Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-01
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condition he is a country dweller. and
dospises the town.
I'm contradistinction 10 the Teuton, let
,,s consider the Jew, and we speak 10"
of the masses. Physically he Is poorly
developed. Centuries Of oppression haIe
STAMPED out his physical vgor, II not MS
.,.itaIitv The European Jew is understood,
md markedly 50. His mental Nlgor, now
ever is unimpaired, and probably on lhe
whole is superior TO his nelghDoI s. nc i
q city dWeller and betrays an inherent
dislike for hard manual labor or TOT phy-
steal exercise or cXertion III any IVIn''
He is aVerse 10 Out-ot-door sport nc
-I,orers "a live by his brain rather than
bv his muscle. His chest capacity Is nm
ited and he possesses many other Tea
times of physical degeneracy. In 1act.
his pbNsiCal makeup is what one Wouiu
expect 10 find I'm short-lived man. Ana
here IS a surprising feature. Possesslhs
so few of the elements 50 LONG considered
as necessary to longevity, the Jew Is pro-
bablv the longest lived of any race OF
reopie now I'm existence. His tenacity OF
life is remarkable.
In spite of the social conditions when
surround the mass of the Hebrew popu-
lation the world over, and especially h
the large cities of America, where they
form a large percentage or the popuid-
ton. the death rate among the jewish
inhabitants is but little over halt OF that
of the average American population. Pro-
lessor William T. Ripley, in his papers on
the racial geography of Europe IN the
poDlllar Science Monthly, discusses inns
question very ably and very fully. lie
states that if two groups Of 100 infants
each one Jewish and one OF average
American parentagc, o. born upon lhe
same dav ono-hals The Americans VIII
die within fOrty-seven years, while the
first half of the Jews will not succumD
10 disease before the expiration OF seven
ty-one years.
According to Iombroso, Of 1000 Jews
born 2l7 die before the age OF Z years
while ass Christians, more than twice as
many are likely to die within the same
period. The immunity Of the jew
ism population from accident on &C
count of their indoor occupation
viii account for some or the
discrepancy. but on this very account
they should be more liable TO epidemic and
other disease This is not wholly true
however They show an abnormally small
uroportions of deaths from consumption
and pneumonia. which are responsible loi
the LARGEST proportion OF deaths ahlohs
mo American population Professor Rip
wei as from some other diseases, 10 the
excellent system Of meat Inspection pre-
ecribed by the Mosaic law HOFFMAN say 5
that i'm London as much as one-thlrd Oh
the meats offered for sale are rejected as
unfit for consumption by the Jews FRO
bably the temperate habits for which the
Jews. as a race, are noted, VIII account
ia some extent for their Longevity
The jew is temperate in almost all that
he does. in Oh that he eats. and IN an
mat he drinks. He is seldom addicted TO
the Incorporate use Of alcoholic liquors.
lie abstains from certain varieties OF
meat and those OF the richer and more
heating kinds SO that his frugal net
his temperate use Of liquors, his aostin-
! ence from certain foods which are IN
wholesome. account FOR his remarkable
freedom from Brights disease ana dis
I eases OF the liver. which are largely dis
/ eases Of incompetence. To sum up, Inc
Jew I'm spite OF his physical condition
Z and his social surroundings, ard by rea-
! son of his temperance and s2briety, ms
/ frueality and his freedom from accident
cortrives. ON the average TO live nearly
rNic. as long as his more careless ana
imurudent neighbors.