Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-17
Feminine Longevity.

we always thought IL would come
10 this! 1t Is not enough that we
should yield TO lovely woman mo.
nopoiy OF all the wisdom and virtue
III the world: but now we are called
upon 10 confess our physical infcri.
ority to her from n iifc-ius,irurcc
point Of view. a noted beau was II,
lie habit of asseriin. that women
were much "morc robns,uous thai,
men," and his opinion is corroborai.
cd in scientific article on feminine
longevity, tcccntly Published bv DR..
Joiin Stockton liougli, in Tie "Nedi.
cal Record" Painful rs the subicc,
must necessarily 6e 10 sous-in-law. il
is OF satisfied interest TO learn that
lenaci'y Of life is not peculiar 10
maiden aunts from whom lesac;cs are
expected. but that il extends 20 all the
ramiiications Of the female sex. We
nave not space TO follow out all DR..
iiou2is observations and arguments,
ana for his own sake we f,rbcar TO
dwell upon his theory that the great
cr fnunhness OF tIic female is due to
her being less highly dcyc!opcJ than
the male: but his ecnc usioI,, {py tiic',
are strongly fortified by-f;y..rrs IN AZ
be thus epitoinizcd:
The first general proposition clic-
lttu Is that 'woIncu are lop~rr-,iycd
III cities than in the country, while
men are l"ngcr-livri in the country
than In the city, whereat our ari-
thor's surprise will no. be shared by
our nia:rlci readers, WHO know how
many women refuse to live in the
country undcr any circumstances ::
nor VIII any benedict need to he told
WAY it is that in matrinlouy the wife
usually oui!ives the husband. Butto
descend to particulars, we learn that
.hc mortality from Zymutic diseases
- ahnHt : per cent. greater in males
'ilaiI lii icina'es; sudden deaths carry
Oh bat NJ" women to thirty-ni.lc
insn; more than four times as many
incn as women fall by murder o. sui
eide: seventeen times US many die
from the effect Of wounds: apnplcxv
kiis5 three men to two wD,ncu. and
"oUt three to one: heart diseases
snow Il fatal cEccs. OF 5.4 Icr cent. III
Tie miie sex: affections of the brain
fc,!iov thirteen men to four women.
albert The latter are somewhat more
prone 10 !nsanity. Srrotula counts u
masculine excess Of 20 per cent, par
alF>!> II per cent, an'. inilarinlatorv
ct'eSt diseases more than - per cent.
10 ba!ance all these there are periods
III Wo!nan's lie when she i more
susceptible than man TO pulmonary
cbnstlnp p:lon:---Lut--< <-~r---rr5rslCnt
p?idc at iiils circumstance i dashed
BY the i'ir;lIc Information that her
susceptibility is greater after she has
passed the "cc o! 81 years, Ia brief.
iccorGiri" TO DR.. iiougli. woman is
less apt than man either to i,.hc-l. or
10 acquire inertia! maladics. :nd not
the least Of the wrongs to which She
is Subjected by tyrannous man is that
OF being rated mt higher iifc-assu--
ah,c premium as an extra hazard ous
FISK. But another EOiLs ca: .oh.r
Il E"rc OF better things il the far f,:-
t"r2 i'll avcwing his belief that. III
'hc >cX@s were created separately, the
woman Gcvcioped. evolved, or c.:ca.
'ct iirst, the man, by Il slower, more
tedious process OF evolution, WAS a
secondary or higher d"vcloprru,
from tie female. ii III Lr
:n''; tie secondary creation. i, the
first 10 exhibit decline OF. drgcucra-
tIo;.. and woman will consequently
survive him il the process of linai e.
tluction of tho race Let Miss
Anthony amtt her colleagues therefore
take heart III the anticipation OF that
latter day wien dryencratcd man
shall have withcrcd from the face of
| !.c earth. and she alrl her surviving
sisters shall have full sway, with none
bur themselves 10 .Gispu'c rights. |
Aad meantime. while awaitiE. the !
mazorian millennium, We bcsc"ch !
ii iiic cons" .cu>nCSS of their suprri- /
" 'r"bu>iiGu>nrss' TO remember the +
r"gi!ify of short-!ivcd nan, and TO I
'rii more trndcrly with him tie !
'rirt span O.. his feeble existence !
.no'g tiicin.-[N. y. World.