The morning times., 1896-12-27
LONGEVITY MAY he FoRETOLD.
Physical Indications That BetOken
Person Fated TO a Long Life.
Nc,r York Sun.

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At the meeting of th.. Academy of Sci
ence discovering F. W. Warner spoke upon
the subject OF Rionetry." MIR. Warner be-
gan his discussion by explaining that he
subject was a science treating of the
measure OF life and the laws ana conditions
which govern its duration.
Every person. said he, carries about
win MN the pnysIrat indications OF ii
longevity. A lone-lived person ma : be dis
tinguished from Il short-iived person at
sight IN many instances physician may
look at the hands of patient and tell
whether lie will live or die.
In the vegetable : well as IN the animal
kingdom, each life tales its characteristics
from the life from which il sprang. Among
tlitAst lhftriteu characttft>ttSS We INA tilc
capacity for continuing It's life for given
length of time This capacity for living ~c
can the inherent potential longevity.
Under favorable condilions and environ
.ncnt the individual sEoald live out the 20
tential longevity. WITH unfavoraOlc con
ditions this longevity may be greatly de-
creased, Dut wiuu Il Iavors, L. et'NiIIniltcin
he longevity of the person, the family or
lie race NAV be inct eas"d
The speaker then spoke OF plant life, stat
| ing that trees which have long. thick trunks
Y 18th small limbs invariably have long lives.
animals with large bodies and short limits
have much greater longevity than those
With The opposite char racteristics- In
speaking of he human race. he said:
Each individual inherits potential
longevity and should live out this longevity
as uniformly as does the lower animal. AL
lowing for accidents and accidental dis
eases, the family records Will show that the
| family longevity is reached with a sur
prisiug accuracy. The primary conditions
| of longevity are that the heart, lungs and
| digestive organs, 5 well as 5he brain,
| should he large If these organs are large
| the trunk viii be long and the limbs CON-
| parativcly short. The person viii az
| pea tall in sitting and short in standing
| Tie hand viii have n long and somewhat
| heavy palm and short fingers. The brain
| viii he deeplys aatel as shown by the Drifice
! o.. the ear being low. The blue hazel or
| brown hazel eye, as showing an intermis-
| sion of temperament, is a favorable indica-
| ton. The nUstrils being Large, open and
| free, indicates large lungs A pinched and
| half-closed nustril indicates small or weak
| lungs,
an the case of persons who have short
| lived parcntage OH one side, and long live d
| Oh The other side, the question bC comes more
| involved, It's shownin grating and hybrid
| iZing that nature makes supreme effort
Ia pass the period OF the shorter longevity
| ard extend the life to the greater longevity.
| Any oife who understands tteS: weak and
| dangerous periods of life is forewarued and
| forearmed. 1t has been observed that the
| children OF loHg-lived parrnts mature much
| later. and are usually backward i'll their
| studies''
| AnitIstanCe was given of Il gentleman who
had indications OF great longevity. He was
| taken from his hotel i'll with yellow fever.
and removed to the hospital, where he was
| placed in ward withsiS other patients. In
few days the six were buried and he W as
discharge. He tad the Same type OF DIS
| ease and the same treatment. His longevity
carried him through In conclusion he
| said
| IF time is money, longevity is wealth A
| person WHO has great lhiItr.tcd longevity
| will outlve disease, an eujoy the most
| valued inheritance which parents can Give
| To tlIe.r children. "