The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-20
Or. Isaac n. Love Dies Of Apo
pIsy When Only 55.
WAS AN APOSTLE OF OLD AGE
Had Been Making a Speech on Steamer
luranIa and Fell to Floor, Dying
In Six Minutes.

New York, June 2o.--Just as the custom
house officials were boarding the Aurania.
from Liverpool yesterday morning, Or.
Isaac Newton Love. a physician who lived
at the Nevada apartments. Sixty ninth
street and Broadway. and who had pub
lished health tips for the middle aged
instructing them how to avoid apoplexy
and live to a rare old age, died In his
cabin OF the very disease which his rem
edies were supposed to prevent.
He had studied 1.-The needs and rights
OF middle age" and after the death OF
wayman Mccreery. the st. Louis ath-
lete, two years ago. DR.. Love wrote for
New York paper a short lesson on
health.
McCreerys death was attributed to
over r-athleticism and strenuous golf. Be
temperate in all things" wrote DIR. Love.
AS one approaches the mile post in life
he must adjust himself to changed con
dition. eat less. work less. cultivate an
| ability 10 put on the brakes, do less OF
everything and do 1: better.
| "A man or woman is as old rs his
|
! limit his diet to half what IL was when
he was thirty. He should drink largo
quantities Of water. for pure water Is
the greatest eliminator OF accommodating
poisons.
"A judicious amount of exercise should
be INDUCED in. Free indulgence in walk
ing out in the open air is excellent.
TEMPERANCE IN ALL THINGS.
or drink is not called for. AS we ap-
proach the middle OF life the use of al
cohol should be diminished rather than
| increased. and unless this can be done
gracefully alcohol should be ruled out
| altogether.
"A man. as he approa ches middle life
| needs some stimulant or nerve bracer.
Probably tobacco judiciousy INDUCED In
is the least harmful. But In excess
| believe II is more dangerous than alco-
4 hol. because II Is more respectable and
| harder TO avoid.
| Cultivate temperance in all things.
cheerfulness optimism, the ability to
move along the lines of the least resist
| ance, the disposition to avoid obstruction
and friction. the appreciation OF fun. but
| not frivolity. and an over abiding love
| for all the world.
| Standing at the breakfast table and
| starting TO make a speech compliment
/ tary to Captain Potter and the ship. DIR.
| Love suddenly tottered and dropped.
| While the passengers were shocked there
| was no confusion. as they supposed he
| had only tainted. The ships surgeon. Dr.
| R. A. Biliald, had the prostrate man re-
moved to his stateroom, where he died
| six minutes later.
| From the time he had come on board
| DR.. Loves spirits seemed particularly
| buoyant. II was noticeable that he had
| done more than any other passenger to
| enliven the trip He walked on deck every
morning and he was in the habit OF re-
marking that his morning laps would add
| ten years To his life.
MRS. GEORGE LAWS DOCTOR
About month ago DR.. Love sailed
for France as the attending physician OF
| Mrs George Law. who had undergone
! an operation for appendicitis.
DR.. Love was one of the fathers or Q
bill for a home for confirmed drunkards
! I'm New York city. He did not believe
| in capital punishment. but held the opin-
/ ion that criminals condemned to death
| should be utilized for experimental pur-
poses-to demonstrate for instance. DIR.
/ Koch's theory that Infection OF the human
being by means Of the tumercle bacili
OF the lower animals is exceedingly rare.
! He once started the Society for the
! Study Of Life by announcing that "a
| baby is a little vegetable to start with.
| and little animal later on"
In regard TO the number Of children
IN a family, DR.. Love held the views
| Of Nautilus. that fewer children should
be born because in excessively large FAM
| iIles weaknesses. especially tuberculosis.
are developed in mother and children"
He called society a "whited sepul-
! chre" He said that responsibility for
vices rested with the leisure class. and
that II was an awful fact that while
| drinking was increasing among men, IL
| was increasing among women In cafes.
DR. Love leaves a widow and two chill
dren He came from st. Louis two or
| three years ago and was 55 years old.
He held several posts Of distinction in
medical associations and as trustee OF
medical journals. and was president OF
the American Editors association. In
1890 he started the Medical Mirror. which
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