OVEREATING V. OVERWORK.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3112, 25 June 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)

OVEREATING V. OVERWORK.

An abuse that tends to the injury of brain workers is excessive anting. A writer in the Medical Mirror recalls to mind several active brain workers who suddenly broke down and fancied it was du9 to brain fatigue, when, as a matter of fact, it was due to the overstuffing of their stomachs. The furnace connected with the montal machinery became clogged up with ashes and carbon in various shapes and forms, and as a result disease came, and before tho cases were fully appreciated a demoralised condition of the nervous system was manifested, and they laid the flattering unction to their souls that they had indulged in mental overwork. Hard work, mental or physical, hardlv ever kills. If a mild amount of physical exertion be taken, and a judicious amount of food be furniahed, the bowelß kept open in the proper manner, the surface protected with proper clothing, and the individual cultivates a philosophical nature, and absolutely resolves to permit nothing to anuoy or fret him, the chances are that he can do an almost unlimited amount of work tor an indefinite length of time, be irintr in mind alwayß that when weariness comes on he must rest, and not work upon false capital. The tired worn-out slave should not be scourged to additional labour. Under such stimulus the slave may do the task, but he soon becomes crippled and unlit for work. The secret of successful work lies in the direction of selecting good nut r itious digestible food, taken in proper quantities, the adopting of a regular method of fforK, tho rule of resting when pronounced fatigue presents itself, determining absolutely not to permit friction, worry, or fretting to enter into his life, and the cultivation of the Christian graoes—charity, patience, and philosophy.