The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-29
WILL YOU LIVE TO DE OLD ?
Some df the Signs of Longevity
Noted by Physicians and savants.

Souc df the Signs of Longevity
voted by Physicians and savants.
from the Medical Record.
Every pne is interested in the question
~ long life as applied to himself, and all
,acts beAring on it are noted with becom-
,rg feelings of self-congratulation or 9TH
.rwise 1t is the staying power that is in
sonand backed by an inherited and re-
ssrved vitality of resistance against the
rsuaI evils to which all flesh and other
DershAble things are subject.
The law of heredity, which our life insur-
,,oe companies understand so well, is at
ne bottom of all calculations as to wheth-
~ a narticular man or woman is wound up
Car seventy years or will run down at
twenty or forty years.
Aside from this testimony, there are GER
Tain physical qualities which have great
weight in determining the result of the
strupele against a conspiring environment
An oak has one confguration, and a cedar,
nine. or mullen stalk another. 1t is the
8 rroper recognition of such distinctions
4 mat aids physicians in their prognosis, and
perate chances.
At a recent meeting of the Academy of
Science Mr.. F. w. Warner, in speaking
q mon the subject of biometry, offered some
yerv interesting data, which are in the
d main true.
8 EVERY person." said he, ''carries about
with him the physical indications of his
iongevity A long-lived person may be
Ia. ,iel cd a ShOrtlIiVan
Al sight. In many instances a physi-
fian may look at the hand OF a patient and
ten whether he will live or die.
ON the vegetable as we'll as in the animal
kingdom, each life takes its characters
ties from the life from which it sprung.
81 Among these inherited characteristics we
and the ca pacity for continuing it's life for
given length of time. This capacity for
living we call the inherent of potential
longevity.
Under favorable conditions and environ
Tnent the individual should live out the
potential longevity. With unfavorable
conditions, this longevity may be greatly
decreased but with a favorable environ
ment the longevity of the person, the
family, or the race may be increased"
Herein are presented the two leading
considerations, always present and always
Observation-Disclosures inherited potentiality
and the reactionary influences of environ
ment.
1.-THE primary conditions of longevity"
he continues, "are that the heart, lungs,
and digestive organs as well as the brain,
should be large. If these organs are large
the trunk will be long and the limbs COM
paratively short. The person will appear
tall in sitting and short in standing The
hand will have a long and somewhat
heavy palm and short fingers. The brain
81 will be deeply seated as shown by the
81 oriice of the ear being low The blue
hazel or brown hazel eye, as showing an
intermissiOn of temperament, is a favora-
bic indica ton. The nostrils being large,
a open, and free indicates large lungs. A
81 pinched and half-closed nostril indicates
b small or weak lungs"
These are general points of distinction
from those of short-lived tendencies, but,
Of course, subject to the usual individual
exceptions. Still, it is well acknowledged
that the characteristics noted are express
sions Of inherent potentiality, which have
been proven on the basis of abundant sta
tistcal evidence.
Again he says truly:
In the case of persons who have short
lived parentage on one side and long-lived
on the other side, the question becomes
more involved. 1t is shown in grating
and hybridizing that nature makes a
supreme effort to pass the period of the
shorter longevity and extend the life to
the greater longevity. Any one who un-
derstands these weak and dangerous Pc
RODS Of life is forewarned and forearmed.
IL mas been observed that the children of
!ong-lived parents mature much later and
are usually backward in their studies"