The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15
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GROWS HARD WITH AGE.
Now Man Turns From a Gelatinous Cond
ton to an Gaseous State

-" "Ah Aurns from q GelatinOus COndts
ton to an Osseous State.
Anatomical experiment and investi-
cation shows that the chief character
sstics OF old age are deposits of earthly
matter OF gelatinous and fibrinous
character in the human system. AS
observation shows, man begins in
gelatinous condition; he ends in an os-
seous or bony one-soft in infancy,
hard in old age. By gradual change
in the long space of years ossifcation
comes on; but. after middle life is
passed a more marked development of
the ossifc character takes place. Of
course these earthly deposits, which af-
feet all the physical organs, naturally
interfere with their functions. Partial
Ossification of the heart produces the
Imperfect circulation of the blood,
which affects the aged. When the arter-
les are clogged with calcareous matter
there is interference with the circu-
lation upon which nutrition depends.
Without nutrition there is no repair of
the body. Hence in his work: ''The
Physiology of Common Life" G. II.
Lewes states that .sIf the repair were
always identical with the waste life
would only then be terminated by ac-
rident, never by old age"
Seventy per cent. of the human body
Is water-nearly three-fourths. Not Il
single tissue is there in which water is
not found as an ingredient. Certain
salts are held in solution by this water,
portions of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ding
the large quantity eliminated by the
observation-disclosures more or less deposits
in the body. When these become eX-
cessive and resist expulsion they then
cause the stiffness and dryness of
old age. Entire blockage of the func-
ton of the body is then a mere matter
of time, and the refuse matter de-
posted by the blood, in its con-
slant passage through the system,
stops the delicate and exquisite ma
chinery which we call life. This is
death. 1t has been proved by analysis
that human blood contains compounds
of lime, magnesia and iron. In the
blood itself are thus contained the
earth salts. In early life they are
thrown off. Age has not power to do
it. Hence, as blood is produced by as
similation Of the food we eat, to this
food we must look for the earthly ac-
cumulations which in time block up
the system and bring on old age. 1t is
thus seen that in the necessary ele-
ments of nutrition Turk the enemies of
life, for food contains salts of cal
careous character. Does it then follow
that imam, by careful selection of his
daily food. may prolong his life? In a
measure, yes. Bathing, pure air to live
and sleep in, exercise and other means
of preserving health must be
attended to, of course; but what we
put into our mouths to make our blood
is the important matter either in re-
tanning health or prolonging life. Al
most everything we eat contains more
or less of these elements for destroying
life by means of calcareous salts de-
posted by the all nourishing blood.
Careful selection, however, may ena BILE
us to avoid the worst of them.
Paradoxical as it may sound, certain
foods which we put into our mouths to
preserve our lives help at the same
time to hurry us to the inevita BILE gate
of the cemetery. Earth salts abound
in the cereals, and bread itself, though
seemingly the most innocent of edi-
bles, greatly assists in the disposition
of calcareouS matter in our bodies.
heterogeneous food abounds in this
element. Hence diet made
up of fruit principally is
best for people advancing in years, for
the reason that being deficient in nj
trogren the ossific deposits SO much to
he dreaded are more likely to be sus-
pended Moderate eaters have in all
cases a much better chance of long life
than those addicted to excuses of the
table. Hence, to sum up: The most
rational modes of keeping physical de-
cav or deterioration at bay. and thus
retarding the approach of old age, are
avoiding all foods rich in the earth
salts, using much fruit, especially
juicy, uncoolled apples, and by taking
daily two or three tumblerfuls of dis
titled water with about ten or fifteen
drops of diluted phosphoric acid in each
glassful.-No American Review.
The ocean water north of Cape Cod
is much colder than the water south Of
il. for the cape seems to turn a branch
of the warm gulf stream out to sea,
leaving only the chilly Arctic current
to wash the Maine shore. A man who
went to a secluded spot. not far from
Bar Harbor. for a bath on a warm day
saws: "A couple of fellows played it
low down on me that time. They
seemed to have just come out of the
water and | asked them how it was
oh. it's bully said they, but there
are sharp rocks near shore, so you
want to jump well out, where it is
deep peeled off my clothes, took a
running jump and when in where it
was about ten feet deep. Whee-ew.
Irot out of there AS soon as i could. It
was Just one degree above freezing.
Gee-whiz. / never struck anything
like it. And there We're those two
buffers walking off and laughing as if
they would break in two No more
bathing for me up that way. Old
Conveys good enough"
Lively cid Man.
Ex-president Mcmahon .has cele:
srated his eiEhty-sixth birthday. re-
sewing kilograms of congra tulat ton on
che occasio from the king of Italy,
the Archduke Joseph and many CONT
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