Show WHAT IS 15 FATIGUE there its I 1 a deg fcc of physical Wort bortness ness which Is in dangerous Danee rout fatigue is the natural result of labor and as such is a periodic symptom with which every healthy person is familiar says bays the youths companion it is one of the laws of organic life that periods of relaxation shall succeed periods of act activity ivirty the heart itself is normally in repose for about one third of the time consumed by each ach e beat a tact fact in which there is something particularly suggestive and interesting since ghyst agree that about one third of the twenty four should be devoted to sleep life is made up of a series of vibrations in which tension and an d rest succeed each other the heart vibrates about seventy tima aimee a minute the vibrations brat ions of the respiratory organs occur about sixteen times in the same period while the vibrations of the whole organism may be said to complete their circle once in in twenty tour four hours abnormal fatigue a state approaching pro aching exhaustion occurs when one attempts to alter natures rhythm when the hours of tension are made to encroach upon those which should be devoted to rest when muscle and nerve already fatigued are driven to further exertion fatigue of a kind known as overstraining over training results in the case of the athlete in heart weakness and shortness hortness of breath loss of wind as it is called while the long continued fl fatigue occasioned by excessive application to professional or business pursuits results in nervous prostration or even in paralysis while excessive fatigue is in itself unwise one of the chief dangers which result from it is that commonly indicated by the term catching cold thus the danger of sitting in a draft or on the damp ground is many times doubled after great exert exertion lon the application of heasto heat to the surface te le a more logical procedure after extreme fatigue loss of sleep is one of the first farst symptoms of abnormal fatigue habitual insomnia from this cause Is to be treated in only one way by absolute rest |