A short time since intelligence was received from abroad that one of the most distinguished men of Great Britain had committed suicide, in consequence of insanity produced by overexertion of his mind.
There was nothing in his condition which appeared to give him the least anxiety, beyond the impossibility of controlling his thoughts when writing, and this he attributed directly to overexertion of his mental powers.
In 1880 he filed another application, in which he claimed that he was afflicted with an enlargement of the lungs and heart from overexertion at a review.
Overexertion or especially hard work continued for a long time may cause this muscle to become inflamed.
To this cause we must ascribe those cases which follow a hard day's work, in which at no time has there been overexertion or immoderate concussion.
Here also exhaustion is a conjunctive cause, for overexertion can not be long continued without exhaustion.
When caused by accident or overexertion the animal should be kept quiet.
Congestion of the lungs in the horse, when it exists as an independent affection, is generally caused by overexertion when the animal is not in a fit condition to undergo more than moderate exercise.
In suckling foals this condition may come from some disease of the dam that renders her milk indigestible, or from overexertion or overheating of the mare.
Not the wound in itself, but the greatoverexertion of that life and death ride--the heavy loss of blood, the bitter cold of the night.
