The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-26
ART OF PROLONGlNG LIFE.
Possibility of Living Beyond the Allotted
Years Of Man,

Possibility of Living Beyond the Allotted
Years Of Man.
The possibility OF living 200 years In av-
eraRe good health seems to many a wild
sort of scientific dream. 30 did crossing
the Atlantic by steamship; so did convoy
ing intelligence by electricity; SO did the
many startling inventions OF these later
days. Every week we read Of people who
have lived to be 100 OF ITO years old: Let
us not be surprised at anything. We onn
not defy death. But We may, BY search
ing. ind secrets in nature and apply them
to the renewal of the o'gans whose decay 10
constantly going on in the body. Anat-
omicai experiment. and investigation show
that the chief characteristics Of old
age are deposits Of earthly matter OF
in tho human system. Carbonate and
phosphate of lime, mixed with
other salts of a cnlcarsous nature. have
been found to furnish the greater psst OF
these earthly deposits. As observation
shows. man begins in q gelatinous oondi-
ton; he ends in an osseous or bony one
soft in infancy. but hard in old ace. By
gradual change in the long space of wears
the ossiication comes on. but after middle
life ia passed u more marked development
OF the ossifc character tnkes place. OF
course these earthly deposits. which anect
all the physical organs, naturally inteTfsre
with their functions. Partial Justification
of tho heart produces the imperfect circula-
ton of tho blood, which affects the aged.
When the arteries are clogged with cal
carsous matter. there is interference with
the circulation upon which nutrition de-
pende. Without nutrition there ia no re-
pair Of the body. Hence In his work ''The
Physiology o, Common Life" G.. II. Loves
states TINT 'if the repair were always identi-
cal with the waste. life would only then BE-
e,minated by accident, never by old aga"
Seventy per cent of the human body 10
~wator-nearly three-fourths. Not a single
tissue Is there in which water 10 not found
"a an ingredient. Certain salts arc held In
solution by this vnter. portions OF which,
Notwithstanding tho large quantity elimi-
mated by the sectetions. become mora or
less deposits in the body. When these be-
come excessive and resist expulsion they
then cause the stiffness and dryhess OF old
age. Entire blocknee Of the functions Of
the body ia then a mere matter OF time. and
the refuse matter deposited by the blood
in its constant ynssaQo through tho sys-
tenn stops the delicate and exquisits ma
death. II has been proved by analysis
shat human blood contains compounds of
lime. magnesin and iron. In the blood
itsel: are thus contained the earth salts.
In early life they are thrown of. ago
has not power to do IL. Hence. az blood
is produced by assimilation Of ths food
we ont, to this foo We must look for the
earthly accumulation which In time block
up the system aud btinv on old age. II
is thus seen thAt In the necessary elements
of nutrition Turk tho enemies of life. for
food contains salts of q cnlcnrcous charac.
ter. Does IL then follow that man, by his
careful selection OF his daily food, may
prolong his life? In a measure, yes. Bath
Ing. pure air to 1.-Two md sleep in. exercise
and other means of preserving health. must
DO attended tn, OF course; but what We put
into our mouths to make our blood IL the
important msttor. either In retaining health
or p olonginR life. Almost everything vi
cat contains moe or less Of these elements
for destroying life. by m&ans of calcnrsous
salts deposited by the Acknowledging blood.
Careful selection. however, may enable ~
to avoid the worst of them.
Pa.adoxicnl as it may sound. certain
foods which we put into our mouths to pre-
servo our lives. help al tho spms time TO
hurry us TO the inevitable gate of the csms-
terry. Earth salts bound in the csrssls,
md bread itself. though seemingly the
most innocent OF edibles. greatly assists in
the deposition OF cAlcareous matter In our
bodies. heterogeneous food abounds In ths
element. Hence \ diet made mp OF fruit
principally is best for people advancing in
years. for the reason thut being deficient in
tho ossiic deposits so much 10 be
dreaded nre more likely to DO suspended. +,
Moderate sAtcrs have in all oaaeH = much
better chance of long life than those
addicted to exsessss Of the table Hence.