ve families are very prone to paralysis.

We also find that the disease is often the result of some nervous
strain, or over excitement The over indulgence of the passions is
particularly a fruitful source of injury to the brain and spinal
centres. An angry man or woman uses up more nerve energy in a few
minutes than would be sufficient to serve the muscles with stimulus
through hours of toil.

The young, in unnatural indulgence of the sexual passions, waste the
vigor and energy of maturity. Sexual excesses must be put down as among
the most prolific causes of this terrible malady. Ignorance shields no
one from the consequences of violations of the laws of health.

The passion for wealth with its ceaseless toil, continuous strain, and
rapid exhaustion of the nerve forces, usually brings its devotee into
the same condition of discord as does the abuse of a stimulant. For a
time the system will repair and bolster up the weakness, but the longer
the day of reckoning is postponed, the more serious and terrible is the
collapse.

Such individuals need only an exposure to cold, or an over indulgence of
some kind, to suddenly precipitate a paralysis.

GENERAL PARALYSIS. This term is applied to paralysis affecting the arms
and legs. In this form of paralysis there is generally more loss of
motion than of sensation, and the mind is usually more or less affected.

HEMIPLEGIA, or paralysis of one side of the body, is generally spoken of
as a "stroke of palsy." Sometimes only one extremity, the arm, is
affected. Only occasionally is the face involved. In the majority of
cases the mind is affected, the memory being poor, the sufferer becoming
melancholy, peevish, and fretful.

In paralysis of the right side, there is sometimes a curious
forgetfulness or misplacement of language, the patient being unable to
think of words to express his thoughts. This condition is called
_aphasia_. It is usually the result of some injury or disease of the
brain, almost invariably the side of the brain opposite the affected
half of the body. In some cases it is due to a wasting, or softening, of
the brain substance, on account of insufficient nourishment, a deficient
supply of blood; whilst in others, it is due to just the opposite
condition, an excess of blood, producing rupture of some blood-vessel,
transudations, and pressure.

PARAPLEGIA, or paralysis of the lower half of the body, is the result of
disease of the spinal marrow. The paralysi