BAFFLING MALADY

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 476, 9 March 1933, Page 3

BAFFLING MALADY

SUNLIGHT REQUIRED FOR OYERWORKED MIND. INVISIBLE LACK OF HEALTH. London, Saturda.y. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's recent reference to 'hdmself re 'suffering from an "invisible lack of health" exactly describes a state of mind and body that is baffling many sufferers. Scores of leaders in every department of life are "below par," resulting in Harley Street being crowded with patients seeking explanation or cure. A psychotherapist says that owing to stress and .stnain politicians, industrialists, and b'ankers are obligsd to increase their expenditure of energy, leading to a nervous collapse, which includes a curdou'sly dull condition of the brain producing absentmindedness and tfcie1 use of wrong words. A Harley Street physician declares that the disease ds noticeahle everywhere. Hundreds of tired listless people are to be seen in the streets, their pallid faces, dull eyes, and listless gaat sugglestinjg that even amusement is not enjoyable much less work which, wihen well done, should bring a sense of elaition. The reasons ai*e pai-tly inadequate diet, but chiefly lack of sunshine in wintertime. The hest remedy, it is said, is artifical "sunlight.