Overtaxing The Brain

In a recent lecture on "Brain Health," at Edinburgh, Dr. J. Batty Tuke said that as a matter of fact, it was not an easy thing to overtask the energies of the brain by work. It was not work, but worry, that killed the brain. But breakdown from overstrain did occasionally take place, and tho first really important symptom was sleeplessness; when that set in therc was cause for alarm. Loss of sleep was brought about thus: When the brain was being of blood in its vessels - this was spoken oías "functional hyperoeniia." lfthcy continued the excrcise of the brain powers too long, there was a tendency for the blood to remain in too great quantity from the cells becoming exhausted and not being able to control the vessels. In sleep the amount of blood was díminished, and sleep could not be procured if this functional hyperoemia persisted. in the absence of sleep, the cells could not recover themselves, and theiractivity became impaired. Headache, loss of appetite and genoral hstlessness followed. As soon as a child or young person developed contimious headache, work should be discontinued at once. o Have compassion for the distresses and failures of others; you can not yet determine what your own future wil] be.