THE NERVOUS AGE.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 2, 5 June 1930, Page 3

THE NERVOUS AGE.

Often tin ovc.r-hea.t'iug diet will cause nervous tension. Every doctor and (fhemi.st can provide dozehs of sedatives ro quieten fche nerves, and it may be justifiable to take a sedative ocenskm,'illv- in tho case' of great excitement or pro'sitrating grief. But it i.s extrouio]y dangerous tp tlope the ovei'wrou'glßt nerves, luubitually without eliminnting the cause of nervous exc-iteauent.. A woman conipla'ming about nervousness dan easily be '' cured with a bottle of medicine containing bromide. If her nerve trouble is due to iier tak|,iwg poisommsly strong', tea, cock-tails, smoking dezens of cigarettes, and da'acing kaif t;he night tlirougli,. a nerve medicine' will only encourage her to go the pace still more furiously and she muy end in a lunatic as-ylum. .iTeTve disease does not exist. What is ©ailed nerve disease is general constitutional disease -wM&h. happens to affec-'t the nerves to a p'ronotaiiced extent, and tih« cure can be' found only .by <3a<refully examining tihe individual case, rectifying mistakes made, and enabling Nature to normalise the ■disorder-, ed coiidition of the nervous system. HABMFUL SUN BAYS. ■'" Certain rays of the sun arer harmful to the bo dy; .To prevent tthese harmful rays f ram jdamaiging the underlying tis- ' sues, the exposed skin produces a. brawn pigimenita-tion. This brown colouring stakes several daj's to form, but pmce it has formed, no more discomfort will be felt. ■ Our skins react toward the sun according to out colouring. If you are very fair, you will probably find that j your skin will blister and peel as well as redden, says an authority. If you are dark, only a faint redmess will follow your sun-»bath, for,you already have a slight permanent pigmentation. "When aTtificial sunlight is prescribed for illness, only a small partion of tike \ patient's body, the lower limiba, for inatanKse, is bared for tfhe first dose. Ajs , the treatment proceeds, larger and larger areas of si-in are exposed until fin^ ally the whole body enjoys the brilliant light. On a holiday one can copy t-his method, and if the wcatiher is warm enough, finally take a sun-ibath in a bathing eostuane. '