WHAT IS NEURASTHENIA?
Neurasthenia is the medical term applied to the condition of nervous exhaustion, that is very common in modem life, 'i'he patient does not appear to have any definite' disease, but Jrecomes incapable of sustained exertion. Sometimes the sufferer is subject to hysteria. If the patient can get away to the country or seaside and forget all cares and worry it will help greatly towards a cure. It will, also be necessary to take a reliable tonic—such a one as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for instance. These-pills'stimu-late the appetite and assist in the' nutrition of the nerve ceils. As the nerves get their nourishment from the blood the treatment must be directed towards building up the blood. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills act directly on the blood and with proper regulation of the diet have proved of the greatest benefit in many cases of neurasthenia. A tendency to anaemia, or bloodlessness, shown by most neurasthenic patients, is also corrected by these tome, pills. Your own dealer sells ' ! Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. ■ ' "Diseases of the Blood" is a booklet full of useful information. So is the pamphlet on "Nervous Diseases." They are sent free on request by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Box W, G.P.0., Wellington.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 309, 24 September 1918, Page 3
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206WHAT IS NEURASTHENIA? Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 309, 24 September 1918, Page 3
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