Re: Valium had many ancestors

[Guest guest]

This is a curious statement:

" In the 1800s in the U.S. and Europe, an apparent epidemic of neurasthenia, or

" weakness of the nerves, " was attributed by doctors to the stresses of

fast-paced, modern, urban living. (It was, after all, the era of the steam

engine.) "

[Guest guest]

Neurasthenia popped on the scene roughly the same time as CMT and MS - the

1800s.

What's going on here?

Is anyone here aware of any historical cases of CMT symptoms going back several

hundred years?

What part did 'urbanization' play in these nerve disorders, e.g., new toxins in

the environment?

This is really curious.