Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-10
CHEATING L AGE.
physicians Trying to Check the E,uss
Eess EEassss Ezfe-GaEsop.
Manr nhrsicians il New Y

New 1GER Lour.
Many physicians in New York are de.
soting Themselves TO the task of pro.
longing the lives Of persons who are
not Ill, yet have begun to wear away
too rapidly auoEg the practitioners
who study the subject carefully, there
seems to be but little difference of
method. Their first and hardest work
is to convince THEN patients that it is
dangerous to i've "fast"-a word which
has q special signifi anc which makes
it absolutely insulting to many emin-
emily respet table transgressors of the
laws of health. st seems impossi-
bic to persuade o merchant who does
I more work in one hour tran Lis best
clerk can do in t.,Iee. that he IS guilty
OF fast living and aiss patton, ever if be
never drinks q drop ana refrains from
! al improper plea ufss.
mhe LAWYER or broker who accom-
p~lisllesSonders IN tie morning, but
feels q of "goneness" early in the
afternoon, cannot lie made to believe
that part Of Ii N IS literally gone" and
that if he urges himself beyond that
point, without first taking a little rest
he expends vitality with irightful rapid
ity. Ladies who, between household
cares, rel gious duties and social re-
sponsibilities, are steadily active from
5 IN the morning until midnight, some
times wonder why they lose the fresh
hess OF youth, wliiezome of their sex,
whom they ovcasionally see, but would
not for words speak to, preserve face
and figure in sD tie o. Ives of which
the less said the better.
But when these, as we'll as less inno-
cent classes, are convinced that they are
living too rapidly, able physicians begin
to arrest the advance Of age by GIN
rest. No practitioner of high standing
now prescribes stimulants to any per-
sons not really Ill, e epting those WAC
ale absolutely compelled to more ex.
crtion than IS gool FOR them. Short
periods OF relaxation throughout the
day are always found beneficial;
business men have been greatly helped
by dropping upon a lounge for five min.
utes in every hour or two; they may not
can not-stop thinking, but thers
seems great relief N merely assum ne a
%recumbent position for a little while.
During the recent civil war a general
whose men were noted for coming out
OF a hard march IN L fighting condi-
ton, attributed his success to his I'M
perative order that lis men should lie
down whenever q halt was ordered.
Regular and full hours for sleep are
also insisted upon, and until thepatient
endea ors to adhere closely to this rule
he does not begin to compre bend how
natures great rest ratiye is diminished
in quantity by the demands OF business
and society in q great city. One ortwo
half-nights OF sleep per week do not
seem to mar the health of young PEG.
pie, hut any per on who has reached
the age of 30 is weakened 10y such pri-
vations, and few Of them Who have ac-
tive nerves a ever make good the
loss.
High living" is remorselessly ia.
booed-not only the custom Ct drinking
a great deal OF wine at dinner, but that
OF eating concentrated food, with st.m.
ulating condiments and sauces Muck
meat and little vegetables is the rule
with active people III large cities. it is
the result OF @ phys.cal craving, born OF
rapid waste OF physical tissue, for slim
uLation. \ hard-woEAing farmer, who
IS III the open ar all day, would not,
because he could not, eat as much meat
as q slightly-built basine S man will
consume daily in New York, and he
would become e1citab.e almost to mad
ness were he to partake as sparingly of
bread and vegetables. Good physicians
place no restriction on the quantity Of
food for a city man or woman of active
habits, but they urge that the propor-
ton OF meas aad pastries to vegetables
be lessened.
The free use of fruit and milk is
strongly advocated, to correct the bad
effects OF ~over-eatlng and of stimulating
food. Fruit juices are believed to &C.
ceIerate the natural and healthful &C.
ton Of the alimentary canal, to prevent
the retention Of Wasted tissue, and to
maintain at its normal condition the
persplratory system, one of the most
important and least remembered por-
tons OF the physical machinery. While
not delaying or diminishing nutrition in
any way, fruit, if used in sufficient guam
tity, is known to lower the temperature
of the blood that is o~verheated by lib
eral feeding, combined with lack OF ex-
ercise. New York has plenty of melons
and peaches during the summer months:
but in eight ofthe twelve months Of the
year fruit is regarded as a luxury rather
than a necessity. A physician with a
large practice in a fashionable district
in New York said recently that careful
inquiry failed to di cover that any one
Of his patients v bought apples, eS-
cept for special treatment in the
kitchen, although the apple is the most
abundant, cheap and ever-present OF
the fruits which are peculiarly bene-
Gcial as food.