For Nerve Sufferers.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 25 September 1914, Page 8

For Nerve Sufferers.

j ♦ i Dr. Edwin Ash, author of "Nerves and the Nervous," has written a little book in which he deals with the effect of ill-considered hustling, so common to-day. His panacea is the acquisition of the habit of self-mastery in the little things of life. Three very important energy-wasters are : Indigestible and hurried lunches, too tight clothing, needless worrying about details of domestic, professional, and business life. Dr. Ash says more must be spent in eating, and less meat eaten. He adds : " You should not lie in bed after you wake in the morning, and you should not indulge in naps. There is this to be said in favour of tl^s early cup of tea—that when it forms the awakening signal the mere act of drinking it is likely to rouse the mental and physical activities and prevent the desire for further slumber." Here are Dr. Ash's general rules for living up to our true value in energy production : Wear reasonably loose clothing, spend at least one hour in the open air daily, always get up at the ; same time, practise self-control in the little things of daily life, and ' eat, dress, walk, and speak slowly.