Word: nervously
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...prominent place in the production of dyspepsia, but a large number of facts do not seem to warrant this belief as a general rule. In almost every case the use of alcohol has been joined with the use of tobacco in bringing on this trouble. Tobacco strikes at the nervous system, and as one of the secondary results no doubt the stomach may be affected. Among the stronger alcoholic fluids, are Brandy, Rum, Gin and Whiskey. They vary greatly in strength, but the average may be put at 50 per cent. Brandy is made from wine, Whiskey from grain, wheat...
...Nervous System. - Anatomy and physiology. Influence over whole body. Increase of diseases of nervous system in modern life. Mental overwork. Diseases of nervous systems due to neglect of personal hygiene. Sleep and its derangements, worry, emotions, passions...
...voted to concur with the President and Fellows in conferring the degree of Bachelor of Sciences, cum laude, out of course, on Pierre Cheeseman Du Bois of the class of 1865; in the appointment of George Lincoln Walton, M. D., as special clinical instructor in the disease of the nervous system; James Jackson Putnam, M. D., instructor in the diseases of the nervous system; Frederick Eugene Rice, M. D., M. R. C. V. S., instructor in anatomy and materia medica in the veterinary hospital; Edwin Farnham, M. D., lecturer on health and strength, all for 1885-86; and Winfield Scott...
Those whose health was not good suffered chiefly from nervous diseases. It was also found that girls from the country do not make as good a showing as regards health as those who were natives of cities. Although these statistics are looked upon by the advocates of higher education of women as conclusive, we cannot admit that they are sufficiently large or complete to convey much weight. The variation in physical condition, before and after the acquirement of a collegiate education was only three per cent. This fact, which is the one from which any conclusion can be drawn, might...
...force of this argument is greatly diminished when it is found that, in many courses, the harder working members of the elective have failed to complete the paper in the time prescribed. Another point to be considered is the effect such an examination has upon a man of nervous temperament, Few can have any conception of the strain upon a man so constituted who is endeavoring to reach a high grade upon the rank list, and yet sees the minutes hurrying by without bringing a commensurate amount of reduction in the unanswered portion of the paper before...