The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-25
LONGEVITY SECRET
LIES IN MODERATION
Venetian Noble Who Lived
TO Be Over a Hundred
Found 1t.

II IN our epoch OF living at q rapid
rate Of overwOrk, certain people, tired
Of existence. seek in death an enizmat-
ical repose. still more numerous are
those who. accommodating themselves
10 their situation, only ask 10 proIong
life as much as possible. In order 10
satisfy some Of my readers. whose ar
dent desire IS 20 live on forever. enjoy
ing excellent health. I shall point out
the means which appear TO me the
most certain 10 enable people 70 live
long. says the Paris edition OF the New
York Herald
in healthy man the organs have
normal working. Brain. heart. kid
news, stomach, perform their functions
IN the measure necessary Tor assuring
their integrity From this there results
balance. an equilibrium. which is dis
turbed BY the absorption OF an excitat,t
OF any kind.
Alcohol tobacco, late hours. act on
the brain and are reflected on the hear.
Angina pectoris often is due 10 no other
cause Spirits. moreover. cause dis
eases OF the liver. Overeating brings
about LESSONS OF the stomach and kid
neys- II may be said that by reaction
all the organs successfully become az
fected as soon as one Of them is dis
eased.
Moderation In Eating
The secret Of longevity apDears 70 mo
70 lie IN the regulation Of drinking and
eating. in the diet Let people who de-
sire 10 I've long and enjoy life make a
point OF being sober one cannot AT
the same time enjoy the pleasures OF
tie table and those OF remaining A
long time among ones friends. Opium
ana hasheesh may afford their users
golden dreams. but their devatees. must
not hope 70 have a long career.
l absolutely deplOre the abuse OF foods
and liquors that are swallowed under
the pretext Of acquiring strength. And
the doctor himself does not always dare
70 react against this belief Of the pub
lie II he should decide on saving To
his patient: You will take only from
400 TO 800 grams Of solid food in twenty
four hours, and will drink only SEQ
grams grams Of wine and water" the patient
would at once say: But doctor YOU
wish 10 see me dead. It is on the
contrary, the generous wines frst-cIass
hquorS and strong meats which viii re-
r my health And discharge
IN regular form would oblige the doctor
10 cede his place to another, who. no
longer able to stem the current would
alloW himself 10 float down with it.
Lived Over a Century
Yet it was his diet which permitted
the celebrated COrnaro to enjoy a green
old age. After having led very in
temperate life till the age OF thirty-fve
or forty. this Venetiau noble. who lived
in the last century. paid for his ex-
cesses by an almost constant state of
suffering. Of which the digestive tract
was manifestly the starting point; pains
in the stomach. intOlerable thirst. slow
fever, insomnia, sadness. irritabilitv
AFTER having unSuccessfully tried all
the resources of pharmacy he was con-
WINGED of the insuffciency of mesica-
ments against a state Of suffering and
exhaustion. which left him almost with
out hope Of cure. Cornaro desired his
doctors to give him a final opinion
They told him. with much wisdom that
MS disease, which had resisted all rene
dies, might yet give way to dieting;
that diet was his anchor of safety. He
resigned himself. not without regret and
not without effort to follow this advice
IN consequence he made il A rule TO
take every day only twelve ounces Of
soma food (abOut thirty gramS) and
fourteen ounces t420 grams) Of wine d.
Vlded INTO four parts. each composed
OF three ounces NINETY grarls) OF all
IneHts ana OF three and a half ounces
no SIahlS) OF new wine, old wine be-
ing harmful for him.