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In the late 19th century, many saw physical energy as a finite resource that had to be carefully parceled out, not a power to be renewed through exercise.The fashionable malaise of neurasthenia was only one of the disorders thought to be caused by a depletion of energies.Overexertion could also cause tuberculosis, scoliosis, hernias, heart disease, and other maladies, doctors believed.
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A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.