NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

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NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS
AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

Nervous Breakdowns and
How to Avoid Them

CHARLES D. MUSGROVE

M.D.

NEW YORK

FUNK AND WAGNALLS COMPANY

1913

Bristol, Eng.: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd., Quay Street.

CONTENTS.

	Page
CHAPTER I.
BREAKDOWNS	1
The shock. The kind of person most liable. The nature of breakdowns. Neurasthenia, the two types.
CHAPTER II.
THE DANGER SIGNAL	9
The signs of a breakdown. Each individual his or her own standard. Breakdowns preventable.
CHAPTER III.
HEALTH	19
Health, not illness, the standard. What health is. The motor-car. The human machinery. Interplay between the various parts. Combustion—Ashes or waste matter, and how got rid of. The nervous ramifications. Starvation and poisoning. Compensation. Cause of breakdown. The remedy.
CHAPTER IV.
THE VALUE OF HEALTH	31
Happiness. Efficiency of work.
CHAPTER V.
REWARDS AND PENALTIES	38
The health seeker. The reward of care. The inevitable penalty. Nature’s disregard of motives. The laws of health. Food, fresh air, exercise and rest.
CHAPTER VI.[Pg vi]
THE HUMAN ENGINE, AND HOW TO STOKE IT	47
The locomotive stoker. The human furnace: (1) The sort of food to take, (2) The amount necessary, (3) How to take it, (4) When to take it.
CHAPTER VII.
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NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

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