NERVES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue XIX, 30 October 1897, Page 603

NERVES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

* Overwork and under-exercise result in nervous diseases,’ said a physician recently. ‘ Preventive measures may lie summed up in two words,’ he continued—' physical development. Worry annually kills more people than work. One should strive, however, to avoid all things that tend to disturb the nerves. Throw away the pen that scratches and a pencil that has a hard spot in it. Discard a needle that squeaks and a basin that leaks. Ise sharp tools, wear soft garments that do not rustle. Oil the hinges of the rheumatic door and fasten the creaking blind. These may seem trifles, but such trifles irritate the nerves as much as a piece of woollen does a sore. Charle* Lamb onee said that a carpenter’s hammer in a warm summer noon would fret him more than midsummer madness.’