Show that D body ody of yours by JAMES W BARTON M D dementia praecox OU may hear of the ailment YOU Y dementia praecox that it Is used to excuse the misdemeanors or even crimes of certain individuals the simplest explanation of this mental ailment Is that it Is a persistent dream state in which the individual feels that lie Is a failure in life he may feel afraid may try to imagine himself a success or may just jug have a feeling of inferiority to others underneath it all Is really a loss of self respect in other words lie he Is unable to meet the requirements of everyday life can anything be done for these cases your doctor will tell you that a great many cases pre are helped by patient questioning and advising by ono one in whom the patient has confidence everything possible Is done to encourage the patient to keep himself clean and tidy take an interest in his appearance and surroundings any particular talent la Is praised and the patient Is encouraged to increase or develop it it those about him are advised to treat him as an equal or with respect the patient himself Is encouraged to be of service to others not as a servant but by showing a willingness to help where help Is really needed one of the greatest aids has been work itself the patient accomplishing some real physical work such as farming or carpentry work of still greater help has been sports the patient Is encouraged to take part in games learn to look for his turn to bat and to go out in the field aen en it Is his turn to do so you can readily see sec that it if he finds he can do things that he la Is treated w respect he Is going to be taken out of himself and become one of the crowd one of the community instead of belag being odd or out of things he really the time to be dreaming about himself it if lie he Is mixing with others at play work or other occupation cu sometimes there are physical factors ant fering with his mental outlook poor eyesight poor tearing hearing bad teeth or tonsils and these conditions must of course be corrected before any progress can be made the whole thought in treatment theu then Is to build up his self respect and get him out of the dream state because ithe dream state he be squares or justifies himself or his actions to himself and la Is satisfied the margin of safety in in your body 0 ONE NE of the subjects the engineer must n study Is strength of materials so that if he builds a building or bridge he knows just what Is needed to support that building or bridge when it Is carrying its heaviest load in order to make the structure safe he makes it stronger than Is necessary to support this heaviest load and this extra strength Is spoken of as the margin of safety what about that body of yours Is it built with this margin of safety so BO that if undue stress or strain Is put upon it if it will be able to withstand it A first year medical student or anyone who has given the body even a slight amount of study knows that practically all parts of the body from the bones outward to the skin have a margin of safety surpassing anything designed by man you need food and water every day yet men have done without food tor for 40 days and water for 7 to 10 days because the fat on the body and the water in and among the tissues have been able to maintain life the heart beats 72 times to the minute but it can if necessary beat twice as fast and pump twice as much blood as it normally does nature has provided you with two eyes two ears two kidneys two lungs and in many cases two glands for various purposes yet even when there are two organs or glands it Is possible to have all of one and part of another destroyed and yet the body will continue to do its work research laboratory physicians have been able to show that four fifths of the pancreas can be destroyed and the remaining one fifth will manufacture e the insulin needed by the body similarly with the liver despite all its di different ferent jobs in the system breaking up fats storing sugar removing poisons from the blood manufacturing bile helping to color the blood three quarters of the liver may bo be destroyed and yet it will carry on all the above jobs the stomach can be entirely removed half the small intestine and nearly all of the large intestine r removed e without damage to the body in addition to this your body can actually repair itself when something Is injured or broken down all it needs Is time the margin of safety then in that body of yours Is really beyond human comprehension copyright service |