. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . ; some aredoing muscle work—we call them muscle cells. Nothing can affect Illinoiswithout affecting Texas; nothing can affect one organ without affecting theother organs. The more one organ comes to being central for all the otherorgans the more it is affected by them. On this principle the body affects the mind more than the mind affectsthe body. For one thing, it is central; for another, it is sensitive, it isdelicately poised, it puts out a thousand feelers, while the other organs areas oysters in their shells. 376 SYMPATHETIC NEKVOUS SYSTEM Let this stateme
. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . ; some aredoing muscle work—we call them muscle cells. Nothing can affect Illinoiswithout affecting Texas; nothing can affect one organ without affecting theother organs. The more one organ comes to being central for all the otherorgans the more it is affected by them. On this principle the body affects the mind more than the mind affectsthe body. For one thing, it is central; for another, it is sensitive, it isdelicately poised, it puts out a thousand feelers, while the other organs areas oysters in their shells. 376 SYMPATHETIC NEKVOUS SYSTEM Let this statement stand out: The body affects the mind more thanthe mind affects the body. When impulses travel from sick organs to central they stimulate morethan the centers which immediately control them. New impulses spreadfrom the new focus. The state of mind incited by a diseased organ may reactto disease that organ further. A vicious circle is established. ConstipationFatigue. {Defective Vision,Indigestion, In-) mtmisufficient Blood (. (Poor Blood Supply,\ Excitement, Worry ._-— Eye ^. Decayed ~?5Ear Disease Fig. 150.—Showing Location of Headaches, According to Their Causes. It is the fashion to call all sorts of things neurasthenia, to ascribe symp-toms to a state of mind. That is good as far as it goes, but much harm willcome unless the so-called neurasthenics are closely analyzed to eliminate thosewrongly in the class, and also to find the organic basis, sometimes large andsometimes small, of many of the cases. Pretty nearly everybody recognizes the dependence of mental and emo-tional states on conditions of health and disease. When a mans tissues are SOLE OP FOOT Neuralgia of the Sole;Neuralgia of the Met-atarsus (lower ankle);Flat-foot; Disease ofthe Prostate.
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