THE NERVOUS AGE
Has the reader noticed how nervous people have become nowadays? A wellknown physician says that half the patients who come to him in these times are nerve starved; and the disorder is -rowing commoner every mouth. Restlesness. disturbed sleep and headaches are only a part of what the patients suffer . The worst is their misery of mind. They cannot faco th© smallest difficulty A slammed door tortures the raw nerves. Their minds are undecided, their tempers irritable, their courage and concentration is all gone. The worst of it is, said the doctor, that people in this condition are tempted to fir to drugs. Morphia, cocaine, opium and similar things have an evil fascination. Others over-feed themselves, with fancy foods in th© hope of building up their nerves. ■ ■ The right way to treat starved nerves is to look to the blood, for a healthy well-nourished blood-stream feeds the nerves, quickly restoring lost vitality and bringing the mind up to its old power. Dr Williams' Pink Pills owe their wonderful reputation to their power of helping to make new blood —the icmlv thing that will make healthy nerves. FREE—'The effects of modem life upon the nerves are explained in “Nervous Disorders,” to be had free if you send a postcard to Box 815, G.P.0., Wellington.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9720, 24 July 1917, Page 8
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