The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-20
DEATH LIST BRoWs
IN RACE FOR RICHES
STRAIN OF MODERN LIFE in
NEW YORK ADDS TO VIC.
TINS OF HEART DISEASE.

NEW YORK, June 2O-Since 1865
the annual death rate from heart dis.
ease and Bright's disease up to the
end of 1904 has increased from 1905
to 29.62 per 10000 population. In
1913, with the same ratio, to 1904
there was an increase in deaths from
these diseases Of 2.42 in each 10000.
While 1t was considered an alarming
Increase in the mortuary records the
fact that 1875 persons died last week
from organic heart disease, when the
death rate the corresponding week in
l9o4 was only SC, has given rise to
the belief among physicians that New
York residents are living too rapid
lives. u
The strain Of business and the
cares attendant on fierce competition
in the financial centre of the city and
the worry attendant on anxiety to
gain wealth are given as an explana.
ton by physicians of the conditions
which exist in the worlds metropolis
today.
Physicians have established the fact
that the nerve forces which control
both the stomach and the heart are
affected by the hurry of men in the
daily scramble TO bolt their food in
order to quickly resume their exciting
careers. Many young men now sue.
cumb to the complaint where fifty
years ago case was rare when a
person under thirty years, unless both.
cred by a hereditary complaint, died
from heart disease.
Women are also victims. This is
attributed to the manner in which
they worry over social engagements
and the strife to reach the ton rung
OF the social ladder. Worry and ex.
element, together with many nerve
shocks which come to all New York.
ers In their daily life, are the princi.
pal causes which snap the heart
strings and make living so uncertain.
DR.. F. c. Spitzka, authority on ner.
vous disorders and complaints of the
stomach, said last night:
Zone person in hundred who have
their hearts examined has real organ.
ic heart trouble. The other ninety.
nine most likely have stomach trouble
OF various degrees, accompanied by
palpitations. Out Of hundred who
have organic heart trouble developing
one knows 1t. The other ninety-nine
do not find it out until they go to a
life insurance company. The over.
whelmlng number OF cases where PEG.
pie complain of pain in the region
of their hearts will show that the
heart-is healthy. y Excitement and
strain on the nerves OF the stomac CHI,
which also influence the heart. is one
OF the causes for so many deaths
from this disease. This nerve cXhars.
| ton is often due to stomach trouble.
Anxiety is very hurtful. In athletics
the young men and women begin too
young. There are too many tremen.
dous exertions IN athletics. The heart
Is developed prematurely. Physicians
are better able to diagnose complaints
of the heart than they were fifty years
ago." MI
DR.. Thomas Darlington, president OF
the Board Of Health, said:
I'VE are living too fast. We work
too hard and we worry too much. The
business man enters his field young
There is not a moment of his life
wasted when he undertakes bust
ness career. 1t Is true also OF the
women who seek to keep up their so
cial engagements when they should
more often rest and allow their nerves
to become calm"
DR.. George F. Shrady made the fol
lowing comment:
Our business men work too ardu
ously, and women take upon them
selves greater mental and physica
strains than they can carry. 1t is
the hustle and the hurry to become
wealthy, without regard to the ten
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