be
expected.
Business called this friend OF mine
cut OF town for three or four days.
lie had firing railway journey and
cause for some mental stress in con.
rection with the business for which
he took the Ioume..
he came home unusually fatigued.
SO tired WAS n that he could not
sleep the night after his return. Hut
be was al his desk next day AEain
ne had sleepless night. and again
Sent TO business as usual
The third morning. shortly after
rising. he suffered from a chill. II
vas the beginning OF pneumonia.
and In less than a week he had
hreathed his last.
There Is a warning for all Of us
in his sad fate. Especially Ai this
time OF year. when germ diseases
are so much in evidence, wC should
try TO avoid gettiag unduly tired.
We must work. OF course. bit also
We shopld pay extra heed TO the
| requirement for rest This. alas. is
ignored By many people.
Many. feverishly in quest OF
amusement. occupy their resting
periods too strenuouSly for their
good. Many stay IN too late. night
after night. cutting their bours OF
sleep TO a dangerous minimum.
Many Others allow worry need.
lessiy to Increase the fatigue caused
By mental or physical eKertiou. They
tail 10 practice emotional control.
and thsEebs make a tH4peessi>9- FOR
Them 10 rest properly when they do
rest
And. outstanding our own vital re-
fources. ler Us. II we are EMPLOYERS
II labor, give our employees a fair
| chance TO husband therrg
Let US give them hygienIc work
ing conditions, which OF themselves
will do much TO lessen fatigue. And
| iet us'see % 81 that we do not force
cur employees to work either too long
| o. too hard
Oyerwork OF employees is. in fact.
a poor policy II only from the stand.
point OF financial returns. In the
light OF the established relation be
tween fatigue and disease. Il H. a
policy thai puts q heavy moral re-
sponsib!li,y on the employer who
! adopts II.