The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-06
nov 70 LIVE 800 YEARS.
. scIEyTIsT SAYS HE HAS SOLVED
THE PROBLEM
~. Coming Man VIII he Mueh
LANCER Lived Than the Present
Ce,eration md VIII Get More
r.,eyment Out of THIS Existe nee.

M ". Knnear. London scientist.
s..s. 10 have discovered how cid age
q. be greatly postponed by abstinence
S-aa certain foods. Cd age. he says. IL
. era, extent due 20 the deposits IN
es,r systems of earthly matter. principal
;. esrponate and phosphate of line. mixed
.S.s other salts. Taey pass from the
s.rach sato the blood. Ia early life they
ara found 10 NJ thrown OF by The sys-
80. In later years they are not.
Tne anatoEn.sts ali agree that man be-
ssrs in sesa nous condition and ends IN
rory one. An infants skull Is soft like
rsaber. whiie an aged person's bones are
"a brittle that they VIII not knit when
brsSeu This, according 10 DIR. k.nnear, Is
ssmost entirely the result OF Diet. or
oggrss We have heard tina; water con-
,1sn!ng lime makes the boutE develop un-
usuaI,y Not only. the bones but. accord
isg to his new theory, all OF the organs Of
ne body become hardened as old age
ereeps on. The heart becomes partially
ossslsd and imperfect circulation results.
The arteries D. come cloggea and the body
s,i~poarsaed We have seen ossitied men
in side shows and museums. Are we now
70 believe that old age is condition APP
rroach.ng this?
And this II how old age can be pos posied
TIE foods which particularly contain the
dangerous salts mentioned are found on
anaiyss 20 be the cereals and those which
pn,aia nitrogen. IL you wish TO prolong
yogr youth. therefore. after m.dd.e life
according 20 the savant. you should alb
stair from bread. beef and Old mutton,
amongst numerous other things r,iess
three however, are selected by the doc or
q the most dangerous Of ordinary items
Q, Diet. And here is the diet Tor pro-
.onged youth
Ear an abundance OF fruit II Is def
c!sni in n.trog n. Raw, juicy apples are
especially recommended. For other meats
substitute fish, poultry. young mutton and
veal. They contain very little OF the dam
geroug saIss. Eat moderately OF every
thing Drink daily two or three glasses
Of distilled water. containing ten or fif-
teen drops OF diluted phosphoric acid in
each THIS acid. says the doctor. is one
az the meet powerful. influences known 10
science for shielding tie system from old
age. All drinking water used after mid
Ter contains deposits which aid IN the par
tai os!eAtoD OF the body. This recipe
should be more strictly adhered to as age
commences 10 mar beauty. In youth IL is
not necessary 10 be 30 stric. as toward
miidie life.
Th.s may sound very visionary. yet il is
10; al variance with opinions of some OF
TIE wksst aaatomsts and chemists DR.
A. Dechambre. the noted French anato-
cnisi, has shown that the vital processes
when Indicate the ag1 ng OF an animal ex-
hibt Their intsns.ties especially in the
heads Of the bones. In infancy the latter
are carillage, which gradually and uni-
sornly hardens into bone. According 10
his estimate, this hardening under natural
cSaiaoDs shouio moi De 10 complete as
70 cause death until between the s0th and
loIh year. In other words. he finds that
eeath h result OF ossiticat.on.
Dr. Baradac. who lately created a sem
ta;!on by his revelations before the Con-
gress Of Psychology a, Munich, claims
COW 20 have devised a delicate instrument
known as the "blometer," for measuring
he intensity OF the vital force in man.
Ta.s intensity is ella med TO have proper
Tomato effects in attracting or repe ling
aelcateiy poised needle 10 many degrees
Continued youth. OF course. depends upon
the keeping OF this force at It's maximum
after middle age. When q man Is in per-
feet health the vital current plays through
his system from right 10 left. according 10
the hinmetcr. The right hand then will
tiFac, the needle IL degrees. because the
current is entering and the needle strives
70 follow the force, The left hand VIII re-
btl II. because the force Is leaving that
extremity. Loss OF vitality is supposed to
Be shown by both hands repel,ng tho
needle. During sleep. however both hands
st,Esct II. A reversal OF the current OF it's
ssn accord is hooked upon az sure har-
hhger OF trouble. According 20 the doctor
an instrument which will then reverse Il
sgan viii greatly prolong life He has
Invented device which he claims viii
90 .he work Of renewing youth more eff
fsvtiHely than any other instrument yet
Invented. AS soon IS the biometer regis
'eFs great loss OF vitality the subject =
shut In cell in which are arranged cleo
rc Lights of great intensity and other
mysterious luminous bath for five min
liss ne regains his maxim am OF vIgor. and
nus has his yonthfui vi,aats restored
willie he waits. The hiometer Afterwards
Indicated that the vital current had been
reversed and is working overtime
The writer day or two ago talked over
mes, sras,.I matters win DR.. Elmer Gates the
progressive inventor and exper!menter.
1T Is my belief" sad Or. Gates. that
man should be able 10 do as well as many
asnta!s do-live eight or nsne times a.
long as the period before maturity. Man
natures at about q or IS Nine times This
To9id he ~ least 10 years But l have
cher reasons than tbs analogy for hel!ev-
ag IN the prolongation OF human life. In
ase lrSt place parents of ideal health
pave seldom taken special precautions to
oesei children. Selective proposition.
Saeh has produced such wonderful re-
sas In the whole range OF animal and
Vegetable culture. could be- applied TO The
hanan race. II Is very easy by seiec,ive
fs"pagaiion 10 lengthen the life period
o. svwer forms Of animal and vegetable
efeataFea In fact. l have succeeded in
;rebi.ng she length Of life OF several lower
terms 81 organisms. and the same princi-
pes VII apply 10 higher forms. When Il
remembered that the human race has
aN yet produced a single child the result
y uae fuile'g scientific parental prepare
.Nn. X " ii not be wondered a. that life
- snort If for five or six generations
PARENTAL preparauon were mad. tins aver
axe period 81 lie OF the descendants
would probably he ahont double that OF
Nr present average period
AGAIN the early per DDS OF life have
~ icii almost entirely 10 chance, Bur
HUE i5ovsht has been given 10 proper
go 10 proper exercsre, 10 proper nutri-
.ea aeHS the Superior lines opened by
.'.ent discoveries. Fan tl1egmcrs. health ia
- Ho>S9ie iu d p. rson who has either un-
CT over developed any part OF his
Ss.-t- TIE systems 81 education In vogue
~a.e most l4rSe.y developed Che or TWO
= tAree groups ~ brain structures almost
~ ne entire exclusion OF the ataei groups
sae tins wi. sctne day come when the
SA!i MI L ven sn all-rouD1 brain de-
t-opHfnr. Ne may shsn expec1' much
".s2ef as5 81 ard l1nEer ufe. The oaIy
es+H g TIE envsrounpntai conditions which
a2~ s3late q thas Of heat. For that
s~Fpese ~ aaYe stoves in our houses ard
80 N4otheS up0n eur bodies. There are
~se eF SIX .t1r enylT0nms Il al conditions
- e&aa. tf0E or fau ce which humanity hRs
- tei at'eiuasst - regulate. When this
9onT, iorst~ Nge Viii be the result.
= ~. ati ut-'rH. y" are entering upon n
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