Neurasthenia

(nu-ras-the’-ne-a). Nervous exhaustion. No cases are more trying to a nurse than those where the nerves are disordered. The patient is weak and fanciful, and needs to be treated with sympathy, yet with firmne ; the nurse must be cheerful but quiet, patient and forbearing, yet strict in carrying out the doctor’s orders. The treatment is sure to include careful dieting, ma age, complete rest and probably isolation.