Medical. A PARADOX. TO SUFFERERS. Nervousness: Its Nature and Cure. What is Nervousness? VARIOUS Answers might be given to this question, according to the constitution and knowledge of the individual. » Strong healthy persons, whether medically educated or not, generally regard nervousness as more or less an " imaginary complaiDt;" it is sometimes only believed to be real when the patient is found to be dying or dead. The best answer to the question, probably, is this—Nervousness is an Unnatural Condition of the Nervous System. Sometimes this unnatural state is accompanied with considerable bodily weakness, loss of flesh and loss of strength ; but in most cases there is in the earlier stages of the disorder no outI ward sign of weakness. The sufferers are found in both sexes ; they often have the bloom of health upon the cheek ; they are 5 surrounded by kind friends, yet existence to them has no charms, for they feel that they cannot enjoy it. Without intending it, they annoy other people about the merest trifles ; if they encounter some person unexpectedly they feel confused, afraid, and alarmed; the heart beats violently, the hand shakes when writing, and the whole frame.at times experiences a complete tremu--3 lousuess. The intellect also is sometimes clouded, the memory fails, the judgment become indistinct, the will capricious and . undecided, the' taste vitiated, the imagination broods upon unpleasant topics, the c spirits are either very low or very excited, is the ordinary duties of life become burdens some, society is shunned, and business d. nc selected c A STRANGE SPECTACLE—ltiscertainly g strange, but not the less true, that perfectly n sane persons in the prime of life, with firm step and healthy countenance, may occasionally be met with, who, in spite of possessing all the advantages of education, religion, ample means, and kind friends, neverle theless are victims of the nervousness above l- described ; unhappy themselves, they i- render other people unhappy. Why is this ? n What cause has operated to change the !J cheerful, active, obliging, unsuspecting, and uncomplaining youth into the unhappy, drowsy, listless, suspicious, and gloomy misII anthrope 7 Many causes, or one cause only, it may operate to produce this sad state ? the :- cause may be either mental or physical, or g both combined. ATTEMPTS TO CURE NERVOUSNESS by means of ordinary tonics have so fred quently proved fruitless, that the leading 0 physicians now for the most part recommend d hygenic means, such as exercise in the open air, regular habits, sea bathing, the cold bath friction ; change of air and scene, as in is travelling. If all these fail, as they often do, g what is to be done 1 a THE ANSWER will be found by carefully perusing the FOLLOWING WORK. Ninth Edition, Post Free Is 4d. V r- NERVOUS DEBILITY; 3- ITS CAUSE AND CURE, With Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health. Applications for a copy of the above work must be accompanied by the amount in New Zealand or other stamps, also a properly directed envelope. CHARLES SENNET, Agent, Brooklyn House, Flagstaff Gardens, 3-20 2439 Melbourne. Publications. 'VTEW ZEALAND CHURCH NEWS. NUMBER TWENTY. Contents — J > Consecration of Bishop of Honolulu. Church News—Dioceses of Christchurch, fl _ Dunedin, Auckland, Wellington, &c. l ' REVERENCE IN CHURCH-SLANDER AND RETRACTION. s » Correspondence ; Notes and Queries. ™ Conditions for Prize Essay. ld Story—"-The Old Church Paths" (conclusion). » BANNER OF THE CROSS. 7 . . 18 A Meditation for Ascension-Tide. Is Baby Christened Yet? By Rev. John a. Wesley. d, The Better Land ; Church nistory. rf A Story of a Storm. 5-1 4357 ih „ . £ NEW ZEALAND CHURCH NEWS. A RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY PAPER, . Published Monthly. Price Sixpence. '° rpHIS paper is conducted by members of A the Church of England, and aims at being the organ of the Church in New Zea- .. land. n CONTENTS:— • >r English News, Colonial Church News, Leading Articles on Church and Social Subjects, a Correspondence column open to all ls for the discussion of Church and other questions, Notes and Queries, Original Poetry, Church Tales, &c, &c. ? THE BANNER OF THE CROSS, (Supplement to the Church News.) Contains two pages large type, children's [. page, and a page of devotional reading. The g Banner can be had separately if ordered direct from the office, at One Shilling per dozen—admirably suited for parochial distribution. The attention of Advertisers is called to the fact that the Aew Zealand Church News has a very LARGE GENERAL CIRCULATION Throughout the whole of NEW ZEALAND, And is therefore one of the best Advertising Mediums in the Colony. The Clergy and Laity are earnestly requested to aid in increasing the circulation of these Periodicals. Sample copies will be sent on application, and orders can be given to any Bookseller or News Agent, or direct to the office. Literary matter, Leading Articles, Church News Correspondence, Church Tales, &c, to be sent to the Editor. Business letters and post-office orders to be addressed to HENRY LEAKE, High street, Chrißtchurch. Agents wanted in every Town and Parish in New Zealand. 11-30 6738 CHKISTCHUECH f.% rrfiSTTTT .ST TRACT. npfiE MAY NUMBER tfOlv* Otf SALE. 4s per 100 ; 6d per dozen. "ALL GATHERED IN. Apply MISS ANDERSON Secretary; or, MISS GAVIN, 5-1 4363 Treasurer. spOBB AND CO.'S RAILWAY AND COACH BOOKING OFFICE, t CORNER OF HIGH STREET. Passengers and parcels booked through the Canterbury Railways to all parts of the Provinces. 8 W. R. MITCHELL, *-29 4323 Proprietor,
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Press, Volume XIX, Issue 2817, 13 May 1872, Page 4
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