Evening star., 1896-12-05
INDICATIONS OF LONGEVITY.
Signs of Long Life Tint Can BE Read
and UnderstOod by Everybody.

From tie Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
At meeting of the Academy of Science
last evening +. W. Warner spoke upon the
subject of "Biometly." Mr.. Warner began
his discussion by explaining that the sub
ject was a science treating Of the measure
of life and the laws and conditions which
govern its duration.
Every person." said he. carries about
with him the physical indications Of hi.
longevity. A long-lived person may be dis
tinguished from a short-lired person at
sight. In many instances a physician may
look at the hand of patient and tell
whether he will live or die.
In the vegetable as well as in The ami
NAL kingdom each life takes its character
istics from the life from which it sprung.
Among these inherited characteristics We
find the capacity for continuing its life for
a given length of time. This capacity for
living we call the inherent or potential
longevity.
Under favorable conditions and environ
ment the individual should live out the po-
tential longevity. With unfavorable condi-
tions this longevity may be greatly de-
creased but with favorable environment
the longevity of the person, the family OF
the race may be increased.
The speaker then spoke of plant life, stat
ing that trees which have long, thick
trunks with small limbs invariably have
long lie. Animals with large bodies and
y
than those with the opposite characteris-
tics. In speaking Of the human race, he
said:
Each individual inherits a potential
longevity. and should live out this longey-
ity uniformly does the lower animal.
Allowing for accidents and accidental dis
eases the family records will show that the
family longevity is reached with a surpris-
ing accuracy.
'The primary conditions of longevity are
that the heart, lungs and digestive organs
as well as the brain, should be large IL
these organs are large the trunk will be
long and the limbs comparatively short.
The person will appear tail i'm sitting and
short in standing. The hand will have a
long and somewhat heavy palm and short
fingers. The brain will be deeply seated. as
shown by the orifice of the ear being low.
The blue hazel or brown hazel eve .s
showing an irtermisson of temperament
is favorable indication. The nostrils be-
ing large, open and free indicates large
lungs. A pinched and half-closed nostril
indicates small or weak lungs.
I'm the case of persons who have short
lived parentaSe on one side and long-lived
on the other side the question becomes
more involved. 1t is shown i'm grating and
hybrfdizing that nature makes supreme
. effort to pass the period of the shorter
longevity and extend theGife to the create r
longevity. Any one who understands these
weak and dangerous periods of life is fore
warned and forearmed. 1t has been OBJ
ents mature much later and are usually
backward i'm their studies"
An instance was given of a 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 with six other
patients In few days the six were buried
and he was discharged. He had the same
type of disease and the same treatment
His longevity carried him through In con-
clusion he said:
IF time is money, longevity is wealth.
person who has great inherited longevity
will outlive disease and enjoy the most
valued inheritance which parents can give
to their children