Litchfield enquirer., 1833-10-31

evenluRs, AeSl'c aushs the night sWoalsa and lke dkbilhaled dranse, compel him 70
 leave kis business. t9 Withdraw his slesiI
 tion frona the csses cpd tuFmOilg 9f the hu-
 sy would. aud lead him to think If the sad
 blow hs has given to his physical powers,
 and tle Rleasis hs must use iO restofe them
 te their original sareagih and harmony. < <
 Canse of L0MkesikNs a very ihseT-i eating pBPeV published by Dr.. Rush in his
 naedieal observations aud impurities. Wei
 have | desail ef' the dOctosss expetience la
 regard to thdse causes which tavHf tho spFO-' IDngaaion ofiile. ssst sss sss'ssss |. Dssesse Jsoa -l;ved Anesstorrs
 Df. Rush never Mleg with ! sinple instance of a person who, had lived iO be 80 yeags. old, whose ancestors had not been remarks, sbie fnr ibeir longevity Ia soAle inssalr css ,lle ieaeevity N,as Oss tho siiesof alie ffaahsss ethelst 0is slae sal iho. .sG,atlss liisk
 most generally it u,es scbn,tsA MtO b6sis fA-
 rents. The RnoWledge Of this fact may
 serve not only to assist in calculating bllai are termed the chances of life, but it tpbay
 be useful to the physician. He may learn
 from it to chetish the hopes Ofhis patients in chronic, and some acute diseases. in proportion tc the capacity oflife they hare derived from their ancestors. ~ <. .'n q 2. 1smpsraneeis Eating and E)TiRking. To, this Dr.. Rush found few exceptions.
 He met with one man who was 8i years old, who had been intemperate in eating l; and fonr or five persons Wh6shad beensin- temperate in tho use of ardent spirits.--
 They had all been day .laborers. and had
 not commenced drinking until they began
 10 feel the laAgu0r of old age. The D0c-
 tor was inclined to the opinion that teassad,
 cotfee, notwithstanding they evidently i'm
 pair the strengshsof the systesDs do not .masl
 terially affsetthe duration of human life!
 The duration Of life is not always shorien- ted bNNn infirm constitution, provided the
 saimGii which operate upod the several of-. f fgans ba pfoportionate to their excitabilitv, g! .9Me moderate ase ef the aaderstand- l sag.--It has been an essablished truth, that Rterary men, other ,cifcUNs being e. fqusl, aSe no 1oneer. Eyed than other people. but t Y not necessary remarks pr. Rush. that, the understanding should Unemployed ENpon philosophical subjects to ptodnce tlhis induence upon tige duration of life. Busi- ness, politics and religion, which arefthe ohiecig of attention common 10 men of all |sciasses. inarAFt n; activity 40 tliS suidd,
 vbleh sspds yeEy ussk 'e REodsss. healsh |. EQaaaimity cf fsmper. The violent and irregular aciioa Of the passions tends
 to wear sway the springs of life. Persona who live upon annuities in Europe, have lBeen observed 10 Dc. lnnger lived under equal circumstauce slIan any other people.
 This is probably owing to their being exs
 empted, by the certainty of their sabsist-
 cnce, from ti,osa fsarg of want, which %
 freqnently distract the minds and thereby
 weaken tho bodies of all persons who are subjected io ihem. Liie vents have been supposed to have the same influence in pro-
 longing life. Perhaps the desire of life. in
 order to enjoy as long as possible that prop-s erty which cannot be enjOyed . second iime by child or relation, may be another cause of the longevity of persons who live upon certain incomes. It is n fact, that the desire of life is very powerful stimulus in prOlonging 1t, especially when that desire lis Supported by hope. This is obvious to
 physicians every day, Despair of recoye-
 ry is the beginning ofdeath in'ail diseases. s. MGtr;mosy. -Iaahe course Ofhisin- quiries, Dr. Rush only met with one per son beyond the age Of 80 years, who had never been married. "t55t sss2s x 6. Esdsafary OecspatiOns. pr. RGsh' did not find sedensary occdpations 10 pre-
 vent long life, where these were not accom-
 panied by iniempersnce in eating and drinking. Tliis obscrvation is not cODfn- ed t0 literary mem nor t0 women oply, in
 whom longevity without much exercise of
 body has been 'lreqaenily observed. V The
 doctor met Wish an insianeegofa weaveryla
 second of | silysr-sniilh, and . ahird of . shoemaker. among the number of old per- sons, whose histOries suggested the foSego-f ing observations. ,,1l 'g''sss ,s1.t .9s N 2. |. Loss cf fks sessk. The early loss of
 the teeth did not appear to infect tho dnEa- s,ion of human life @ much ss might be ex-
 pected. Edward Drinker who lived 10 be
 lOS, lost his teeth thirty years before he di-
 cd, irom drawing the hot smoke oftobaccO
 into his mouth ihrongba short pipe. Nsi- ther did he observe baldness oF grey hairs
 occurring in early or middle lie to. .pressUt' old age. Inan aecouni furnished by Le Say-
 CT, mention is made Of man of 90. whose
 hairs began to assume . silver color when
 he yas only eleven years old. .s 5 -sse q n q 1l~-