| 单词 | nervous prostration |
| 例句 | “Of nervous prostration following on great loss or waste of blood.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The financial markets were “on the verge of nervous prostration” awaiting the court’s ruling, as Joseph P. Kennedy, then chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, recounted. Column: Here's why the debt ceiling is not only stupid — it's unconstitutional 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Never strong or robust, for some years she had been subject to attacks of nervous prostration. A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z He has duties, it is true, but they did not strike me as being wearing ones, or as threatening nervous prostration. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z He will avoid headaches, fevers, colds, anaemia, nervous prostrations and diseases of every kind which rack the body and make life a misery, irrespective of his attitude to the question of survival after death. Is Life Worth Living Without Immortality? A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society, Chicago 2012-04-18T02:00:15.717Z After a time he spoke of the varying forms of nervous prostration; then he asked whether this very interesting young lady could have, by any possibility, something weighing upon her mind? Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The lethargic or tranquil form of rabies in dogs is manifested neither by furious madness nor by palsy of the jaws, but the nervous prostration is shown in a profound lethargy and apathy. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z For drudgery and duty she has no strength, taste, or talent; and the thought of these things are enough to give her dyspepsia, insomnia, and nervous prostration. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z If nothing is done to stop it, by next year it would be called nervous prostration, perhaps. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z “She must be on the verge of nervous prostration already, and this would just about cap the climax.” The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z There is not a suggestion of nervous prostration nor of minister's sore throat. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Further, it is distressing and exhausting, and contributes to the muscular and nervous prostration. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z A sister I had not seen for ten years and a brother-in-law recovering from nervous prostration were in town. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z I would have nervous prostration if I had to wait until after inspection to hear the sequel. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z After a stage of excitement and violence, when he had behaved like a madman, came a period of nervous prostration; by degrees he became almost idiotic. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z A week later I met Mr. Cupple and he said that the cablegram had given his wife nervous prostration. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z The heat which last year seemed to bring healing to Mrs Vane, brought this year weakness and nervous prostration painful to see. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z The victim of nervous prostration is not found in the working-man's world; the fixed rate of wages relieves the nerves, but exercises the muscles and the balance of health is kept. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z This sort of experience would probably give her nervous prostration.” The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z Especially should those emerging from "nervous prostration" be suffered to be without it—they have trouble enough in any case. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Our maid has nervous prostration from the fright that those two dreadful Squaton women gave her the day they visited our house after going to Cora’s. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z One director has nervous prostration, and another is too aged to attend meetings, but none have been elected in their places. The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 2011-10-19T02:00:21.010Z "Now, why didn't he give it to my brother George, who got nervous prostration making stump speeches for him at the last election?" Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z "I wonder that more of us do not have nervous prostration." Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z But when he got there, the eminent specialists who examined his heart ignored his nervous prostration. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Madalina went to bed with a raging fever—a nervous prostration. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z She's got the symptoms of nervous prostration; all the signs of it. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z Many wondered why some of them did not suffer from nervous prostration. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z The next year my husband again suffered a serious break-down, followed by another long season of nervous prostration. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z Lately, we hear much about worry, neurasthenia, nervous prostration and the like. Think A Book for To-day 2011-07-27T02:00:35.180Z It is a disease, a moral disease, and takes the place in the spiritual life of that which the doctors are fond of calling “nervous prostration” in the physical. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z The whole of the following week I was laid up with great nervous prostration. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z The inordinate desire for money has brought down on many a man serious nervous prostration. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z My husband's health, never very strong, broke down entirely, and a long season of complete nervous prostration followed. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z She had youth in her favor, but, at best, nervous prostration was a slow matter. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Insurance has almost given me nervous prostration now, and I don’t want to have anything more to do with it. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z Poor Indian was fast being reduced to a state of nervous prostration. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z She got drunk frequently, but the newspapers always said that she fainted or was attacked with nervous prostration. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z The influence of nervous prostration in the father may be overcome by conditions in the mother tending to help development. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Sphex came, examined the eyes and pulse, and made no more of it than a nervous prostration. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z At last, with the constant strain she became mentally exhausted, and in spite of her efforts to the contrary for a long time lay upon the bed, a sufferer from nervous prostration. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z "He's spending the good old Summer time in a sanitarium, just because he thinks he's got nervous prostration, and the Lord knows when he'll be back in harness again." Half-Hours with the Idiot 2011-01-22T03:00:18.853Z She, too, like her husband showed signs of severe nervous prostration. The Princess Galva A Romance From an almost animal perfection of health, she passed after her recovery from that prolonged fainting fit into a state of nervous prostration, the more remarkable from its contrast to her former robustness. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 I'll have nervous prostration or something worse if this pressure continues. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop He has no nervous system—oh, happy sponge!—therefore he cannot have nervous prostration, hysteria, or epilepsy. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. It was one of those fragile games in which one run makes a lot of difference, the sort that has a fringe of nervous prostration for the spectators. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside In fact, for some days she lay in a complete state of nervous prostration. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The latter's nervous prostration had been due chiefly to the fact that he was entirely ignorant of what was expected of him. Command They almost always turn out, on careful examination, to be suffering from some form of nervous prostration. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Mrs. De Smythe, Her Mother,Who is threatened with nervous prostration. The Sweet Girl Graduates By the time she was put to bed she was suffering from nervous prostration. Banked Fires Possibly, I may be in the clutches of some approaching attack of nervous prostration, I hope not, I am sure! Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century The doctor himself was understood to say that the poor lady's nervous system was utterly unstrung, that she was in a hyper-sensitive condition which might readily develop into nervous prostration unless she was carefully guarded. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. A physician was summoned and a trained nurse, and for a month she lay helpless with nervous prostration; her first serious illness in seventy-five years. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years There was nothing seriously the matter with her, the doctor said, but she was suffering from shock and nervous prostration, and must be kept quiet. The Beggar Man Large quantities of stimulating food, frequently taken, serve to increase the nervous prostration. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) She had been so utterly overwhelmed by the death of Mr. Lawrence, that, in her state of nervous prostration, it had been impossible to see any one. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart A prominent physician told me the other day that many a condition of nervous prostration now could be directly traced to selfishness. Carmen Ariza No wonder there were lunatics in Galveston, and unnumbered cases of nervous prostration. A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work The first thing, in her mind, was to get rid of the nervous prostration from which Lettice had been suffering, and to restore her to health and strength. Name and Fame A Novel There must not be a cat on the premises, or the King will assuredly have nervous prostration. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales She was suffering from nervous prostration, and it was only the accident of Mrs. Arson's holiday plan for her children that had enabled her to obey the doctor's advice to breathe mountain air. Dreamers of the Ghetto No more grinding fear, no more "bad days," no more wishing to die, no more nervous prostration. In Times Like These It’s no wonder she can afford nervous prostration if you do!” The Gorgeous Girl The pulse was strangely intermittent, the heart muffled, and the doctor set it down to nervous prostration brought on by strenuous attendance at church. Melomaniacs The solitude was on his nerves, this haunting dog, his own reflections, all had combined to reduce him to the verge of nervous prostration. The Hound From The North They fall easy victims to scrofula, consumption, nervous prostration, insomnia, and other diseases. Treatise on the Diseases of Women He did so, but trying to keep his contracts with every one gave him in the end an illness many people in this country have, called nervous prostration. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America “Finally I told her if she was going to have nervous prostration getting ready to take physical culture, she’d better wait and take it when she was convalescent.” The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret When he was gone, Europe was utterly worn out by his terrible energy, and collapsed suddenly in a state of universal nervous prostration. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome There is a woman in this hospital whose suitor married some one else, and she has nervous prostration, and melancholia. Turn About Eleanor May Be Promptly Cured.—To all women who are suffering from this general debility, exhaustion, and nervous prostration I earnestly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier. Treatise on the Diseases of Women Well, you are homely enough to give a young rabbit nervous prostration, so I can’t blame you for that.” The Hilltop Boys A Story of School Life The other folks down stream are making so much noise that they’d give every trout in the brook nervous prostration. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret As a member of a strictly American family, she was in a fair way, I thought, to be overtaken by the "most American of diseases,"—nervous prostration. The Foot-path Way Then her father got the nervous prostration he had richly earned. Free Air I was taken last May with nervous prostration; also had female trouble, liver, stomach, kidney and bladder trouble. Treatise on the Diseases of Women For he did fall in love with me, and in such sturdy mountaineer fashion that I very nearly had nervous prostration—and he too—in trying to get away from his strenuous wooing. An Anarchist Woman Little nervous thing she is—when I heard she was down with nervous prostration two years ago, I says, 'Land, land,' I says, 'but ain't she always had it?' Friendship Village It rained all of the afternoon, but ceased at nightfall, just in time, so Janet said, "to keep Mrs. Brown from nervous prostration." The Windy Hill His touch of nervous prostration had not made him queer or violent; he retained a touching faith in good food. Free Air I suffered for years with painful menstruation, pains in the back, leucorrhoea, dizziness and nervous prostration. Treatise on the Diseases of Women But remember: Phemey has got to live with us until I can pick out some victim of nervous prostration that needs a wife like her. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe The death of his devoted wife added to his sorrows, and on November 29, 1872, only a few weeks after the Presidential election, he died at Pleasantville, N. Y., of mental and nervous prostration. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He finally explained that it was a new device he was experimenting with to give the patient head treatment for nervous prostration, and black his shoes while he waited. The High Calling If you do, you will suffer—as I did before I began my double life—from nervous prostration. The Grain Ship He waits in a state of nervous prostration on a wooden bench at Copthorne Station till the return train to town appears. When the Birds Begin to Sing It was all very funny, but so many innocent persons were wrought almost to the verge of nervous prostration by Algernon's ideas of sport, that at last the fiat went forth that he must die. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories I in vain endeavored to overcome the state of nervous prostration which had come over me; the terrible wind which parched and burned us took away all power of will. Adventures of a Young Naturalist Mother has just worried herself sick over it, and I’m afraid she is going into nervous prostration. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar “Another week of this would give me nervous prostration!” she said to herself. Patty's Success Within a few years after their separation she died of nervous prostration, leaving Janina, who was then ten years old. The Comedienne The people have nervous prostration to start on, start a campaign on champagne, wind up on absinthe, and after the votes are counted go to an insane asylum. Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 I understand the minister is going to take a vacation on account of his liver and nervous prostration. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 And that’s why you ought to have been more appreciative of all Lulu did for you—and then running away and bringing her just about to the verge of nervous prostration worrying over you!” The Innocents A Story for Lovers If you make excessive demands upon your energies, nervous prostrations and derangements are an almost inevitable consequence. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers She prolonged her nervous prostration as long as possible, and was duly petted and made much of by the girls. The Cricket He claimed to be able to cure any human ill, and particularly emphasized his ability to cure consumption, Bright's disease, diabetes, epilepsy, asthma, stomach troubles, nervous prostration, blindness, female diseases, paralysis, heart and kidney diseases. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies I never saw a man that had nervous prostration any more than he did when they fished him out of the barbed wire fence, after we struck the street car. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 When the notary had gone, Pécuchet sank into an armchair in a state of nervous prostration. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Miss Brown confided to Esther that she was well on the way to "nervous prostration." The House of Toys He went into nervous prostration and died, still silent, a broken-hearted man. Still Jim Mrs. Colfax is on the edge of nervous prostration, and the baby should be taken from her now and put in your care while she is gone.” The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle The little boy, whose fine qualities so few besides himself had discovered, was lying before him in pain and nervous prostration, solely because malignant unkindness seemed to give pleasure to two bad, brutal fellows. St. Winifred's, or The World of School At last an attack of nervous prostration made him realize his position, and yielding to the importunities of his parents and fellow-workers, he consented to take a vacation. Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker Oh, victim of nervous prostration and insomnia, test these principles and see if they are not superior to anodynes, opiates, bromides, and chorals, and be assured that they leave no sting behind. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 What am I doing but wearing my nose off on the grindstone—Dr. Melton threatens nervous prostration every day—so’s to show off your pretty trash to the best advantage. The Squirrel-Cage We poor New York women have so much to do socially, we have to be relieved of all feeling of responsibility, if we don't want to come down with nervous prostration. Lady Betty Across the Water The applicant for work is usually thrown into a state of nervous prostration by the difficulties that beset his task. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 It means for a woman, tears, and hysterics, and nervous prostration, and insanity—some of them go wild over it. The Coast of Bohemia Only one, happily, or the girls to whom I allude would have nervous prostration. Peggy Stewart at School Mamma has been ill with nervous prostration for months, and now I feel sure that papa has gone insane. The Californians If we didn't, there'd be more cases of nervous prostration than there are, and goodness knows there are enough now, even since Blue Rays have come in. Lady Betty Across the Water Unless you want to render yourself liable to an attack of nervous prostration you should never watch a skilful workman nailing on lath. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice Nervous Prostration.—Persons suffering from nervous prostration have probably allowed the urgency of seeming duty to drive them on in work till the vital energies have been fairly exhausted. Papers on Health I shouldn't wonder if Paasma has now taken to his bed with a sudden attack of—whatever the Dutch have instead of nervous prostration. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon "I am on the verge of nervous prostration," whispered Rose, as his attention was claimed by Mrs. Cartright. The Californians Of course, in a place where everybody gets nervous prostration trying to outdo everybody else in originality and extravagance, it wouldn't be like Mrs. Ess Kay to let herself fall behind. Lady Betty Across the Water A teacher lost a month from nervous prostration; physical examination would have discovered the eye trouble that deranged the stomach and produced the nerve-racking shingles which forced him to take a month's vacation. Civics and Health In every case of real "nervous prostration," our question must be—How shall we enable this vital element to recreate itself? Papers on Health My being threatened with nervous prostration he regarded as a joke. The Four Pools Mystery The doctor pronounced Mrs Cruden to be in a state of high fever, produced by nervous prostration and poor living. Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life Late hours and sleepless nights are the frequent cause of nervousness, eye strain, nervous prostration, and the beginning of brain troubles and insanity. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation And here is his poor mother up in New Rochelle, almost on the verge of nervous prostration. Torchy and Vee You have nervous prostration written big all over your face. The Seventh Noon If she had attempted anything but the simplest manner of entertainment she would certainly have had nervous prostration. Girls and Women Every time I think that I might have gone to some other37 college and never have known you and Miriam and Anne, it nearly gives me nervous prostration. Grace Harlowe's Problem We hear much of nervous prostration as an American disease. Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation "I know I shall have nervous prostration at this rate." Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods He had meant to kill when he struck, and the nervous prostration which followed showed him how far he had gone. Wayside Courtships I'm sorry for the poor woman in the oil fields, and the only glimmer of compensation I can find is that she doesn't have nervous prostration like her wealthy society sister has. Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep But she is confronted by the indefatigable spinster, who, cloaking her denial under ceremonious form, declares that her state of nervous prostration will not admit of it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Weak backs, nervous prostration, indigestion and similar indispositions were not topics at the Buchers'. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life He told me that he had once had an attack of nervous prostration, caused by the shock of his father's sudden death, and that he could not stand life in the trenches. The Great War As I Saw It Eventually this tension will manifest itself in some200 disorder, as headache, nervous indigestion or complete nervous prostration. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves Lately we hear much about worry, neurasthenia, nervous prostration and the like. Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep He added by way of personal description: "My social position is that of a Catholic priest with nervous prostration." Fighting For Peace Individual hygiene is chiefly useful in preventing the chronic or degenerative diseases, that is, diseases of nutrition and of circulation, such as heart and kidney affections, nervous prostration, insanity. How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Wasn't that a good idea, when they'd got nervous prostration having everybody tell them? Set in Silver Within four months he had lost three and a half pounds, and driven the family in the flat below into nervous prostration. The Patient Observer And His Friends At the end of the week there were three cases of nervous prostration, one of pneumonia, two of grippe—and one hundred dollars and five cents in money. The Tangled Threads Mrs. Dalziel could do nothing, because she had collapsed with fear, and was sure that she was in for nervous prostration. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley In the last few months she had been to Europe and had had nervous prostration, and these incontestable evidences of growing prosperity could not always be kept out of her voice and bearing. The Fruit of the Tree Only a few weeks ago, if suddenly called upon for it, you'd have shown signs of nervous prostration. Set in Silver My spirit was all right, of course; but that rarefied air—acting on business worries—produced a state of nervous prostration. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Her countenance disclosed all the sprightly intelligence which her great-grandmother may have possessed, but her glowing cheeks and bright blue eyes told of a constitution against which nervous prostration fulminated in vain. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow I heard from Mrs. Sandford at breakfast that Dr. Sandford was no better; his low nervous prostration continued and threatened to continue. Daisy in the Field Soon afterward, an opportune attack of nervous prostration had sent Mrs. Harry Dressel abroad; and Justine was selected as her companion. The Fruit of the Tree I know now how you felt when you had nervous prostration. Set in Silver She has no time for nervous prostration or moods, but is alert and wideawake all the time. The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Now I suppose you will listen, after the doctor tells you that you're in danger of nervous prostration, and that you've got to give up everything and rest. A Pair of Patient Lovers The congestion and irritation are more decided, the weakness more marked, the nervous prostration more decided. Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc. His system, weakened by overwork, succumbed, nervous prostration followed, and on November 4 he died. The Loves of Great Composers Little wonder that the continued dizziness and lack of ability to stretch the limbs bring about a complete nervous prostration and reduce the strongest man to a physical wreck within a very short time. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Recommended in midwifery and all cases of nervous prostration. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 A letter was read from Henry Villard, resigning the presidency of the company because of nervous prostration and in deference to the interests of the stockholders. The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Now, if you or I had taken our meals after the fashion of that "wee, timorous beastie," we should probably have departed this life from indigestion or nervous prostration inside a month. The Way of the Wild If you are planning a hennery, I shall not encourage the rosary, for the days of a commuter's wife are not long enough for both without encountering nervous prostration on the immediate premises. The Garden, You, and I He had cabled that he was suffering from nervous prostration, supplementing a request for a two months' leave of absence. Arms and the Woman Recommended in midwifery and all cases of nervous prostration. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 I suppose you couldn't have nervous prostration of the hair? The Motor Maid And when at last she condescended to surrender to the wind and vanish like a falling star into the horizon, our friend was as near nervous prostration and hysteria as a bird can be. The Way of the Wild No nervous prostration at forty; no arrested development at fifty; no mental vacuity at fifty-five. The Young Man and the World When I took to traveling he all but had nervous prostration. Arms and the Woman "I shall have nervous prostration if I ride in that wagon," she said. The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar Why, the very names of the people here give me nervous prostration. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope There is no illness more difficult to treat and more trying to bear than nervous prostration. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) I was one of the very few eyewitnesses of the "tragedy," and it nearly put me to bed with nervous prostration. "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues As a matter of fact, Isabella d' Este witnessed the sacking of Rome without so much as thinking of nervous prostration. Americans and Others He said: "I am suffering from nervous prostration, and have to eat beefsteak and drink strong coffee to support me through a sermon." No and Yes "Eleanor has nervous prostration," she used to tell herself, with good-natured excuse for some especial coldness; and she even tried, once in a while, "to make things pleasant for poor old Eleanor!" The Vehement Flame Expensive doctors diagnosed her case as nervous prostration. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) She was for some time in a state apparently of intense nervous prostration. The Lighted Way Human happiness was not to this gay Gordon a "painless languor"; and if she failed to have nervous prostration—under another name—she was cheated of her dues. Americans and Others This claim was also rejected, on the ground that the death causes, "nervous prostration and spinal trouble," were not due to the service. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term Crying before people," Edith said, "is just like taking off all your clothes before people—I don't care how bad her nervous prostration is; it isn't nice! The Vehement Flame This was followed by a state of nervous prostration, and for a few days she neither saw, nor heard of, nor inquired for Mr. Tracy. Tracy Park She has had everything, I do believe—malary, cancers, spinal cords, nervous prostration, and now it's her heart. Bessie's Fortune A Novel I could not do a thing like that; it would give me nervous prostration sure! The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors If there had been that fear about the dressmaker's model on top of the rest of her anxieties she would have broken down with nervous prostration. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl But of course he knew what it was, and he had to remind himself that "she had nervous prostration"; otherwise that terrible, hidden word "silly" would have been on his lips. The Vehement Flame When we speak of nervous prostration, neurasthenia, neuroses, nervousness, and "nerves" we mean that body and mind are behaving badly because of functional disorder. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy Unchecked, they would result in an alarming form of nervous prostration. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others Dr. Brown said it was nervous prostration, and Doll rode into Southminster and returned laden with comic papers. Red Pottage After these annoying but enlivening incidents Anderson was permitted to recover from his daze and to throw off symptoms of nervous prostration. The Daughter of Anderson Crow The craven weakness, induced by his condition of nervous prostration, was almost pitiable. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest She arrived here utterly exhausted, and on the verge of nervous prostration. Patty and Azalea We learn that the executioner goes about his work timidly, that he is on the point of fainting, that he has nervous prostration when he decapitates a man. Là-bas Elsie's strength returned very slowly, and she had many trying hours of weakness and nervous prostration to endure. Holidays at Roselands Some call it consumption; some call it nervous prostration; some call it intermittent or malarial disposition; but I call it martyrdom of the domestic circle. New Tabernacle Sermons He had gone every day for three weeks to the Belgian Legation and worried the Belgian Minister into a state of nervous prostration. The Belfry Let a person follow the course they did, denying himself necessary raiment and food, taking no exercise, and living in retirement, and nervous prostration will follow, and hysterical disturbances and troubles. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs And this reminds me that a noted specialist in neurotics has recently said that if women would use the weed moderately, tired nerves would find repose and nervous prostration would be a luxury unknown. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen The only time I was ever on the verge of nervous prostration was after having suppressed the instinct for ten months. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion All the servants seemed to be in a continual state of "nervous prostration," as Billie expressed it, and Nancy, smiling and dimpling, followed Yoritomo down the path without thinking any more about O'Haru. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan He fell ill—a state of nervous prostration—and was unable for some time to compose at all. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians They have not a single case of nervous prostration in all their vast forest home. Supreme Personality The reds, and yellows, and blues, and greens whirled and swirled about in such a dizzy and belligerent fashion that I wondered how the people ever managed to escape nervous prostration. Reveries of a Schoolmaster A girl of 21 had been tended during a period of nervous prostration, apparently of hysterical nature, by a friend and neighbor, fourteen years her senior, married and having children. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion She was on the verge of nervous prostration. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 I'm coming down with nervous prostration as it is. The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits At a point where the firm was just one jump ahead of nervous prostration, along came "Jack" Beardsley and "Little" Owen, two husky football players with a desire to see life without the safety clutch. Laugh and Live Nervous prostration causes worry, and worry causes nervous prostration. Quit Your Worrying! Strangely enough, however, many of them do not know this, and over and over again we find the detail man wearing himself into nervous prostration in the wrong vocation. Analyzing Character Cost me! so far it had cost me an attack of nervous prostration, but I couldn't tell him that. Back to the Woods That night I had an attack of insomnia, neurasthenia, nervous prostration and the nightmare, with cinematograph pictures on the side. You Can Search Me "So you have had a long siege of nervous prostration?" we say to the haggard author. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations From this analysis, made by an expert, it is evident that worry and nervous prostration are but two points on the same circle. Quit Your Worrying! Her mother could not have written to her, for she has been suffering with brain fever and nervous prostration since Leroy's death. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted All these slanders broke my never firm health; I was soon on the verge of nervous prostration, and was ordered by my physician to at once secure a change of climate to save my life. The Gentleman from Everywhere "Yes, but these schemes of yours sometimes get nervous prostration," Bunch began to fret. You Can Search Me They dose themselves a good deal, I fancy, for it is a poor family that does not know all about nervous prostration. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) One great reason why worry produces nervous prostration is that it induces insomnia. Quit Your Worrying! I have been sick, and am just now recovering from malaria and nervous prostration. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted No wonder American men have nervous prostration, and are so often a little deaf. Elizabeth Visits America I am quite certain that but for my nerves the sudden chill would not have done me any harm, but in my present state of nervous prostration I have lost all power of resistance. Without Dogma He came next morning, felt my pulse, asked a few questions, and stated that I was suffering from nervous prostration. My Brilliant Career Her state of nervous prostration and her profound, affectionate admiration for Mr. Lincoln, made the blow the most stunning by far she ever received from any public calamity. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss A physician was sent for, and the lady, who was fast reaching a stage of nervous prostration, placed in his care. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 The cause was overwork and complete nervous prostration which brought on low fever. Autobiographical Sketches "I have had hard work to get you up, even so far, from this nervous prostration and the least excitement or imprudence will cause a dangerous relapse." Virgie's Inheritance She tried to calm herself a little before her mother saw her, for Mrs. Marvin was on the verge of nervous prostration. For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store She was suffering from nervous prostration and brain fever. Trial and Triumph A burst tire was a comma; carburetor trouble a colon; nervous prostration of the sparking-plug a period. The Port of Adventure Takacs describes a case of unilateral sweating with proportionate nervous prostration. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine I can only describe the condition of those left behind as nervous prostration. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies I was always breaking down, and had several attacks of what is called nervous prostration, with terrible insomnia, being on the verge of insanity; besides having many other troubles, especially of the digestive organs. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature I must admit that I was in a state bordering upon nervous prostration when I entered the —— and —— Club, in Algiers, and inquired for Mr. Nestor. Pellucidar There's a girl out there now suffering from nervous prostration. In the Bishop's Carriage The other parent has had a severe attack of ``nervous prostration,'' largely induced, it is maintained, by worry over family affairs. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology Pretty a case of nervous prostration as you ever saw in a person of fifty. The Harvester "Of nervous prostration following a great loss or waste of blood." Dracula Although wealthy and childless, with no cares and few worries, she succumbs to nervous prostration every two or three years, “from overwork.” The Ways of Men There's one girl has nervous prostration, and her name's got mixed with mine, and I can't—" "Hush, hush! In the Bishop's Carriage Having made this challenging statement she went no further, merely involved herself in contradictions as to the place, and would say nothing more than that she had once suffered from an attack of nervous prostration. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology I had found my way to the free public library, and was reading myself into nervous prostration. John Barleycorn But three days passed, and Mrs. Fowler's nervous prostration continued. The Cash Boy When Amanda had recovered to a certain extent from her attack of nervous prostration Egbert took her to the Nile Valley to recuperate. Beasts and Super-Beasts She is a charming, kindly, cultivated gentlewoman, just out of a sanatorium after a year of nervous prostration. Dear Enemy The Duke is greatly agitated—and as to me, you have seen yourselves the state of nervous prostration to which the suspense and the responsibility have reduced me. The Return of Sherlock Holmes The Duke is greatly agitated, and, as to me, you have seen yourselves the state of nervous prostration to which the suspense and the responsibility have reduced me. The Return of Sherlock Holmes So there's the explanation of Monny's presence in the mushrbiyeh kiosk on the roof of Mena House, on the night following the great adventure, which would have put most girls to bed with nervous prostration! It Happened in Egypt I went to bed nearer nervous prostration than I'd come in a long time. Traffics and Discoveries "I think maybe I'll be saved nervous prostration if I can help just a few of these things to take place." Michael O'Halloran I must have nervous prostration, or— it's nearly June. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day January 3.—Yesterday all day I was unable to leave my room, owing to a headache and nervous prostration, caused by late hours and too much company, the doctor said. Remarks "I thought it was surgery, your specialty," she remarked, "not nervous prostration." Together "Some nervous prostration, sir, in my interesting patient, as you no doubt perceive," he began. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time From this cause, added to nervous prostration, old Leo fell dead. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks Mabel is in a state of complete nervous prostration caused by the shock of this calamity. An Ambitious Man If he deciphers all my letters home, he will probably have nervous prostration by the time the war is over. The Lady of the Decoration Lane remonstrated in the mild way of husbands who have experienced nervous prostration with their wives. Together Through carefully-preserved woods they had marched, frightening the birds and driving keepers into fits of nervous prostration. The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion I know Uncle Allan like a book, from his resemblance to certain other unfortunate gentlemen who have nervous prostration in combination with other people's money. Mother Carey's Chickens The congregation of St Blank’s Church was rendered sad and solicitous by learning that its rector was on the eve of nervous prostration, and that his physician had ordered a change of air. An Ambitious Man "This one case has nearly given me nervous prostration." The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet A Detective Story "And when I asked mother," Laura added, "she said she would have nervous prostration in a week." Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance The Queer Homestead at Cherry Corners Simple nervous prostration would seem to the uninitiated better fought in the exhilirating ozone of Colorado, or—the North Pole—than in this languorous atmosphere. A Beautiful Possibility A physician had been summoned, who pronounced the girl in no imminent danger, but said that there was some anxiety to be feared as regards nervous prostration. Marguerite Verne It is the royal road to nervous prostration. The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities I'm going to have nervous prostration if this thing keeps up. The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet A Detective Story The doctor spoke earnestly of nervous prostration and stated without preamble the exact number of months which would elapse before Mr. Bannister living his present life, would make first-hand acquaintance with it. The Coming of Bill Thus he gave up point after point, apparently giving away his case over and over again, until his associates were brought to the verge of nervous prostration. The Life of Abraham Lincoln If she does this, if she rests—really rests—we may fight off nervous prostration. Cap'n Dan's Daughter But this feeling, bordering upon nervous prostration, was not confined to the boy alone. Richard Dare's Venture Mrs. Poland was almost helpless from nervous prostration. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century No one ever accused the red Indian of nervous prostration, "when wild in woods the noble savage ran"; nor are leopards and tigers usually in broken-down health. Without Prejudice Would you put a man who is almost at the point of nervous prostration or perhaps worse in a jury box? The Romance and Tragedy Now, look here, I am suffering from nervous prostration, and a snake turned loose in this store would settle it with me. Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys Remain quietly here till you have recovered from—from your nervous prostration. A Day of Fate I believe I'm going to have nervous prostration and I sha'n't see you again till war is declared. Senator North She soon gave way to nervous prostration and headache, and was compelled to retire to her room instead of returning for Gregory as she had intended. Opening a Chestnut Burr If she is, complete nervous prostration may follow. Kent Knowles: Quahaug Ever since that explosion, when we tried to see how they blow up battleships, I have had nervous prostration, and I am just about sick of this condemned foolishness. Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys So Morrow was on the verge of nervous prostration, eh? Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley She had never enjoyed school life, and during her last year at Miss Oliphant's she had worked so hard that she had almost succumbed to an attack of nervous prostration. Patty in Paris None of them breathed a syllable that Cousin Eunice Chatterton was ill with a low fever, aggravated by nervous prostration; and that Mrs. Pepper and Polly were having a pretty hard time of it. Five Little Peppers Midway I faced the alternative of my compliance or her nervous prostration and I chose the former. Kent Knowles: Quahaug Why, last night mother nearly had nervous prostration because I was practicing up in my room. Dorothy Dale : a girl of today The natural and inevitable result was illness and nervous prostration. Taken Alive In a little while her mind rallied sufficiently to recall what had happened, but her symptoms of nervous prostration and lassitude were alarming. Miss Lou The doctor told him he was approaching nervous prostration; his mother's anxious eyes could no longer be denied, so he realized grimly that there was but one course left open to him. Graustark The doctor said the least little thing would bring on nervous prostration. Kent Knowles: Quahaug Just fancy," said Tavia turning back to Ned, "I was sent along to keep Dorothy lively, she was actually threatened with nervous prostration, and think, how lively I did keep her? Dorothy Dale : a girl of today So I went on to the hotel, and ten minutes later found myself in the presence of an interesting case of nervous prostration. The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors Young gentlemen, much as I have enjoyed this summer's outing, it's a wonder I haven't had nervous prostration long before this. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail "I'm sorry you can't count on me," sail Grace, "but really I'd have nervous prostration if I went down there, even though it's only ten feet deep, as you say." The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem While this is most injurious to the husband— debility, nervous prostration, and even paralysis are said to ensue— the health of the wife also suffers. The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene Her fiction of ill health, of threatened nervous prostration, also served to free her from an overdose of his society during the long and difficult days in that eventless solitude. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel And Morgan got up and dressed himself—but with unsteady hands, and every sign of nervous prostration. Ten Nights in a Bar Room There can be no doubt that with that effort on the part of friends and relatives, many cases of severe nervous prostration might be saved, certainly much nervous suffering could be prevented. As a Matter of Course "Well, getting nervous prostration under water would be a very bad idea," commented Betty. The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem The woman who exhausts herself physically and financially on the preparation of her trousseau and her wedding does her husband a wrong by bringing him a wife who is on the verge of nervous prostration. The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene A nerve specialist was called to see a young girl who had had nervous prostration for two years. Nerves and Common Sense From nervous prostration to melancholia, or other forms of insanity, is not so long a step. Power Through Repose The process of working herself into nervous prostration through this constant, useless repetition was not slow. As a Matter of Course Nervousness, irritability and only too often nervous prostration and insanity are the sequelae of operative treatment. Nature Cure No one realizes how much one suffers, and I'm afraid I'm going to break down with nervous prostration soon. Stammering, Its Cause and Cure Not only that, but she would have found herself resisting other people's peculiarities more than ever before; I have seen people in nervous prostration from causes no more serious than that, on the surface. Nerves and Common Sense There is true economy of nervous force here, and a sensitive spine is freed from a burden of strain which might undoubtedly be the origin of nervous prostration. Power Through Repose The more fatigue, the more fussing; and with a persistent tendency to fatigue and fussing it does not take long to work up or down to nervous prostration. As a Matter of Course Similarly, if we spend more than our daily allowance of vital force, "nervous bankruptcy," that is, nervous prostration or neurasthenia will be the result. Nature Cure He was in that state of nervous prostration which so often follows protracted but fruitless efforts. Monsieur Lecoq When these habits have fixed themselves for long enough upon their victims, the nerves give way and severe depression or some other form of nervous prostration is the result. Nerves and Common Sense Sham emotions are, of course, always misdirected force; but it is not unusual to see a woman suffering from nervous prostration caused by nervous power lying idle. Power Through Repose Nature allows herself to be tried to the utmost before she permits nervous prostration. As a Matter of Course Furthermore, it will be only a matter of time until he exhausts his reserve supply of nerve fats and vital energy and then suffers nervous bankruptcy in the forms of nervous prostration, neurasthenia or insanity. Nature Cure He took my towel and dressed Tait in it, and for all he cared I would be swimming in that beastly lagoon yet, and dying of cramp, and nervous prostration, and housemaid's knee. Mates at Billabong I have just heard that she has been taken ill with nervous prostration. Nerves and Common Sense And so it goes, I—I—I—forever, and the more the more nervous prostration. Power Through Repose If the "problems" were dropped out of mind with sufferers from nervous prostration, their progress towards renewed health might be just twice as rapid. As a Matter of Course These conditions are usually diagnosed by the regular practitioner as nervousness, nervous prostration, hysteria, paranoia, delusional insanity, double personality, mania, etc. Nature Cure We won't repeat it," said her father, "not that Garryowen seemed to be suffering from nervous prostration as he came up the paddock—or Monarch either! Mates at Billabong Many cases of nervous prostration which last for years might be cured in as many months if the truth about nerve habits were recognized and acted upon. Nerves and Common Sense Every physician knows the intense egotism which often comes with nervous prostration. Power Through Repose If they were met normally, many nervous men and women might be entirely saved from even a bowing acquaintance with nervous prostration. As a Matter of Course Simple as this formula may seem, it has helped cure many a case of persistent insomnia and nervous prostration. Nature Cure He made no complaint, seldom spoke, and seemed to be sinking gradually into a state of nervous prostration. Prince Eugene and His Times It is often very difficult to overcome the habit which the nerves form as a result of an attack of nervous prostration. Nerves and Common Sense It often seems so, especially when it begins with nervous prostration. Power Through Repose He's shipping an airship, all taken to pieces, and he has nervous prostration for fear it will be broken. Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, or, the Wreck of the Airship The Brimley Bomefields had a collective attack of nervous prostration on the day when she sold out a quantity of shares in Argentine rails. The Chronicles of Clovis “You look as though you are on the verge of nervous prostration.” The Efficiency Expert Your special pet, Coley, after reducing poor Mr. Locke to the verge of nervous prostration, has "quit," and though I have sought him in his haunts, and used my very choicest blandishments, he remains obdurate. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa It has often seemed to me that sham emotions are a woman's form of getting drunk, and nervous prostration is its delirium tremens. Power Through Repose Milk-leg is cured; nervous prostration is cured; consumption is cured; and St. Vitus's dance made a pastime. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories More than a month elapsed before Belturbet had sufficiently recovered from his attack of nervous prostration to take an interest once more in what was going on in the world of politics. The Chronicles of Clovis "If he stayed below with us I fear I should have a return of my nervous prostration." Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica Milk-leg is cured; nervous prostration is cured; consumption is cured; and St. Vitus's dance is made a pastime. Christian Science One keeps a clear head in that way, not to mention a charitable heart; saves any quantity of nervous strain, and keeps off just so much tendency to nervous prostration. Power Through Repose The result of this was nervous prostration for the dog-catcher, another suit for damages for the city, and a great laugh for the State authorities. The Enchanted Typewriter A calm, complete sleep of utter prostration—utter nervous prostration. The Return "Do you want to give me nervous prostration?" rejoined Mrs. Evringham sharply. Jewel She’s got nervous prostration over her position as it is, and this would make it worse. A House-Boat on the Styx "They get 'em in New York—same as nervous prostration." The Day's Work - Volume 1 "Looks as if it had had nervous prostration, too." Actions and Reactions For a time she was unable to rally from nervous prostration; meanwhile, her mind was preternaturally active, presenting every detail of the past until she was often ready to cry aloud in her despair. He Fell in Love with His Wife Mrs. LaGrange, who, as housekeeper, had remained at Fair Oaks, seemed, as the last carriage disappeared from view, to be on the verge of collapse from nervous prostration. That Mainwaring Affair A week ago, Felicia's group was finished and sent to the exhibition, leaving her in a state of nervous prostration, moral sickness, and distressful exasperation. The Nabob It was the very worst case of nervous prostration I have ever been called to combat, and for weeks we had to be contented if we enabled him to hold his own. The Darrow Enigma Girl well known, extremely popular, lived Dalesville until last year, when went abroad with uncle, since then reports of melancholia and nervous prostration, before that health excellent—no signs insanity—none in family. The Lost House And if I hadn't had nervous prostration I would have enjoyed it. The Man Who Could Not Lose He hasn't got Mrs. Rook's hard brain; he's in a state of nervous prostration, which may end badly. I Say No Tom devotedly and ungrudgingly nursed his half brother to a complete recovery from his injuries, which consisted of nothing more serious than a dislocated shoulder, a broken rib or two, and a little nervous prostration. The Toys of Peace, and other papers As for myself, I was worn out, on the verge of nervous prostration, fit for nothing. The Valley of the Moon In the garden behind, in an attitude of nervous prostration, Mr. Hoopdriver was seated on a rustic seat. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll The next mention, some days hence, will be to the effect that he is suffering from nervous prostration and has been given a vacation by his grateful flock. The Iron Heel |
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