Excerpt from Nervousness: Its Causes, Treatment, and Prevention Further, as Doctor Emerson makes clear, there is reason for affirmlng that every functional nervous symptom at bottom results from, and is a manifestation of, disturbing ideas consciously or subcon sciously held by the sufferer. On this basis, physical therapeutic measures can at best serve only as secondary aids. When a lasting cure is sought there must be a mental readjustment. The patient needs to be enlightened as to the psychic aspect Of his symptoms, their psychic cause itself has to be overcome, and training must then follow to msure healthful thinking in general. Literally, the patient's mind has to be changed before he can be certam of remaining nervously well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.