![]() It is a general tendency of consciousness to ‘spread the attention too thinly’ and, like an over-excited child with too many toys on Christmas Day, the result is nervous exhaustion.” It would not be inaccurate to say that all human beings live in a state of ‘vigilance’ and anxiety that is far above the level they actually need for vital efficiency. The point to observe here is that although hypertension may not be necessary, it is as widespread as the common cold. It is the result of ignorance, of bad management of our vital economy. However, it is not a necessary and inescapable price. Hypertension is the price we pay for the symphonies of Beethoven, the novels of Balzac, the advances in medical knowledge that prevent children dying of smallpox. ![]() And if the inhabitants of some Amazon village are ‘closer to nature’ than New Yorkers, this is usually at the cost of dirt and ignorance and inconvenience. The farm labourer going to work is as likely to ignore his surroundings as the harassed car salesman. It is a disease of consciousness-that is, of being human. ![]() “Now, although hypertension is accentuated by modern civilisation, it is not specifically a disease of civilisation. ![]()
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