Work-Cure

It may be stated without fear of contradiction that suitable occupation of hand and mind is a very potent factor in the maintenance of physical, mental and moral health in the individual and in the community. Conversely, it has been recognized, though not too well emphasized, that the right kind of work, properly carried on, may be a valuable remedy in certain functional nervous diseases when unsuitable occupation has been the rule, when suitable occupation has been misused or when idleness, either from choice or necessity, has been the habit. The normalizing effect of suitable manual work or even of well-chosen intellectual work on the neurasthenic or psychasthenic who has been idle or overworked and who has been for years the prey of mental and nervous complications, has only to be seen to be profoundly appreciated. In these cases in which the tired mind tortures itself with doubts and fears