St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-24
HOW TO LIVE LONG.
Eminent Physicians Point Out
the Way to Health and
Vigor.
The Moderate and Excessive
Use of Whisky, Tobacco
and Candy.
Every Man Ought to Love a
Woman to Enjoy
Life.
Longevity Is on the Increase
Every One Should Live
100 Years.
New York Letter.

NEW 1OTh LelteT.
Americans are told they live at the
pace that kills. SO they do, but they
live longer on the average than their
ancestors, and longevity is likely to be
still greater in future generations. While
on visit to New York recently, the
writer dropped in at the handsome Of
fee Of the famous surgeon, DR.. Lewis
A. Sayre, on Fifth avenue, and in q
long conversation the doctor explain eel
the reason for the extended term OF life.
1t is said the kindeSt-hearted physl-
clans are the best ones. There never
was kinder hearted man than DR. .Sayre.
Nor, perhaps, was there ever stronger
minded one. He is seventy years Old,
but age has not leftitS full impress on
him. He is known the world over by
his writings and his services in the cause
of humanity. He comes as near throw
ing phySic to the dogs as doctor well
could. He believes largely in hygienic
and rational treatment, and his reputa-
ton demonstrates that his theories are
correct in practice. He isa wonderfully
interesting and entertaining man III
conversation. He discusses things per-
tanning to his profession in a way that is
not only easily understood. but effect
I've. He said to the correspondent:
We Should Be Centenarians.
Everybody, under ordinary circum-
stances, ought to live to be 1O0years old.
AS it is, people live from eight to fifteen
years longer than their forefathers did.
They have learned how to eat ana
drink: how to keep their homes venti-
lated and their sewers drained, and how
to generally take better care OF them
selves. Still they do not live anything
like as long as they ought TO, because
they do not yet live as they ought to.
They have too much to do, too mucn to
think about, and too much care to bear.
Many are very much distressed as
Younger men to know how they are 60
ing to make sure of a living. BY and
by, when their reputation has grown.
they are driven to death with the work
forced upon them. If l had lived any,
where near right in the earlier part of
my professional career, believe my
life would have been prolonged beyond
a 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 laSSltude takes
the place of elasticity.
"Open CRATES are far preferable to
any other means of heating house, for
they help ventilation, which is an i'm
portant factor in the pr0longation OF
life. | never allow furnace to be
lighted in my house except when there
is danger of the water pipes freezing up.
One of the greatest dangers to human
life is
The Candy Shop,
which destroys the stomachs of chill
fren. Candy, in fact, does almost as
much to destroy the stomach as alcohol.
A child with its stomach full of candy
has no desire to eat bread ana butter
and drink milk. Children ought to be
sustained by nutritious food while they
are growing. Adults are likewise
harmed if they 60 about munching
candy. Sugar is necessary ingredient
of the body, but it should be taken in
proper quantities and at proper times,
and not Unfortunately. Tobacco is
decidedly injurious when used to eX-
cess, the same as liquor. A mild cigar
smoked after dinner, however, has a
soothing effect, and the smoker sus-
tains less injury from it than he would
from rushing off to work on full
stomach.
mo injury 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 sleep
ing will be clean, while the food in the
stomach of the other will be found un,
digested. The dog that has been hunt
Ing has expended all his energies in the
chase and his food has had no chance to
digest.
The Effect of Whisky.
''Whisky cannot be considered injuri
Gus under all circumstances. There are
times when it is useful, like castor Oil
calomel and quinine, but it is not bene
fetal when used as a beverage. | an
not certain that water is not as harmful
as whisky. Ice water, which people gen
orally gulp down in unlimited quaint
ties, paralyzes the nerves of the stom
ach, and is one of the greatest causes OF
dyspepsia in this country. People
should drink water at its natural tenn
perature. Boiling water drank an houl
or so before meals is valuable aid Il
digestion. The majority Of people ea
more than they ought, and they also ca
too fast. In eating it is not a question
how much person can devOur. but how
much he can digest. Some people are
better off ON two meals day than or
three.
Turning night into day-that Is
working at night and sleeping in the
daytime-dOeS not mean that the per
son who does it is doomed to an early
grave. Men who work nights may live
to a good old age. William Cullen Bry
ant was accustomed to workins
nights, and attained ripe ole
age. Still l consider that PEG
pie who work during the day an(
sleep during the night are better off
One thing is certain, person mus
have sleep at some time, whether it is a
night OF during the day.
The Amount of Sleep.
"The average person ought to hav,
eight hours sleep. When l was young
read that Napoleon only took four hours
sleep in tWenty-four. Thought that III
so that was all took. | found out TIN
error of that idea later. When per
sons system plays out no elixir of life i
going to rejuvenate him. About all tn
elixir of life amounted to was to lighter
the pockets of old men and fool then
into the belief that they coul'
be made young again. Nothing
in the way of medicine or in
Oculation will restore vitality
Roast beef, beefsteak, outdoor exercise
freedom from care and proper amour
of rest will do more to prolong life thai
anything else, The cure of hydro
phobia by the Pasteur method is prIet,t
well established, and the value of tn
TRANSMISSION of blood is demonstrate
beyond doubt. The TRANSMISSION Q
blood, however, will not save old me-
from the grave, but it will bridge owe
exhaustion in certain cases and enaDl
the patient to recover his strength
Under no circumstances, may repeat
can young man be made out OF an OIL
one.
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