Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-26
Physically Fit; Mentally Unit.

1 am 90 years OF age, heisht' 3 tse tn az
inches weiEht. i7s pounds, ana o,s w % ana st
i n ' rossh w sna tumble fsht With JACK
DEM ssb. As sSs , snsssa sss .a
. bad case OF blues. and. % unaersttstn sa
! now sd :ssp, Wake
with q start. dread Of drinkins water. daiiy
sdep,ressions. poor appetite. etc. DO sum ss:
i nee sss ne ss n nfs n somns
less Physicaiiy. think ! am g. K.d "a e.
though cannot work the way ,l,n mSsH sd ID
would su II RECOMMEND and any other informa-
G w,n %Sn &c ssn me eve Know s what you think Of
those inaii-order. houses, their .reasM9 r,.,,
and their methods. Hoping to near from
please prs:crlss ,, the ,, Tsmsds and
tired. tie feeiinS 81 lassitude Increases dur 7.
Ing the day | iiop Into bed exhausted g.
shs ~, o, Pfospects
= thick. dense black. and life harois worm
hsin Am Il Years Of age; have been consult
lions which apparently have al been aug 20 20
! business experience upset me completely
ana I have been treating for nerves
81, S IS. S. b nsS e pnssc r sa
feel myself slippins dcgn, ana uc ut fVs an
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son ts ,aa o. sos On. equally
Competent, aithough am without resources
other than salary barely sufcisn,s 70 2. k sIn
to help myself and I am terribly worrieo.--
Reply.
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No one can read letters like these
without deep sympathy and the con-
yiction that we haven't made II as
easy as we should for persons IN TINS
condition to find the aid they need.
IT'S all one story with variations.
physically I am O. k" and there
must be some remedy" Trouble, grief.
blues, disturbed sleep. poor appeute.
breakdown. life not worth living. CAM
help oneself, slipping down. terriniy
A mind doctor could make fair
guess at the nature Of the trouble: but
Il would take q mind reader 20 go
beyond this and uncover the entire
story: how far the patients account
reveals, how far Ii conceals. the true
cause Of the disturbance OF mental Mt
ness. That is why the personal exam
nation alone can lead to the root
source, and IL takes competent person
TO follow the clues along the right tran.
The "mail-order houses" that at
tempt this are 1lenaces TO the pubic
health: but IL is precisely I'm such heip-
less cases that they find their market.
They flourish because We haven't taken
the right steps to protect the public by
offering an available center OF guidance
for the nervously afiiicted.
These three letters. samples OF many
times three, come from very different
sorts Of people, as indicated by the
writing, the wording, the outlook.
Nerves spare no classes, but they reflect
as they express the texture OF the mind
that suffers.
what would happen II one could see
these cases, not rs In letter. darkly,
but clearly, face TO face, Is something
like this. One would want the life
story frankly and with some detail.
What manner Of man was this present
sufferer &c his best? what was his
upbringingp What indication Of nerv-
GUS weakness was there In youth? Is
this the FIRST or one OF repeated break
downss How careful was the physical
examination? What are the special
symptoms, pains. spasrns, tensions.
lameness, incapacity. trenicrs? How
does the condition vary during the
day? Is there an exaggerated misery
feeling In the morning. When and
how do the clouds lift? One would
probe and test and see what was Of
first and what OF secondary coiise-.
quence In the picture.
And with such clues rs seemed most
promising To fit the case. one would
seek first to give the patient . right