Neurasthenia and the American Disease of Overwork
Dr. Joseph Collins traces neurasthenia to the American pace of life, noting its rise with industrial competition and excess. He argues inheritance versus personal effort shapes risk, describes bodily and mental symptoms, and prescribes individualized rest cures, discipline, and balance between work and play to fortify nerve strength.
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Lfe
Balzac
Ishrines
America
Neurasthenia Existed Long Before Dr. Beard
Hygeia
The Making of Buttons Through the Ages in America
A historical overview of button making from early metal and brass origins to modern automated processes. It tracks Philadelphia’s early button establishments, Waterbury’s rise as a center, and key materials like vegetable ivory, composition buttons, horn, and freshwater mussel shells. The piece notes the 1900 pearl button value share and concerns over mussel extinction.
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Elizabeth
Philadelphia
France
Waterbury
Conn
Samuel Willston
Easthampton
Mass
Mississippi River
South Australia
South Sea Islands
Unio
United States
Deafness Among School Children Reveals Hearing Crisis
A British report shows of 1000 school children tested by whisper at eighteen feet only 422 have normal ears. Fifty-two are hearing deficient, with most cases due to middle ear disease including 87 chronic middle ear suppurations, 71 linked to adenoids. Post-suppurative cases total 247, while non-suppurative middle ear issues reach 168 with 141 adenoids.
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Great Britain
Legal Suits Against Domestic Animals
A historical survey recalls medieval trials of animals for alleged crimes. Trials followed formal legal steps, with advocates defending animals and sentences sometimes decreed though conviction was rare. Notable cases include a sow condemned to hang for a child’s death and leeches warned to depart under threat of execution.
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Tthus
Lavezurg
Meulan
Winter Melons Reach New Edge of Luxury
The article discusses the winter melon as an attainable luxury, tracing its Rus sian seed origin and horticulturist, noting two muskmelon varieties and one watermelon type. It highlights superior flavor and exterior appeal, weight up to twenty five pounds, and notes winter ripening when crops mature in about one hundred days from May plantings, with ripening dependent on temperature.
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Russia
Uralite fireproof material touted in early report
A new material named uralite, named after the Ural Mountains, is claimed to resist heat better than existing fireproof products. It is light, strong, durable, waterproof, and an electrical insulator, made largely from asbestos and other substances. It can be glued, nailed, paneled, grained like wood, and withstands extreme temperature changes without swelling or shrinking. Insurance rates in London reportedly dropped, signaling confidence in its fire resistance.
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Sian Army
Ural Mountains
Uts
Portland
Colonel Schenetsky
Aus
Animals amuse themselves from birth with playful games
The article notes early sense of humor in animals as mothers rarely amuse their young, so offspring invent games. A flock of ewes and lambs uses a leader to leap gaps, fawns perform nose touches, and pigs race for excitement. Horses and racing dogs show keen competitive urges, while birds separate business from pleasure and soar on sunny days.
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Obi
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Joseph Collins, M. D
George M. Beard
Beard
Neurasthenia
Bank of Health
Walt Whitman
Bost
Johnson
Ain
Gilaf
Storer
Toespf
Mertblehead , Mads
Lausanne
Chasseneuz
Chesmeneuz
London
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