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Fatigue is now regarded as complaint. Its

definite

symptoms and effects are be- wildering in their variety. It may reveal itself as an ob- atinate skin disorder, which refuses to respond to ordinary treatment; it may even result in deterioration of the moral judgment.

Chronic fatigue intoxication -o give the complaint Ita full name is rather common. 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 are not always, and not even frequently, nervous In type. Chronic fatigue inlaxien- tion is a disease entity with a list of possible symptoms for exceed- ing in extent and variety those of any other complaint.

Fatigue is a normal part of

dy's life. everybody's It has a rhythm of its own and it rises to normal peaks daily, weekly, annually, and possibly at longer intervals. Ordin-

Uredness need Kry

give no cause for alarm. Normal fatigue can be dispelled by sufficient rest, buit the person who feels tired on first rising in the morning and does not begin

to wake

up until he has

drunk strong coffee, is probably suffering from chronic fatigue in- toxication or is well on the way to becoming a victim.

Fatigue of the body and fatigue of the mind are two very different things. It is scarcely possible for a manual worker to suffer from chronic fatigue Intoxication be- enuse muscular tiredness is subject to two separate controls. The body has a much greater capacity for physical activity than is used- 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 contract or 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 currles

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way the by-products. The rate of income and outgo is subject to a local control and also to a remote control in the brain. The muscle itself will refuse to work it the by-products pile up faster than they are removed.

Normally, however, the remote control coles 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- fore.

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 espable in moments of great danger.

materials, but this is neither felt nur 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 carlier. 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 fatigue. Co

Certain

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

FATIGUE is a DISEASE. .

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. A tired muscle will ache by way of only discouragement, symptom of a tired brain is a dis- inclination for mental exertion.

but

the

Will-power coa force a tired trick is brain to work and this commonly resorted to by Indus- trious people. The quality of the work performed may be somewhat inferior but it is work done. The cost is the pliing up of fatigue

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This is the first of a scries of articles discussing the mo- thods that are open to everyone for gain- ing the maximum benefit from sleep. The second articlo,

on

In ordinary times, chronic fatigue Intoxication 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 safety. This high-pressure activity super-saturates their systems with fatigue products to such 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, usually in middle life, shortens their period of usefulness. Nowadays, chronic fatigue into- xication is a red light in the dis- Lance for nearly everybody, be- chuse nearly everybody is working at high-pressure and under sleep conditions that vary between peor and bad.

and

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

period. "Physical Ten- sion," will appear

to-morrow,

thinking about burdensome that he has to perform.

tasks

Chronic fatigue intoxication is the result of the gradual accumula- tion in the tissues of excessive amounts of fatigue material, This causes a deviation from normal of practically every function in the body. Affected people find it very difficult to secure either physical relaxation or mental repose and this is the beginning of a vicious in many clrcle commonly found forms of 1-health.

Sleep is a vital factor in the prevention, and cure of chronic fatigue 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 nre 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.

.......

Firitish-type

houses, with high square chimneys and slanting gables, ve 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, Nazi troops and 'planes have swooped on the village in make-believe on-

by D. COMPTON-JAMES sinught, directed by their High Gom-

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

External conditions influence the is felt. extent to which fatigue When temperature and humidity get tired nre both hith, people more quickly. This beging as feeling of Inertness or sleepiness which can be resisted for a lime but which eventually passes into a and, condition of real fatigue, 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

By Abner Dean The Lighter Side

And don't come back until you're ready to apologize för all. those moan things you said about Clark Gable!".

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

Lack of the normal calcium in the nerves makes them excessively

stimull, good conductors of

and of enlelum deficiency when 11 occurs as a result of prolonged activity, small causes produce more pronounced effects than they would undet normal conditions. Hence tired people become touchy. Even although more calcium be into the body, it can only be trans- ferred to the nerves and muscles during sleep.

The People and

taken

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 bomb wrecked a house in the Midlands an elderly woman climbed to the top of tio debris and planted a Union Jack on the heap.

Marine officer, A Mercantile naked what sort of passage ho had had up Channel, replied: "Terriblel Those Nazi bombers were falling, all around us."

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

Zicard in a South-East town as the warning sounded: "I don't mind these ralds, but I wish to goodness they wouldn't come at lunch-time. It's Just thoughtless!"

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

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

A German airman, landing In n fleld, was captured by a womAB Armed and her 14-year-old son with his father's rifle. The German -covered by the rifle-then took ten with his captors.

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

A small Kentish boy, whose homa 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 beford took another rald with the greatest calm: Thoir

mand

Originally the village looked exact- ly like a sinoll English town, though fo-day most of it lies in ruins as o result of the rehearsals.

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

Tests of now weapons and experi- ments in new tactics are carried out there. It is also the setting for a super propaganda film entitled "Bat- le Squadron Luelzow," which is now being made.

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

roofs had been covered with tar- paulin; beneath i wireless munic went on cheerfully throughout the day.

An airman who shot down a Junkers 8-bis sixth success— Innded in a field and at once gol motorist to drive him to the wreckage. There,

villagers-in-

מ

cluding members of a wedding party who had heard the machine crash while they were in church

crowded around to cheer.

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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 carly,

A soldier and his bride took re- fuge in a public shelter after their Const marrlage at a south-east town and held on informal recep- tion there.

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

A placard in a publle building in one of the ralded suburbs of Lon- don used to read: "Don't worry. It may never happen. After a few raids, an official made a slight alterationThe placard now runs: "Don't worry-Hitler, has missed us Again."

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Aircraft workers in a South- Eastern town "keep in touch" when they take shelter. A running com- mentary on any air activities is broadcast to them from an ob- servation post.

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