Show 1 I home course hi n I 1 health culture X nerves in the home dy by EUGENE L FISK M D copyright 1910 by american associate on W AA A A ra if kull IR 18 aru are quite aa as luus cious au an influx influence nee in the JL ho houst hotd as 3 microbes it Is unfortunate that unlike nit rul croan nerves cannot be 1 boiled fu litigated or ba a antiseptics it is true that fash air sunlight anil anti simple diet are natural enemies of nerves aa as they are of microbes but these run edlea require time and the anfort aut ut or of a discipline it it Is 14 difficult to attain lu in a I 1 neri nervous an household and so it Is regrettable ragn that wo me cannot treat these peaky pesky nerves as me wed da germs and drive them from the home atmosphere with formaldehyde gas Preval fince of nervous diseases Is reason to believe bellee that un der the strain of modern conditions nervous disease Is c aiming an indrea In increasing crea number of victims this belief derives little support from census returns or vital statistics in the large cities if such statistics are taken at their fate face without close analysis si ao 10 rho bald show a marked decline in tho the biath ratu rate from nervous distaso during recent eara ears hut but on digging betie beneath nth the surface wo we find that much of the decrease la to duo due to the saving of infant lives from death by con a cause of death re ported under nervous diseases on going batill further and ascertaining what cluing have occurred in the mor mortality from degene degenerative rathe diseases pf the in lit arteries and kidneys mal adles lit largely rely caused by nerve strain and anti abuse of lie the nervous system we ve mid find that during the past thirty years the mortality from these diseases in the united states area has per cent ahe question naturally arises Is this executive mortality falling chiefly among the mid he lie nid ind elderly a accompaniment of our chiv iab I 1 k exl I 1 x r 4 LEARNED THAT TUAT TOG YOU A OF AMAZI l rry rr AND IT illation ill ahe answer la emphatically no 0 o neglect egl ret and temporary failure of adjustment to condition 4 chich have changed with tu rapidity in the past half centar cen tur are responsible for thit lit laavy ary loss of life M hen the batti rits of f ened kine are full fulli trained upon this degenerative clasa of 4 as they have hae tee lean ll 11 trained 1 rubt 4 typhoid ond ona other germ gerin anta dimits cs a it reductio im in lit tho the it deitle 1 t 1 r t among ag the middle agit agid a and nd eldera I 1 will I ill take place quite as n ina rk as thit th it ahmad attained adiong the r in inbert of the coull comina anity causes if nervous disease the conditions that give rise to nerv fiery oil are tire so that they could not be b de bribed within the limit 4 of thlu paper may be bt roul under three general lien 1 I I 1 nga tiered heredity I 1 ty tion mid and alie two t 1 last lie lies 4 the gold n rutan nil an of a it well mell tool sed harmoniously adjusted amous nys t tt ni oter simulation 1 14 the result of the leni demanda ands and opportunities arl ang out of our developing and complex ell lie file strenuous life calling for n continuous and anti rapid adjustment of our minds td to the I 1 liangos ps u which blell are golar on around us ie sometimes forget thit the inci I 1 di d t e N and exerlene that flint would ave ri quiren r of too maa r t w ie le erot led into to a anth nth of that irria friol I 1 affects who iho I 1 ri ut ade of the ini tivi elstrom eNtrom who hav leave gifted into the bitel batem whose biose an fire MI w narrow that monotony induces a n spiritual starvation reflected in ft phy physical exhaustion of the nerve center cente it 1 stepa steps in prevention slaving I 1 dav ing learn that you it ner nervous woud system of amazing ninfi zing complex ity smile and forget it only he strongest 3 trong eit brain can indulge in critt cal self analysis analysts especially of a nervous 1 im out of repair without be coming self conscious and exaggerating nerous manifestations w which are often of trifling trilling importance anith the latent knowledge that you tune haie much such if n eastern and a very deft nite know kno ledge miledge of the things that mill ft injure it go on your nay with 11 frinzl pl accordingly and with boull dence in tit bour our ability to defy dis disease lase and the odd ure are all in jour calior arvi train and a hoet bost of other troubles will pas pa s by leaving you un Ile Is undoubtedly undoubted ir responsible for many ases cases of nerous failure and the that follow in its wake make if individuals i whose hose family history show a tt to nerous 0 degen erath e tit case m would refrain from Ln marrying arrIng the taco face of this globe would be tran transformed informed as if by magic within a generation value cf of early training for beat best results we must begin early regularity discipline and the up building of stif control are the watch match words in dealing not only with the nervous child but with all children breedom from undue excitement and strain are likewise important the nervous child must not be asked to compete either physically or mentally with ith more fortunately endowed chil dren the cry principle of competition should be excluded from t the be home and school life and the principle of training substituted mork ork and eliy for their own sake Js s a higher ideal thin the atre desire to beat the other follow fellom rae linnit of early retiring should bo be enforced with nervous chit dren I 1 in the erf evening filing home should be molded and the child en courage cou raged to seek its rat while in a normal sleepy condition instead of in a state of high ten sItti from romping or the reading of exciting tales dangers of school strain A clear brain and a sound nervous system are far more valuable possessions than a highly cultivated mind and a shattered nervous system the nervous system of the growing child li iq an exceedingly delicate and impression ible mechanism if it the demands it are too heavy the evil influence may reach far into adult life I 1 his Is especially true as affecting girls betseen lc tween the ages of twelve and seven en the school work should be carefully considered at this period aud it if there la is any sign of nervous instability or weakness freedom from the strain and confinement of school life Is 1 safer until the child childs a health and control are fire fully restored nervous children and in fact all children should be examined for any possible local source of irritation such as eye strain adenoids aden enlarged ton ails defect defective il e teth etc correction of these troubles li ls may inny change the entire future of the individual and greatly simplify the work of training nerve strain in adult lif life 0 has been mention ed the mc st oud ond gnat caute cau te of nerv eda on nial juki this term would con bupte with mith intemperance in its bro broadest idest a prohibitionists are ex trowel intemperate not only in their language but in their manner of ike life the drink no liquor but thea the often eat too much and drink too much tea ten or coffee or talk too much or work vork too hard and too long iong I 1 would not be un der stood na as criticising criticizing critic ising the prohibition movement or the average prohibition but merely wish mish to show that in temperenc cover a wide range of activities and indulgences which may be injurious in their effect the society climber the Lu business climber the man about town the speculator the glutton the debauchee the aver r dally daily drin driller Ler the drunkard are all types of int intemperance or over the drudge the household drudge the laboring drudge the me men tally deficient are nil all types of the un der stimulated clasi upon whom dead deadly Y monotony exerts its lethal power it 8 reemt ali al i that wuen a life is confined within too narrow limits a condition of inequality or strain arises in the nervous system one set of cells la Is u bied ed until tiny nrc tire worn wora to a fraz za and than the trouble comes the tired woman the nirid woman la Is often th fir first phase of tin the woman noman the monotony of domestic don routine unrelieved by th hit thit it dally daily contact with the outside world orld which aich often saves A man from hyatt rii Is 1 a fertile source of nerve failure among women it Is 1 my belief that cery esery housewife needa a nc atlon occasionally there 14 1 reason to believe that latent intent grief worry norry or remorse relating to mattir 4 really long since settled li ii l i ofin able for neur aud functional nerve 4 it Is desirable to gt fn t it such things out of the 83 astern stein anik the matter oer with your phy or your clergyman and ventilate lie the chambor of your mind in which it lins lini been confined the nurs ing of a Lr ouch 14 1 4 a type of this trouble t tible effect of prolonged strain if the mimi quality of bow bon h 14 kept continuously bent it will lose lt it ri n 41 11 it at my y I 1 me ikeole t ali he most tinel poled enoi a if it tc to HI and atrain 1 will wit acquire in tinn time a narp or twist which squirm the moat skillful and patient treatment to remove the busine 4 I 1 or professional loual man who presses ah shad ad lly ily toward some mark grudging een eien hie the time given to it meal and refusing to take intervals 4 of rest often defeats his ills own end ends it hai been contended that it li worry and not work that kill kills worry 14 1 certainly a terrible and often un health il leai troyer but it ii contrary arT to common sense as well na a science to 0 o contend lint that the delicate of brain and nervous system are not injured by overwork |