Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-25

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Longer Lived Than the Present
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Enjoyment Out of This Exist.
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Globe Democrat.
DIR. W. Kennedy, n London scientist
claims to have discovered how old age
can be greatly postponed by abstin
cnce from cettain foods. Old age, he
says, Is to great extent due to the
deposits in our systems of earthly mat
ter, principally carbonate and phos
phate OF lime, mixed with other salts.
They pass from the stomach into the
blood. In early life they are found to
be thrown off by the system. In later
years they are not.
The anatomists all agree that man
begins in gelatinous condition and
ends in bony one. An infants skull
is soft like rubber, while an aged per-
sons bones are so brittle that thev
will not knit when broken. This,
according to DR.. Kinnear, is almost en-
tlrely the result OF diet OF course we
have heard that water containing lime
makes the bones develop unusually.
Not only the bones but, according
to this new theory, all OF the
organs of the body become hardened
as old age creeps on. The heart be-
comes partially ossified and imperfect
circulation results. The arteries be-
come clogged and the body ill-nour-
ished. We have seen ossifed men in
side-shows and museums. Are we now
to believe that old age is a condition
approaching this?
And this is how old age can be post
poned. The foods which particularly
contain the dangerous salts mentioned
are found on analysis to be the cereals
and those which contain nitrogen. If
you wish to prolong your youth, there
fore, after middle life, according to the
savant, you should abstain from bread,
beef and old mutton, amongst numer-
Gus other things. These three, how
ever, are selected by the doctor as the
most dangerous of ordinary items of
diet. And here is the diet for pro-
longed youth:
Eat an abundance of fruit. 1t is de-
ficient in nitrogen. Raw. juicy ap-
pies are especially recommended. For
other meats substitute fish, poultry,
young mutton and veal. They con-
tain very little of the dangerous salts.
Eat moderately of everything. Drink
daily two or three glasses of distilled
water, containing ten or fifteen drops
of phosphoric acid in each. This acid,
says the doctor, is one OF the most
powerful influences known to science
for shielding the system from old age.
All drinking water used after middle
life should be distilled. Ordinary wa.
ter containg deposits which aid in the
partial ossification of the body. This
recipe should be more strictly adhered
to as age commences to mar beauty.
In youth it is not necessary to be SO
strict as toward middle life.
This may sonnd very visionary, yet
it is not at variance with opinions of
some of the wisest anatomists and
chemists. DR.. A. Dechambre, the
noted French anatomist, has shown
that the vital processes which indi.
cate the aging of an animal exhibit
their intensities especially in the
heads of the bones. In infancy the
latter are cartilege, which gradually
and uniformly hardens into bone. Ac-
cording to his estimate, this hardening
under natural conditions should not
be so complete as to cause death un-
til between the Goth and Tooth year.
In other words, he finds that death is
a result of Ossitication.
DIR. Baradue, who lately created a
sensation by his revelations before
the Congress of Psychology at Num-
ich, claims now to have devised deli
cate instrument known as the blom-
eter," for measuring the intensity OF
the vital force in man. This intensity
is claimed to have proportionate ef-
fects in attracting or repelling deli
cately poised needle so many degrees.
Continued youth, of course, depends
upon the keeping of this force at its
maximum after middle age. When a
man is in perfect health the vital cur
rent plays through his system from
right to left, according to the blometer.
The right hand then will attract the
needle IL degrees, because the cur
rent is entering and the needle strives
to follow the force. The left hand
will repel it, because the force is leav-
ing that extremity. Loss of vitality
is supposed to be shown by both hands
repelling the needle. During sleep,
however, both hands attract it. A re-
versal OF the current of its own accord
is looked upon as sure harbinger OF
trouble. According to the doctor an
instrument which will then reverse it
again will greatly prolong life. He
has invented a device which he claims
will do the work of renewing youth
more effectively than any other instru-
ment yet invented. AS soon as the
blometer registers great loss OF vi