Warning Signs of Brain Exhaustion
The following from Dr. Hammond is warning and advice which all hard brain-workers will do well to heed:— "Any man or woman that neglects the first warning of a brain or nervous system that is becoming exhausted, overtaxed, or about to break down, is not only a fool but a criminal. These signs are not many, but they tell the story of coming danger only too plainly. Headache, sleeplessness, irritability of temper, neuralgic pain about the head and heart, unrefreshful sleep, nervous dyspepsia, dull eyes, heaviness of the head, and stupid feeling after meals, worry about trifles, unreasonable anger, tingling and numbness in the limbs, cold feet and hands, flushed face and burning ears, palpitation of the heart, and irregular, weak and unsteady pulse. When you note these symptoms, beware, the brain and nerves are about to break down, and it may be insanity, perhaps death."