The Saint Paul globe., 1898-10-30

duced such wonderful results in the
whole range Of animal and vegetable
culture, could be applied to the human
race. 1t Is very easy by selective prop
agation to lengthen the life period Of
lower forms Of animal and vegetable
in trebling the length of life of several
lower forms of organisms, and the
same principles will apply to higher
forms. When it is remembered that
the human race has probably not yet
produced a single child the result of
fullest scientific parental preparation,
it will not be wondered at that life is
SO short. If for five or six generations
parental preparation was made, the
average period Of life of the descend
ants would probably be about double
that of the present average period.
Again, the early periods Of life have
been left almost entirely to chance.
But little thought has been given to
proper dress, to. proper exercise to
proper nutrition along the superior
lines opened by recent discoveries. Fur
thermore, health is not possible in q
person who has either under or over
developed any part Of his brain. The
systems of education in vogue have
most largely developed one or two or
three groups of brain structures, al
most to the entire exclusion of other
groups. The time will some day come
when the child will be given an all
round brain development. We may
then expect much higher health and
longer life. The only one of the en-
vironmental conditions which we now
regulate is that Of heat. For that pur-
pose we have stoves in our houses and
wear clothes upon our bodies. There
are five or six other environmental con-
ditions Of equal Importance which hu-
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late. When this is done, longer life
will be the result.
Furthermore, we are entering upon
an era Of food-improvement I have
found that by a process Of seiectiVe
propagation and by method of train
ing the psychologist functions of the
cells Of plants that any of the desirable
chemical components Of a cereal, fruit
or vegetable can be regularly augment
ed from to per cent In amount each
plant generation and the undesirable
chemical constituents eliminated at
about the same rate. The time. there
fore, is not far distant when foods will
be obtafnable capable. Of more COM
pletely nourishing the body and more
fully supplying mental energy. This
will prolong life.
Il have still another reason. Medi.
| cine has not been scientific The time
is not far distant when q more scien-
| tif1c mode Of curing disease will be In
common use. 1 have lately demon
strated that by psychologist measure,
ments the approach of chronic dis
ease can be detected a few years be-
| fore the patient has the first conscious
| symptoms. This inaugurated a scien,
| tific preventive medicine and hygiene.
Indeed, / see no reason why the
health Of man cannot be prolonged
even beyond the 200th year. A few in
stances have been recorded where peo-
| pie have attained an age beyond a cen,
tury. If these had intermarried and
had applied the suggestions I have
herein made, there is no doubt but that
their progeny would have lived to q
greater age, and so on, until race
would be produced capable Of living
perhaps 300 years. 1t is all q matter
Of cell-functioning-tha is, Of mind
functioning-as to whether man shall
live long or not"