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Fatigue is now regarded as IL definite complaint. Its symptoms and offects are be- wildering in their variety. It may reveal itself as an ob- stinate skin disorder which refuses to respond to ordinary treatment; it may even result in deterioration of the moral judgment.

Chronic fatigue intoxication -to give the complaint its full name is rather commun. It is insidious in its attack, gripping the victim in gradual and subtle fashion, tightening its hold until at last he is forced to recognise that there. is something seriously wrong. The symptoms nre not always, and not even frequently, nervous in type. Chronic fatigue Intoxicn- tton is a disease entity with Fist of possible symptoros for exceed- ing in extent and variety those of any other complaint.

Fatigue Is A normal part of everybody's life. It has a rhythm of its own and it rises to normal

dially, peaks weekly, annually, and possibly at longer intervals. Ordin- ary tiredness need five no cause for alarm. Normal fatigue

can be dispelled by sufficient rest, but the person who feels tired on first rising in the morning and does not begin to wake until he has drunk strong coffee, is probably suffering from chronic fatigue in- toxication or la well on the way to becoming a victim.

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Fatigue of the body and fatigue of the mind are two very different things. It is scarcely possible for worker to suffer from manual chronic fatigue Intoxication be-` cause muscular tiredness is subject to two separate controls. The body has a much greater capacity for physical activity than is usual- ly believed, but the mind gets tired very easily.

Muscular fatigue is an involved process into which chemistry enters to....some. extent. The muscles are fed by lymph, the fluid part of the blood. The big blood vessels are leak-proof, but the very small ones-the capillaries have porous walls through which there is a two-way exchange of fluids.

The lymph flows into the cells of the muscles, completely saturat- ing their surfaces. Inside the cell, the chemical energy obtained from the lymph is used to contractor elongate the cell. This simple function is the basic source of our ability to move the various parts, of the body.

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The lymph not only carries food material to the cells, it also carries away the by-products. The rate of income and outgo is subject to a local control and also to a remote control in the brata. The muscle Itself wil refuse to work if the by-products pile up faster than. they are removed,

Normally, however, the remote control comes into operation first. Experiments have proved that after the mind has dictated a cessation of muscular work on the ground of fatigue, an electrical impulse will cause the tired muscle to work with quite as much energy as be- forc.

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When danger to life is threaten- ed, the remote control is not put into operation and the mind per- mits the muscles to go on working until the local chemical control stops them. This explains the ex- traordinary feats of endurance of which the body is capable In moments of great danger."

materials, but this is neither felt nor suspected by the individual.

Fatigue is influenced by factors other than work. Certain diseases produce chemical substances in the blood which increase fatigue or make it appear earlier. Diabetes is a typical exam- ple. This complaint pro- duces an acid in the blood, which, in sufficient quantity, will produce all the symp. toms of fatigue without any work having been done.

Caffeine in moderate amounts has been found to reduce or retard banish fatigue.

drugs Certain fatigue completely for the time being. The effect of alcohol is doubtful, its use does not appear to fulfil the claims frequently made that it reduces fatigue and increases capacity to work. The explanation of the uncertainty regarding its

FATIGUE is a DISEASE..

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Although double precautions are taken to see that the muscles over- work, the exercise of the brain is subject to one control only, and that not a very striking one.

of tired muscle will ache by way

only discouragement, symptom of a red brain is u dis- inclination for mental exertloni.

tired Will-power can force brain to work and this trick is commonly resorted to by indus- trious people. The quality of the work performed may be somewhat The inferior but it is work done.

of fatigue cost is the plting up

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This is the first of a series of articles discussing the me- thods that are opon to everyone for gain- ing the maximum benefit from sleep. The second articlo.

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In ordinary times, chronle fatigue intoxleation only affects the am- bitious, the spirited, and the strong- willed who, from a sense of duty or out of sheer enthusiasm, drive themselves beyond the limit of This high-pressure activity saturates their Bystems with fatigue products to such a a degree that it is impossible for the organ- ism to rid itself unaided of this toxic material. The disease attacks the finest types of men and women, usunlig in middle life, and greatly shortens their period of usefulness. Nowadays, chronic fatigue into- xiention is a red light in the dis- tance for nearly everybody, be- cause nearly everybody is working at high-pressure and under sleep conditions that vary between pour and bad.

It is up to everybody, therefore, to take steps to secure the maximum value possible from their sleep

period. "Physical Ton- sion," will appear

to-morrow.

thinking about burdensome tasks. that he has to perform.

Chronic fatigue Intoxication is the result of the gradual accumula- tion in the tissues of excessive amounts of fatigue material. This cousce a deviallon from normal of every function in the practically body. Affected people and it very difficult to secure either physical and reluxation or mental repose this is the beginning of a vicious In many circle commonly found forms of ill-health.

Sleep is a vital factor in the prevention and cure of chronic fatigué Intoxication. There are certain chemical processes that take place during sleep, and they will. not take place under other conditions. During mental and bodily activity calcium and potassium are trans- ferred from the nerve and

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Nazis Practice

For the past few months pick. ed German troops have been re- hearsing the invasion of Eng- land at the Polish village of Wyschkow.

British-type houses, with high square chlinneys and slanting gables, hove been specially built to give dive-bomber pilots and parachutists the "feel of things.” -

This is the story told in a Berlin despatch to the North American newspaper Alliance, published in the New York Press.

Day after day, says the report, Nazl troops and 'planes have swooped on the village in make-believe on- their High Com- slaught, directed by the

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effect is probably that individuals vory tremendously in their response to alcohol.

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External conditions influence the is felt. extent to which, fatigue When temperature and humidity tired are both high, people get

begins This more quickly. This feeling of inertness or sleepiness which can be resisted for a time but which eventually passes into a condition of real fatigue, and, ultimately into the complete ex- haustion of heat-stroke-

It has even been scientifically proved that a person can suffer fatigue merely by dreaming or

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muscle tissues to the blood stream, and the return pro- cess only takes place at night.

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Lack of the normal calcium in the nerves makes them excessively good conductors of stimuli, and calcium when

of deficiency occurs as a result of prolonged activity, small causes produce more pronounced effects than they would under

normal condillons. Hence Even tired people become touchy. although more calcium be taken Into the body, it can only be trans- ferred to the nerves and muscles during sleep;

The People and

The Air Raids

More stories of British serenity under fire emerged from recent air raids on the country. German propagandists cry havoc, the "airy devil" hovers in the sky-and Britain pro- ceeds unruffled. The Home Guard who, so to speak, arrested a German airman in his stride is magnificently typical.

Here are some of the stor- ies of the week:-

When a bonib wrecked a house In the Midlands an elderly woman elimbed to the top of the debris and planted a Union Jack on the heap.

A Mercantile Marine officer, asked what sort of passage he had had up Channel, replied: "Terrible! Those Naal bombers were falling, all around us."

A member the Home Guard), leaving his home to report for duty, saw a German airman landing by parachute in the street, arrested him--and carried on.

Heard in a South-East town as the warning sounded: "I don't mind thesa raids, but I wish to goodness They wouldn't come at lunch-time. It's just thoughtiess!"

The Rev. P. B. Clayton, writing to "The Times" from Orkney, said that a naval wife had just had a wire

-the bare message "Saved"-from her husband, who had been silent since last September. Her letter read: "I'm glad to know you're saved, Was it a bomb, a mine, or the Salvation Army? In any

we shall expect you home.""

A German airman, landing in a feld, was captured by a woman armed and her 14-year-old son with his father's rifle. The German covered by the rifle then took tea with his captors,

A bomb dropped in a couthom river and n local angler exclaimed Indignantly: "This will upset the fish for weeks."

A small · Kentish boy, whose home was demolished, came from shelter in the garden and urgently demanded his toy soldiers. Special constable found them for him.

People near Croydon aerodrome whose houses had been damaged a few days before took another fald with the greatest calm. Their

Originally the village looked exact- ly like a small English town, though to-day most of it lies in ruins us a result of the rehearsals,

War Laboratory Wyschkow is, in fact, the Nazis' war laboratory."

Tests of new weapons and experl- roents in new tactics are carried out there. It is

is also the setting for n super propaganda film entitled "Bat- tle Squadron Luetzow," which is now being made.

The village is shrouded in the greatest secrecy, and guards have orders to shoot all unauthorised per- scns who approach.

roots had been covered with for- paulin; beneath it wireless music went on cheerfully throughout the day.

An abn who shot down a Junkera 88-his sixth success— landed in field and at once got a motorist to drive him to the wreckage. There, villagers-in- cluding members of a wedding party who had heard the machine crash while they were in church -crowded around to cheer.

Woman at Channel port: "The best thing about the raids is that they usually wake you up in good time to get out of bed and have your shopping finished early.

A soldier and his bride took re- fuge in a public shelter after their arouth-east coast marriage at town and held an informal recep- tion there.

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Mr. Willows, nged ninety-five, who lives in one of the bombed London streets, observed after- wards: "I feel younger than over. Don't you think I shall live to be a hundred?"

A placard in a public building in one of the raided suburbs of Lon- "Don't worry, don used to read:

"After a It may never happen." fow raids, an official made a slight alteration. The placard now runs: "Don't worry-Hitler has missed us again."

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