Ebook The Treatment of Neurasthenia

The recognition of relaxing climates as an exciting cause (or at least exacerbating cause) of neurasthenia, suggests an addition to the prophylactic rules given in Part V. A young man with an inherited predisposition to neurasthenia should, in choosing a profession, avoid one that may lead him into such climates; and if he decides on a colonial life, he must select a colony that will not develop the complaint.