The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1900-12-01
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JEWS LoNo-LrvEp.
Indoor Occupations and Tempesats Lives
/ Favor tho Race.

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Favor tho Race.
From time immemorial physical ylg-
or has been considered sine qua non
to longevity. The races that dist.n-
guished themselves In the history Of
the world for their aggresaiveness,
their physical prowess and valor have
in the main been people Injured to hard
manual labor. out-of-dooR exercise
and active modes of living. The
Greeks OF old were as assiduous' in
their devotion TO their sports and
games as the Englishman OF today is
to his national pastimes Of cricket and
racing or the German 10 his fencing.
The Teuton of the nineteenth century
In physical development surpasses all
other races and rules the world. He Is
on the whole a long-lived race. He
works with his hands, with his body,
with his legs. and with his brain; in
fact, he works altogether. He Is not
apt to stunt one portion Of his physi-
cal makeup to aid in developing an
other portion. In his normal condi-
ton he is q country dweller and des-
pises the town. In Standardization
to the Teuton. let US consider the Jew,
and we speak now of the masses.
Physically, he Is poorly developed,
says a writer in the Family Doctor.
Centuries of oppression have stamped
out his physical vigor, IL not his Vi
tally. The European Jew Is under
sized and markedly so. His mental
vigor, however. is unimpaired and
probably on the whole 10 superior to
his neighbours. He is . city dwslles
and bstrays an Ahersnt dislike for
hard manual labor or for physical ex-
ercise or exertion in Day form. He Ia
averss to out-of-door sport. He pre-
fers to live by his brain rather than by
his muscle. His chest capacity IL lin
tied and he possesses many ether fsa-
lures Of physical degsneracy. In fact.
his physical makeup 10 what one
would expect 10 fad In q shogt-lived
man. And here Is surprising fea-
ture. Possessing 30 few of the ele-
ments 90 long considered as necessary
to longevity. the Jew 10 probably the
longest Lived Of any race Of people now
In existence. His tenacity OF life Ia
remarkable. In spite Of the social CON
ditions which surround the mass Of
the Hebrew population the world over
and especially In the large cities Of
America, where they form large per-
centags Of the population, the death
rate among the Jewish Inhabitants "a
but little over half OF that Of the aver
age American population. Prof. VIII
liam Ripley, in his papers on the ra.
ci& geography Of Europe IN the Popu-
Lar Science Monthly. discusses this
question very ably and very fully. He
states that II two groups Of 100 infants
each, one Jewish. and one of average
American psrentage. be born upon the
same day, one-half the Americans viii
die within forty-ssven years, while the
first half Of the Jews will not succumh
to disease before the expiration OF
geventy-one years. According to Lom-
broso, of 1000 Jews born, BIT die be-
fore the age Of seven years. while
45s Christians, more than twice as
many, are likely to die within the
same period.
The immunity of the Jewish popu-
lation from accident on account oil
their indoor occupation will account
for some of 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 proportion
of deaths from consumption and pneu-
monia, which are responsible for the
largest proportion OF deaths among
the American population. Prof. Rap
ley ascrlbes their immunity for this
as we'll as from some other diseases
to the excellent system Of meat in-
spection prescribed by the Mosaic law
Hoffman says that In London az much
as one-third the meats offered for sale
Ia rejected as UNIT for consumption by
the Jews. Probably the temperate
habits for which the Jews as race
are noted will account to some extent
for the longevity. The Jew Is temper.
ate in almost all he does in all that he
eats and in all that he drinks. He ID
seldom addicted to the Incorporate
use Of alcoholic liquors. He abstaina
from certain varieties of meat and
those of the richer and more heating
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