A Solemn Appeal - James White

weak, feeble, and emaciated. I had severe
palpitation of the heart, pain in the side, and many
symptoms of consumption. I had also, much of the
time, distressing pain in the head. I had much
dizziness, and my sight would often become
entirely obscured, especially when I stooped and
rose quickly.'
" 'It renders them,' says an English author,
'stupid, dull, and melancholy, and destroys all their
vivacity, cheerfulness, and health; it brings on
consumptions, weakness, barrenness, and all that
dreadful train of nervous complaints, which make
them timid, whimsical, and ridiculous.'
"Another patient writes thus:
" 'My enthusiasm is sensibly diminished; my
perceptions are very dull; the fire of imagination
much less vivid; every passing event appears to me
like a dream; I have less power of conception, and
less presence of mind. In a word, I feel as if I am
wasting away, although my sleep, appetite, and
countenance, are good.'
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