While the term neurasthenia is becoming daily more familiar to the general public, it is being, on the whole, used, except as a convenient handle, rather less among neurologists. From Wordnik.com. [Why Worry?] Reference
It results in neurasthenia, which is largely a dislocation or collapse of the great voluntary centers, a derangement of the will. From Wordnik.com. [Fantasia of the Unconscious] Reference
Reminded me of the condition he believed he had and for which Vittoz seems to have treated him, "neurasthenia". From Wordnik.com. [Domestic strife ...] Reference
It was overwhelming for many people, and "neurasthenia" or nervous exhaustion became the disorder of the age. From Wordnik.com. [Free Internet Press] Reference
His neurasthenia was probably the reason for that. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
All neurasthenia has apparently unaccountable elements. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference
But chastity means passion, chastity means neurasthenia. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
But this is result, not cause, of our neurasthenia and complexes. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
Before the acute stage of neurasthenia is reached there is noticed. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
This would seem to have been a case of hypnotism, rather than neurasthenia. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
This, I am told by an authority, was a case of neurasthenia, or nerve-paralysis. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Lately we hear much about worry, neurasthenia, nervous prostration and the like. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
So she drifts into neurasthenia and has fits of crying and periods of melancholia. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
The neurasthenia comes from the inattention to the suggestion, or from a false interpretation. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
In short, misanthropy, neurasthenia, and all their attendant ills, are for him unknown ailments. From Wordnik.com. [Poise: How to Attain It] Reference
And yes, neurasthenia – a topic of interest in itself and one I shall be looking out for in my reading!. From Wordnik.com. [Wilkie Collins’ No Name « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
Morel replied that it was a distraction which helped him to pass the time and to conquer his neurasthenia. From Wordnik.com. [The Captive] Reference
He feels like a big intellectual boy who unless mother looks after him will get indigestion or neurasthenia. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
Wherever they traveled, her husband went about inquiring for new physicians -- "specialists in neurasthenia.". From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
In certain forms of neurasthenia, the 'phobias' are common, but must not be regarded as evidence of insanity. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
The homes where material pleasures abound are the ones where worry, neurasthenia and nervous prostration abound. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
Had he lived two centuries later he might have fancied, and may be with truth, that he suffered from neurasthenia. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'] Reference
To repeat, neuroses, neurasthenia, psychasthenia, and the various forms of neuropathy and psychopathy are dysgenic factors. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Her Sex and Love Life] Reference
I was at this period interested a good deal in mental healing, and had been treated for neurasthenia with gratifying results. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
Fatalities usually result from complications or sequels, such as pneumonia or tuberculosis; neurasthenia or insanity may follow. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
The basis of neurasthenia, however, is often or even generally a hereditary taint, a nervous weakness inherited from the parents. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Her Sex and Love Life] Reference
"In these days of neurasthenia it is indeed refreshing to meet one of such healthy nerve as you appear to possess," she said icily. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
I wonder if you have encountered any characters suffering from neurasthenia or “shattered nerves” in any of your reading experiences?. From Wordnik.com. [Shaped By Stories « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
He is suffering from 'traumatic neurasthenia' -- a condition only too often simulated, and a disease very difficult to diagnose accurately. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
I know only a little about 19th-century medical discourses, but believe chronic fatigue syndrome would have been diagnosed as neurasthenia. From Wordnik.com. [Wilkie Collins’ No Name « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
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