Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-03
pROLOEGATIOH OF LIFE.
DR.. sAYRE THINKS MEN NAY LIVE TO
BE CENTEnARIANs.

DR.. SAYRE THINKS MEN MAY LIVE TO
BE CENTEHARIANs.
Pure Air and the. Enjoyment of Rest and
Freedom From Worry are
Essential.
9 Everybody, under ordinary circum-
stances, ought to live to be one hundred
years old" said DIR. Lewis A. Sayre, the
famous surgeon, to New York Herald re-
porter. GAS it is, people live from eight
to fifteen years longer than their fore
fathers did. They have learned how to
eat and drink; how to keep their homes
ventilated and their sewers drained, and
how to generally take better care of them
selves. Still, they do not live anything
ike as long as they ought to, because they
do not yet live as they ought to- They
have too much to do, too much to think
about and too much care to bear. Many
are very much distressed as younger men
to know how they are going to make sure
OF a living By and by, when their repu-
tation has grown, they are driven to death
with the work forced upon them.
IF | had lived anywhere near right in
the earlier part of my professional career
l believe my life would have been pro-
longed beyond century. / never used to
know what it was to be tired, hungry or
sleepy. When the decline begins the face
loses its color, the plump, vigorous look OF
the skin vanishes. and lassitude takes the
place of elasticity.
''Open CRATES are far preferable to any
other means of heating a house, for they
help ventilation, which is an important
factor in the prolongation of life. l never
allow a furnace to be lighted in my house
except when there is danger of the water
pipes freezing up. One of the greatest
dangers 10 human life is the candy shop,
which destroys the stomachs of children
TOBACCO, WHISKY AND NIGHT WORK.
Tobacco is decidedly injurious when
used to excess, the same as liquor. A mild
cigar, smoked after dinner, however, has a
soothing effect, and the smoker sustains
less injury from it than he would by rush.
ing off to work on full stomach No in
jury will result from sleeping after meal.
Old people are benefited by nap after
eating. Actors almost invariably take
supper before going to bed, and they are a
healthy set of men. Animals afford an
example. Feed two dogs and let one curl
up before the fire while the other is taken
out to hunt rabbits. Then, on the return
from the hunting expedition, kill both
dogs. The stomach of the one that has
been sleeping will be clean, while the
food in the stomach of the other will be
found undigested The dog that has been
hunting has expended all his energies in
the chase and the food has had no chance
to digest.
whisky cannot be considered injurious
under all circumstances. There are times
when it is useful, like castor oil, calomel
and quinine, but it is not beneficial when
| used as beverage. ! am not certain that
water is not as harmful as whisky. Ice
water, which people generally gulp down
in unlimited quantities, paralyzes the
nerves of the stomach, and is one Of the
greatest causes of dyspepsia in this coun-
try. People should drink water at its
natural temperature. Boiling water drunk
an hour or so before meals is valuable
aid to digestion in many instances. The
majority of people eat more than they
ought, and they also eat too fast. In eat
| ing, it is not question how much per.
son can devour, but how much he can di.
gest. Some people are better off on two
| meals day than on three.
Turning night into day-that is, work
ing at night and sleeping in the daytime
| does not mean that the person who does il
is doomed to an early grave. Men who
work nights may live to good old age.
William Cullen Bryant was accustomed to
work nights and attained ripe age. Still
/ consider that people who work during the
day and sleep during the night are better
| off. One thing is certain-a person must
have sleep at some time, whether it is at
night or during the day. The average
person ought to have eight hours sleep
| When was young read that Napoleon
only took four hours sleep in twenty.
four. l thought that no great man needed
more than four hours, so that was all !
took | found out the error of that idea
later.
SO<NoS-f M 4iO-S ANIL DRf<A-ios
THE great mortality from phthisis OF
consumption is due to the varying tenn.
perature and the foul air breathed. 1t is
contagious and healthy persons can con-
tract it. The sputum, or expectoration
becomes dry and is converted into powder,
which floats in the air and may be in.
hailed. The next ten years will show a
great diminution in deaths from phthisis
Consumption can be cured The way to
cure it is to put the patient in the noun
tains where the air is dry, and keep him
away from the doctor and apothecary
shop. He does not need medicine. There
is too much medicine used in many kinds
of disease. Certain specific are essential,
but they should be used with intelligence.
The great trouble comes from the nostrums
and advertising quacks.
Insanity, | should say, is increasing,
and the explanation is to be found in the
way in which we live Men rush to Sc
cure millions when they ought to be salts
fed with hundreds of thousands. They
likewise rush to spend their money, and
then worry to meet their financial engage
ments. Insanity may be caused by func-
tional disturbance or by an organic change.
In case OF an organic change, II is doubtful
if insanity is durable.
dreams do not indicate physical de-
feet, They indicate that the dreamer's
stomach is out of order, or that he is wor-
ried. Dreams often seem of long dura-
ton, but it must be remembered that
thoughts fly so fast that they cannot be
measured. They viii travel over pretty
much the entire universe in FIVE minutes,
II a person keeps his mouth shut he will
not snore. If he cannot keep it shut any
other way, he ought to tie bandage I'M
der his chin and over his head. The nose
is the proper thing to breathe through
But snoring will not do any harm.
GOOD HEARTY LAUGH
A person who appreciates humor and