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MUCH that a few generations ago it was usual to attribute to disorder of conduct is, by many, now placed in the category of functional nervous disturbance, and concomitantly it has been sought to relieve judicial and ecclesiastical officers of their duties and to devolve them upon the medical profession. In the two small books under review we find, expressed in popular language, that which amounts to a series of short sermons written by medical men, and for the most part addressed to those who are suffering from the effects of a lack of self-control. For one of our authors it is “not his aim to transform the busy-man into a philosopher of the indolent and contemplative type,” but to enable him to do his work effectively by eliminating undue solicitude. The other defends himself from the possible criticism that his advice is not new. We cannot suppose any such defence will be necessary. The advice proffered is that of Epictetus, Marcus Aureiius, and Seneca, but stops short, we may presume out of respect for the attitude of current science towards current religion, at the plane of these philosophers.
Why Worry?
By Dr. G. L. Walton. Pp. 275. (London: W. Heinemann, 1909.) Price 2s. 6d. net.
Self-Help for Nervous Women: Familiar Talks of Economy in Nervous Expenditure.
By Dr. J. K. Mitchell. Pp. 202. (London: W. Heinemann, 1909.) Price 2s. 6d. net.
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Why Worry? Self-Help for Nervous Women: Familiar Talks of Economy in Nervous Expenditure . Nature 83, 92 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083092a0
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