Brain-work and overwork / edited by George Black.

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[1888?]
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Credit: Brain-work and overwork / edited by George Black. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Impurity, and its effects on the nervous system 41 Insanity produced by intemperance 25 “Killing time*' 86 Labour, mental, effect of on the brain 50 Memory, effect of efforts of .... 78 Mental individuality 83 Mind, the, never inactive 109 | Mistakes in diagnoses of diseases 13 , Modern life, its influence on the nervous system 16 Mortality from nervous diseases, table of 10 Muscle and brain,* antagonism between 98 Musical impulses, effect of, on the brain 7o Narcotic stimulants, harm caused by Nervous breakdown, symptoms of djsease caused by fright .... disease not always fatal .... diseases and iheir causes.... diseases brought on by expo- sure diseases, increasing preva- lence of —— system, influence of modern life on Night-work not necessarily harm- 33 121 58 12 18 19 9 16 81 Rest in labour “ Roughing-it ” a cause of nervous disorder Rules, simple, for brain-workers Sedentary persons injured by alcohol 26 Sleep, amount of, required 115 different kinds of 106 “ going to,” devices for 114 Sleeplessness a sign of overwork 122 Sleep, production of no Speech indistinct, irritation caused .by 61 Statistics not always to be relied on 11 of nervous diseases not easily obtained 9 —— relating to alcohol 25 Stimulants for overworked men .. 119 Stock broking a cause of over-ex- citement 54 Sunday-school teaching as recrea- tion 89 Sunlight very beneficial 105 Symptoms of nervous breakdown 121 Table ot comparative mortality from nervous diseases 10 Temperance, facts relating to, often distorted 23 Thcin and its effects on the brain 3S Time for work, the best 81 Tobacco, its effects on the nervous system 34 Towns, nervous diseases in .... n, 15 Overwork dangerous to the ner- vous system 46 in early life 69 Paralysis brought on by sudden exposure 19 Physical hardships and nervous disorders 19 Piotoplasm, nature and office of.. 47 Recreation and dissipation n^t kicntical.. -—different kinds of not to involve labour rest iii 85 S7 87 85 Vacation, best methods of spend- ing a 102 choosing the place for a .... 103 in summer a necessity 100 Variety in work necessary 84 Wear and tear caused by overwork 52 Work, skilled, not mere toil .... 45 suited for women 73 the best time for Si unnecessary 64 Worry dangerous to the nervous system 59 Writer's palsy 65