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VIII

Vibert nemaril mnoho casu
zbytecnou predmluvou, ale
pristoupa razem k veci.
"Mlady muz,'' pravil, "byl
neznamym clovekem zavraz-
den v Rue de la Paix, nedaleko
ulice, kde bydlila jsi ty S Lang
laden. Co Wis o, te udalosti?
Neskryvej niceho. Vrazda spa
chana byla v dobe podzimni."
"Ale, jak to pride, re -"
'Ze ma tebe Sc obracim o dal
81 podrobnosti. Tot zcela jed
noduche. Dnes rano Langlade,
bud pod vlivem lihovin anebo
" navalu rozcileni mne Sc re
vseho vyznal."
"Nu?" pravila Stephanie,
nevedouc, proc Sc chce vypta-
vati dale, kdyz vrah Sc, pfiznal.
"Ta ale nestaci," poucoval vi
bert, "spravedlnost zada dal-
81 dakazy, dalsi podrobnosti. :"
"Tazte Sc ma vSe, cokoliv jen
chcete vedeti."
"Jak Houho znala jsi onoho
muze, jehoz Langlade. zayraz
dil?"
"Dva dny."
"Nevidela isl no nikdy pred
tim?"
"Nikdy."
"Kde jsi Sc s MIN setkala?"
"Na Boulevarddu, blize Rue
Vivienne, asi o treti hodine
odpoledni. Patrns pfichazel 2
bursy."
"Myslil jsem 81 to. A postre-
hi te hned?"
"Nikoliv, ia 81 vSimala drive
jeho. Zdal Sc mi byti velmi hez.
ky chlapik. Vychazela jsem
tax zridka, a byla jsem stale
tax uzavrena We spolecnosti
Langladeove, ze vsichni muzi
Sc mi zdali byti hezkymi - ma
Ii muzi obzvlaSte. :"
"Muz, kterem mluvis, byl
tedy male postavy?"
"Tak prostredni." J
Gnu, a co, jsi u6inila potolm?
"Snazila jseM Sc upoutati je
no pozornost," odpovidala Ste
phanie.
"Jakym zplsobsla?"
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z anglickeho volne upravil j. G.

Ona vsak tiskla policejniho
jednatele horoucne k sobe a
septala:
"Langlade je velky, silny, a.
lie drsny a hloupy; wy jste ma
", hezky, roztomily - a chy-
try; vezte, ze vas mann rada."
Nv tax kratke chvili?' tazal
Sc Vibert zertovne.
Bah" zvolala Stephanie,
ga takovou dlouhou dobu by
la bych 8 to zamilovati Sc do
pull tuctu takovych chlapikl,
ijakym jste wy"
"Nyni vidim," pravil Vibert,
"ze tvdj hranaty milovnik mel
postacitelne pficiny, tobe nedd
Fverovati. Ale" dodal, pri cemz
sejmul rame svIdne zeny Sc
svych ramen, ted neni Gasu
ma podobne posetilosti. Misto
ami cas- nejsou k tomu prave pri
hodny. Name dllezitejsi veci
pred sebou. Posad' Sc a vypra-
vuj = ale niceho prede mnou
neskryvej, sice prisaham ii pri
tive svddne krase, budes ztrace
ma. Vse zavisi nyni jenom ma
tobe: Bud setkas Sc "a pdl
hodiny S Langladem hovorne
chranena silnou mrizi - ane-
bo budes s MIN zavrena v jed
ne CELL"
Posledni slova patrne ma
"Zapadajici slunce" 1cinkova.
la. Tvar jeji pojednou zvazne-
la, usedla ma slamenou postel a
urovnavajic ponekud sve roz.
pustene vlasy, pravila:
"Tazte Sc, jsem hotova odpo
vidati."
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raziika a Sc branl synovec jak
chtel, ruku mu trikrat polibila
a zajikavajic Sc vdecnym pla-
cem, volala: ''Do smrti nejdelsi
vam to, velebny pane, nezapo-
menu, hani ia, hani mi deti,
my sichni ma to nikdyz nezapo-
menem ha tatovi do kastera to
napisem, ze ste sc "a mas nesty-
deli, re ste nam v kostele prede
vsima lidma slavny pozehnani
hudelili ha k nam vasi mamou
zavrzenejm re ste verejne pri-
Sli'' sedela pri tom vedle MIA,
deho kneze a uslzenyma ocima
hledela ma neho jako ma svatost
Jenom Dodicka stanf We svetni-
ci nemela. Ukradkem ona hle-
della ma hezkeho patera Mar
tina, jak mu pekne slusi snel1o-
billy kolar kolem krku, dlouhy
sosaty kabat, ale jenom ukrad-
KEN. A kdyz konecne ma nj pri
mo promluvil, ably Sc posadila
prece ke stolu, nebloudila po-
rad domem a prestala uz sna-
set jidlo a pitt, ze uz je toho
pred MIN ne pro jednoho, ale
.alespon pro pet knezi - tu "a
rdela Sc celia jake max a mfsto
odpovedi skocila do komory, "a
ryla hlavu do forotnich podu-
SEX a dala Sc do place. Nevede-
la proc place, IDA radosti ci
,bolesti - ale plakala usedave.
Martin 81 zatim hraje s jejim
"did 'atk,em' - pta Sc matky,
kdy Sc Dodlicka vdala, koho
ma "a muze a je-li S MIN stast-
ma. Porazilka chvali, vzala 81
zednika, hodneho a setrneho
cloveka, ted v lete je We Vidni
ma praci, proto ,Dodla ditetem
je u nj = az 81 usetri jeste ne
jaky gros = chalupu 81 mad
Klencim postavi dobre Jim bu
de. A Hadamka kdyby veleb-
nej pan videl! Ami by no nepo-
znal! Bylo to dlouho taksve
chude dite, cf1oud a choud do
kud byl v perince. Kazdy pro-
rokoval: 'ten chlapecek vam
nevyroste - ha baba Pernukli-
ce, dyz il k nemu jednou povo-
lali, hudelala mad MIN kriz ha
povidala = Dodla priprav Sc
ma vSecko - to dits. do rama ne
bude - dnes je z neho vojak
ma koni, chap dlouhej jako
tram - letos ceka, ze j no z
vojny pusti. Tax Sc rozpovida-
la Dodla vsech svych detech,
O muzi klasterniku o SVEN do
brovolnem vdovstvl. .. Siroce
Sc selskou dIkladnostl vypra-
vela o SVEN nejmladsim synku
- ted uz take vytahlem Ma
touskovi: "pan dochtor k nemu
chodil tam must belt tuze zle
- chodi k MIN dochtor pow
dali 81 lide, ha dyz hodinku zvc
Mill, hadah, re huz je to Matou'
skovi, ha vidite, re vseho Sc Wy
kresal ha jakej je to chlapik
tenkej, pravda, jako snodllk
hale jinac chlapec jako jiskra
do huceni celej zapalenej, M
kliky jako vohAh Sc trese, z to
no by teky. bu bejval student
ma Poraziluc hlavu = dyz hol
penize nejsou, hale ajci - jel
dyz da Pambu zdravl ha po
kaj."
'Pravdu mate svatou, teti
cko," kyval knez a Sc zajmen
poslouchal vsecky podrobnostl
ktere Sc rodine po ctyri Rta
co donna nebyl, u mich sbehly
Ami nepozoroval, jak hodiny m
il a ze uz mike slunicko ma
zapadem korunou stare hrus
probleskuje. Zadival Sc do tee
jakobys zlatych listd hrusko
vycha5en pohled svabh dold
MIN. nagtare staygenl RQ{FaIzils e y
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no, vZdyt asl sam vlte, Jak to
zeny umeji."
''No, a podafilo Sc ii to-"
'Ano - malou chvfli jsem
pozorovala, re mne muz ten
sleduje. Zahnula jsem rychle z
Boulevardu do Rue Choiseul a
jsem Sc pred svym
bytem. Pristoupil ke mnA ry-
chile, pozvedl klobouk a pravil,
ze jsem velmi hezkou zenou.
ia Sc pokusila zapyfiti a odpo-
vedela jsem jak SO phi takov6
pfilezitosti odpovfla: 'Zac
mne povazujete, mansieur?"
= ga princeznu, nladsme,"
odvetil on, "a dovolite-li, pfal
-bych 81 uzavriti vami blizsi
znamost." No, a ia mu' udala
sve jmeno a dovolila jsem mu,
aby mne druhy den navstivil,
az. budu sama. Byl velmi pres
nym v. dodrzeni casu - prisel
ma minutu, kdy jsem mu urcila
a kdy mela jsem "a to, re Lang
lade zdrzuje sc mimo Pariz.
VSak on sc z nenadani vratil
- ostatek vite, kdyz on sam
Sc vam re vseho vyznal."
"V kolik hodin Sc Langlade
asi vratil?"
"Musilo, byti tax asi devet
hodin."
"Nerekl, kdyz Sc vratil k to
be 90 bytu: "Ja tveho milovni
ka zavrazdilv?
"Ano."
Go jsi mu odpovedela?"
"Nic - nebot' v ten vecer
byl by snad zabil mne, jako "a
bill onoho cloveka. Byl hrozne
rozcilen a cely vecer zuril. Nj
kdy jsem no pred MIN v tako-
vem hnevu nevidela."
"Nebyly jeho ruce potrisne
ny krvi?'
"Nebyly - cemuz jsem Sc veil
ce divila."
"To Sc da snadno vysvetliti,'
pravil Vibert, "nekdy krev ne
vytryskne hned po zasazene
rane a Langlade asi mnoho ca
SUI ma miste zlocinu nezmaiil.
Zminila jsi Sc o vrazde te pred
MIN cd te doby?"'
"Nikoliv - bala jsem Sc o
tom slova pronesti."
"Mluvil on tom nekdy?"
: ''Nikdy."
"MIzes Sc pamatovati ma
den, kdy Sc to vSe udalo?"
ITO nemohu monsieur
"A prec - takova hrona u
'dalost!"
"Ano - ale ja lila vzdy tax,
ze jsem venovala malo pozor-
nosti tomu, kolikateho jest"
! "ViS jmeno toho. clov6ka,
kteEy te navstivil a pax navste-
W. tn zaplatl. sydj. zivotem?"
"Nikoliv - netazala jsem Sc
po jmenu.
"Neudal tt ami sve prvni jme
ino?"
"Myslim re ne - aspon Sc
'nepamatuji."
"Mdzes mne no popsati.'
"Vse, co naohu fiei jest, ze
byl postredni. postavy a mel
,kpir."
] A zamyslivsi So ma chvili, ia
ko by Sc chtela jeste ma neco u
pamatovati,- pokracovala:
"Ano, to jest vse, nae Sc mu
hu pamatovati. Je tomu uz
pres til mesfce -"
"Myslis - ci mas v1bec ne
jake priCiny domySleti Sc, ze
byl zenat?"
"Myshna, ze byh nebot' po-
.cMal 81 yelmi izk0stliye, ably
nebyl nikym 'Pozorsy4n. To dx
laji vsichni zenati. -
''Co mel ma sob&?'
"Tezko fici mana ~ to,
ze mel tmavy sxrch4ik. =
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ROMAN

ROMAN.

"Divate Sc, vete, k vamj zpo
zorovala teta sesmutnely po-
hled Martindv, "ja vim, re vam
bude icko jako knezi vsudys do
bre, hale prece 81 nekdy mysll-
vam, re k tomuto nemusilo. do
jit - moh ste donna hospodarit
ha teky Sc vam mohlo dobre
darit.''
:. "Uz Sc stalo," povzdychl 81
jen Martin a vstal. Takova mex
ka, melancholicka nalada 81 no
najednou podmanila, tax VI
mem pfi tech slovech tetinych a
v te jeji rodine vsecko ozilo, ia
ko by to nebyl po celia ctyry
leta v sobe v seminari dusil a
lanai. -. "Chtel jsem Sc podi-
vat v DolejSim - ale nepodi-
vam, nae krlsit v sobe co musi
byt mrtvo," povidal vic pro Sc
be nez tete a uz radou podaval
vsem ruce. Dodlicka Ease prisla
z komory uz klidna a kudrna-
teho chlapecka jako andelicka
drzela v ruce. Martin udelal
mu krizek ma cele a vysel.
ia pa tn dlouho este pobu-
dete?" ptali Sc no ma prahu.
"Uz Ultra odjizdim."
''Tak vam tam v tom meste
- ami je menovat nehumim =
DEF PambG stesti ha hlavne spo
kojenost svatou, aby vas mill
lidi radi," volala "a MIN teta
stojic ma zaspi a hledic "a od-
chazejicim synovcem.
Pred vraty cekal ma neho
Vondra Vrzal. "Ha polite Sc
prece podivat k nam, jak to ic-
ko mame," nutil Martina k ma
vsteve, vypravoval horlive a
chlubive, co vsecko uz opravil,
predelal, jak strechy prikryl,
stromy v sadu prorezai oko-
pal, move vysadil - ale knez
jen ma pdl ucha poslouchal a
ma pul ust odpovidal.
Oci jeho bloudily chvili po
rodnem domku, po strechach a
stromech az stocily Sc Ease k
Horejsim. Pronikave volani
"pipipipiil" zavolalo k sobe ty
smutne oci jeho. Spatril stat ma
dvore pyed kurnikem sestrenici
Dodlicku. KoSinku kucllky
drzela v ruce a roztazenymi
kridly horempadem bezely k
nj re vSech koutI slepice i ku-
rata s kvocnou a kohoutem v
cele. "Pipfpipifi'' ozvalo Sc po
druhe. To jiste jeste schazela
nejaka nekde zatoulana slipka.
Ach, kdyby mohl i smell, nejra
deji jako ty sllpky byl by Sc j
Martin rozbehl "a tim sladkym
hlaskem "Pfpfpipili"
I "Je pozde,'' slehlo mu hla-
YOU. Odtrhl nasilne oci sve cd
Dodlicky, rekr IS Bohem' stale
jcste hovoficimu Vrza4ovi, pru
dee Sc obratil a odchazel.
"Sou prece jenom pavouci 81
c.lni ty Porazilove," povidal pc
tom Vondra donna sve zene -
''i tn ten mladej. pampater ne
bude iinej, mluvim MIN, mlu.
vim, posloucha, Mavou kejba
ha najednou jakoby ho pich -
Bohegn - ha hupaauje vode
nane jako bych mil prasivinu.'
Donna, Sc Manka sveho syns
Ease ami dockat nemohla. Ok
i nem vyhlizela, pred chalupu w
sla, po kopci dold Sc divala, nj
.prichazi-i ale vSecko marne.
''To Won nejspiS bude ma ia
re, ma spacir 81 MONA vysli
kaplanem, aby Sc este huzili,
tesila Sc duchu, kdyz uz i kle
!. kani odzvonili a Martin Sc ne
! vracel. Vratil Sc az "a tiny, KID.
ponocny desaton odpiskal a ma
sci matkr sedici ma prahu Pol
] carovic chalapy modlici s.
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things. so that the neurasthenie becomes
worried By the smallest incidents and .
prey to groundless fears and 70 anxiety
over unlikely misfortunes, rendering him.
self thus unit for fransacting any buss
ness. IN the case "a women especially
the patient becomes convinced Of her in
ability 20 DO anything. and br0ods over
it tim she becomes a helpless OF even bed
ridden invalid
Treatment-In early and slight cases, g
complete holiday. with the cessation 81
an business and intellectual work, 6 often
sufficient in a month or two to bring about
a cure. The person should always leave
home for a new environment, and, geneE-
ally speaking. the cares and associations
OF daily life should be cut Of BY a COM
plete severance for time nom relatives
and friends. An attempt should be made
to stimulate the appetite BY tonics, fresh
air, etc, and the amount Of exercise must
be proportional to the food taken, grow
ing more vigorous as the appetite Inn
proves. The treatment Of constipation
and sleeplessness is also Of great impor-
tance. q
In those cases where thinness and loss
OF appetite are marked features. so that
physical effort becomes a great burden,
the form Of feeding known as Weir flf-
chen treatment Is often advantageous.
Briefly put, this consists Of:
(a) Complete rest In bed with entire
absence Of physical and mental effort
Cbl Feeding which begins with small
quantities Of milk and IS gradually 'H-
creased as the digestion win stand 81 tili
the patient takes three fun meals Of high
Iy concentrated food every day.
(c) Regular massage BY an attendant
which takes the place Of exercise in
ing muscular waste and thereby permits
ting Of the digestion and assimilation 1f
food, but Is unacCompanied By any dis
charge OF nervous energy.
This treatment is continued for one or
two months and Is often attended by suI.
prislng benefit Electrical applications,
particularly Of the static form and Of the
high-frequency currents, are often recon-
mended, and are useful as an aid 90 other
treatment, After the course Of treatment
Is over a change Of scene or long sea
voyage IS necessary before the person
takes up the ordinary routine of life.
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are r0undls1s. yet he may hnq himself
unable to dispsl them.
Tke symptoms gradually become more
MAJ lsd. the mental anxiety increl tie
capacity for work diminishes, and con.
diton IS established in which WorIy, a.
trOspection, anxiety and decreased capac-
ity for work are present. with increased
demands, owing to the fact that the work
IS never completed.
Mental rest. so essential IN neuras-
thenia, Is difficult to attain. What might
Be called an unconscious mental activity
goes on which IS more exhausting than
conscious unrest, and this makes q cure
doubtful or impossible.
The mental state is due to inadequacy
ia the complex inter-associative activities
Of the higher brain centres. This made.
quacy is in turn attributable to the ex-
hausted state Of the nerve cells. Emo
tional disturbances are likely to occur and
upset the sympathetic nervous system
which presides over all the involuntary
functions Of the body. Hence result ab-
normal states Of the circulation, the secre-
tions and the sensibiIities, and sensations
growing ont Of the abnormal functioning
are reflected upon consciousness, thus
giving rise to fear, anxiety and mcer-
tainty and intensifying the. emotional
state. In tits way a vicious circle is
established.
The rapid fatigue Of an acute neuras-
thenia reveals itself in the disturbed &C
tivity Of all the functions Of the body, but
in certain cases some organ or system
stands out conspicuOusly in the disease
picture. These prominent local symptoms
are ascribable either to some essential
weakness or to exhaustion Of an organ
or system due to special strain.
In the case Of Mr.. Wilson we hear much
Of headaches, digestive disturbances and
cough.
Headache Is a very common symptom in
neurasthenia. It is aggravated by emo
tional disturbances or mental or physical
eXertiOn. However, in Mr.. Wilson's case
there may exist as a complicating factor
disease Of the sinuses consequent upon the
influenza Of last April. The sinuses are
accessory chambers communicating with
the nasal passages which are frequently
infected in the course Of influenza by var
iOus organisms associated with the pri-
mary one.
It win be remembered that Mr.. William
c. Bullitt was sent to Russia at a critical
period Of the peace negotiations. Mr.
Bullitt succeeded in arranging an agree
ment with Lenine and his soviets. He re-
turned to Paris, but Mr. Bullitt was un-
able to discuss the matter with Mr.Wilson
"becdRse of the TGtters headdchesf'
Mr. Bullitt tried to induce the American
Mission 20 take the responsibility Of pub
fishing his report, or some sort Of state
ment, but failed. and the President re-
qnested that nothing on the subject be
printed at that time. Mr. Bullitt resigned
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neTVeenetgy only At a slow rate, and such
persons must avoid the full strain and com
petition Of life
Granted that e person has such ner-
7ous constitution. overstrain n business
or through intellectual efforts. loss Of Fela-
tives, disappointment in love. worry
caused By other matters may be sufficient
to sink him or her into a condition Of
neurasthenia. On the other hand, lux
urious and care-free life; which provides
no training for the nervous system often
renders a person liable to succumb to some
slight worry or shock, which would have
no eject upon a more tried nature. Cases
Of this sort are generally on the border
land Of hysteria.
Another fruitful cause Of neurasthenia
Is found IN injuries Of the head and back
received in situations likely to cause great
anxiety or fright, such as railway accidents
or shipwrecks. Indeed, neurasthsnia due
to this cause has frequently been known
as railway spine" especially when accom-
panied by any signs Of definite injury to
the hack.
Symptoms-The most prominent ana
constant symptom Is that Of weakness and
wehriness on exertion. The person may
feel fresh enough IN the early part Of the
day, but after very slight effort he be
comes exhausted and trembles. The ap-
pearance changes. the person becoming
puffy under the eyes, sallOW and bloodless.
Generally. thI neurasthenie person be
comes painfully thin as Well as weak, but
IN some cases the change Is toward fat,
habby habit Of body.
A condition Of irritable weakness" de-
velops throughout the body, In the heart.
stomach, bowels and other organs, 50 that
the person suffers from palpitation, loss Of
appetite with dyspepsia after taking the
simplest food, and gripping pains In the
abdomen, generally associated with OBJ
gtinats constipation. Though in the early
stages the person may be overcome with
sleep when tired, sleeplessness Is q wear
IsOme symptom later on. The tempeI
changes also, the sufferer becoming, as .
rule, intensely irritable and emotional.
Another mental peculiarity Is q failure
20 distinguish tFiaing from essential
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It is safe to exclude tuberculosis, another
sequel Of influenza, since Mr.. Wilson's
mode Of life has been well calculated to
thwart the captain Of the men Of death" /"
The theory Of certain editors that Mr.
Wilson is suffering from a psychosis, or
actual mental disorder, seems more pic
turesque than plausible to the writer
Psychoses due to influenza follow closely
upon the infection and are Of definitely
distinguishable types not in any way con-
sonant with Mr.. Wilson's ailment.
What Of the prOgnosis?
viii the extraordinary career be re-
sumed? The plan at present seems to be
20 trust to privacy and quiet Of Washing
ton.
Mr.. Wilson will undoubtedly make an
apparent recovery, whether he separates
himself from his trying Office or not, but
there can be no permanent cure.
In addition to DR.. Jacobson's interesting
article and forecast as printed above, Il Is
perhaps worth while to read the following
on "Neurasthenla," as defined and eG-
planned in Blacks Medical Dictionary;
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
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How the Poison Of
Microbe Entering His
Last April Has
Neurasthenia Which
Explains, Hs Is
Not Likely to Fully
Recover From

DREcISELY what has happened 60 Preli-
dent Wilson-jpst what Do The physitsaua
mean By nervous breakdoWn"1
How serious Is it7
viii President Wilson entirely recover, %
only partly reeover7
VIII be never be quite himself again
VIII the worn out nerves which have upset
his digestion, interfered with his sleep at night
and tormentsd him with splitting headaehss-
win the nervous collapse affect bis brain and
thus impair his mental balance and Judgment
The answers to these questions are Of world
wide interest. and DR.. Arthur G. Jacobson, asao-
ciats editor Of The Medical Times. has been
asked to deal with them On this page to-day.
When Mr. Roosevelt FIRST exhibited symp-
toms Of breakdown. many months ago. Or. Jacob
son explained to the readers Of this section sz-
aetiy what was the matter, and forecast with re-
variable precision the course of Mr.. Roose-
veifs illness. Dr.. Jacobson then pointed out
shst aIl Of Mr.. Roosevelfs trouble followed
from the bite Of the jungle bug II Brazil.
And 50 to-day DR.. Jacobson aseFibes Prssi-
dent Wilson's present condition 20 the develop
ment Of the poison which entered his system
when BE was stricken with influenza IN Paris last
April.
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other nervous manifss
tations IN youth. Il
must not be supposed
that persons who sunsr
from neurasthenia DO 50
because they have worn
out the store Of nerve
force" with which they
stmelifs but just as
IN commercial life per
sons with a small capi-
tai must be content to
do q moderate business,
50 the nervous organs
zation Of some people
is capable Of producing
The Washington times., 1919-10-12
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81 Arthur C. Jacobson Md
Ao,oolats Edlior q tho MssIea TImes
WILSON Is human l dls
Ws doubt on this point has been
q dissipated By the Breakdown at
Wichita; he is man like the rest Of
fs-not mere intellectual machine
The distinguished patient. & Is now
known. Is suffering from neuTasthenia, or
nervous sxhalstion-but this is not the
whole story.
We must 60 back to an attack Of IN
ansnza which lIr. wilson suffered last
April In Paris Il We would understand the
fundamental factor Of his present illness.
Being Of excellent nervous organization,
lIr. Wilson endured the strains that the
war put upon his great oFice and would
easily have Weathered the Peace Confer
encs and completed his recent American.
tour Ia behalf Of the League Of Nations
had Ct not been for this attack Of in.
Ruenza
Sir william Osler, the most distin-
guished Of physicians, has remarked that
almost every form Of disease Of the ner-
rous system may follow influenza" Neu-
rasthenia, however, Is particularly apt to
follow in its wake. The reason is that the
toxins (poisonous by-products) Of the in
auenza organisms have a special and in
tense depressing effect upon the nervous
system, and from this depression all pa
tients are SLOW IN recovering
Even q mild influenza would be pretty
sure to cause neurasthenia in one long
mentally oVerWorked IN an atmosphere Of
anxiety and worry.
Grave manifestations Of such a neuras-
thsnia might be long delayed in one Of
Mr. Wilson's vigorous constitution, and an
appearance Of good health very frequently
maslg the real condition.
An the symptoms Of neurasthenia are
due to a state Of fatigue involving the
various structures Of the body.
The mind is frequently affected and the
patient becomes impatient apprehensive
and irritable.
Being in a state Of fatigue and irTitabil-
ny hs paJlent becomes hypersensitiVe 20
many forms Of stimulation, and the fatigue
occasions discomfort which manifests It.
SELF In the form Of pain.
Owing 70 the fatigue and irritable state
Of the mind, emotional disturbances have
an increased influence on the mental ac-
uVities and are also frequently reflected
IN en- exaggerated manner upon the phys
zeal functions Of the body.
In cases which take on a severe char
aeter the patient finds It difficult TO think;
n fact be may be unable to think. He
discovers that his memory is falling him
enc tnat he cannot fX his attention or
concentrate his thoughts. and ~ 1ets into
panic because be thinks that these svUn.
toms are the toreruuners Of a eounIefe,
mental breakdown. He can Be reago1e5
with and be made to realize that - fears