Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-15
FALL IN LOVE EVERY YEAR
AND FIND ETERNAL YOUTH
BY MARGUERITE MARSHALL

NEW YORK.-"Stay me with
flagons, comfort me with apples, for
I am sick of love-"
The diagnosis, as you doubtless
know, is Solomon's, but II he is
one of the first recorded victims
Of lovesickness, he is by no
means the last. Just the other day
DIR. Menas Gregory, chief alienist in
Bellevue hospital, declared that Au-
gust iProbst, the Swiss butler-sea.
man who alleges that he Is being
"railroaded'' out of the country be.
cause of his love for a rich Pitts
burg society girl, is suffering from
"love decisions" or, as the rest of
US would say, lovesickness.
What is it?" I asked Andre Tri-
don, expert in psycho-analysis and
the author of many books on this
newest science-he has just finished
one called "Psychoanalysis and
Love-" "Is lovesickness really and
truly a disease, and not simply a
poetic phrase? And If so, what are
the symptoms?"
"Lovesickness may be described
as the universal disease" declared
M. Tridon, fitting back from the
desk in the corner Of his big study
| at No. 121 Madison avenue. "It is
the disease from which every man
and woman suffers at least once
usually more than once. Being in
love is an obsession with perfectly
definite and discoverable physical
and mental reactions.
There are two distinct stages of
lovesickness. The first stage is that
| of the unsuccessful 1over-he who
has not attained loves object of
| union with the beloved. In extreme
cases he may be pitiable object to
contemplate"
Then M. Tridon gave a painfully
vivid description of this individually
sufferings.
Appetite is lacking" he said,
land there may be nausea and vom-
ting, as well as abnormal intestinal
action. This latter induces weak
ness or auto-intoxication, which,
| through a vicious circle, still in.
creases the depression. The heart
action is disturbed, which increases
the uneasiness of the sufferer; his
breathing is difficult causing much
signing. The surface capillaries
are emptied Of blood, producing a
| morbid pallor.
1.-THE humiliation Of defeat and
starvation Of all the senses the love
object would have gratified, produce
a depression which stops tempora.
rily all the life activities.
"a person in that condition is
| incapable Of continued effort in any
direction. The stoppage of all the
life functions induces sense OF
worthlessness. The fear of defeat
not infrequently drives the sufferer
to suicide. On the other hand, Ger.
tain glands, over-stimulated by suf.
fering, may send poisons through
the body and provoke attempts al
vengeance: hatred, even murderous
cravings. If these are INDUCED, the
patient lands in jail; if represseG
with difficulty, he may go to a SAM
tarium or insane asylum"
docs lovesickness ever result in
| OCoIh:
Of my favorite bits Of wisdom:
Men may die and worms may cal
them, but NOT for love-"
However, M. Tridon takes a diff
ferent view.
"Lovesickness," he said, "has had
fatal results. The broken heart is
no mere poetic convention. The vic
lence Of the emotions aroused by I'm
successful love may overstrain the
valves Of the heart and break then
down. 1t has happened irk fact az
well as in fiction.
But all these symptoms are
found only in the cases Of unsuc
cessful love-" the psychoanalyst ad
ded, cheerfully.
"They usually do have the dis
ease more than once" I observed
''Lovesickness," M. Tridon pointed
out, sis unlike many other diseases
in that it never gives the patient i'm
munity. There are records of mar
riages, you know, which have tax
en- place after the bridegroom's hun
dredth birthday. -.
''It is a disease" he continued
(which the young should take L
Inc lnulVIuudl waits TOO long DeIOrs
experiencing the first attack it i!
likely to go hard with him, or her.
els there any cure for lovesick
ness?" I questioned.
Marriage is usually the cure" HI
answered. This is unfortunate, bu
there are two reasons for it-habi
and wounded egotism. Balzac says
that the married have to wage a con
slant fight with a monster which
devours everything-Habit. Every
stimulus, as we know, loses its pow
err when applied continuously or toe