The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
BEWARE or HEART DISEASE.
Tt is q National Peril and AEortmlats
 From it is Enereasing.

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 That the effect produced by high- strung nervous tension induced by modern methods of social and business competition must be regarded as causative factor in the production of fuctional and intimately organic ear- diac disease was the point made today by Dr. Thomas Darlington, Commies sioner of Health of New York City, at the twenty-ffth annual meeting of the American Archaeological Association. which assembled here under the Presi- dency of pr. Thomas D. Coleman of Augusta, Gn.s ..s ..
 @The cases of the increased mortality from heart disease" said pr. Darling ton, 'as the crucial point of the inves- tigation, the sine qua non of our labors. yet this question of extreme movement was either left unanswered or met with a frank "I don't know That the in- crease is not dependent upon climatic conditions is clearly shown by the statistics. That the infectious diseases cannot be held responsible is equally true.
 we must search deeper for the un- deriving causes of this menaee Dur ing the early years of our national life physical labor was the rule and es- sentiaI in the upbuilding of the coun- try, but with 1t, hand in hand. went the normal and wholesome conditions of living imposed by the limitations of young country and the virile qualin- cations inherent in the hardy settler
 Then. with the advent Of what we are pleased to call the concomitant at- tributes of civilization, came the age of social and mental unrest, vast com mecial opportunities and competition. We are paying our prices for our so- cia1 and material advancement
 Out of the 27s,00o children exarnin- ed in the public sch hools of New York City more than seventy per cent were found to be suffering from some physi- cal abnormiity-all handicapped at the very beginning of their life struggle and of these children nearly $500 had heart disease in some form. There is a wide gulf between the three R's. which were taught in the country sch ool fifty years ago, and the sxten- sive and overburdened system of edu- cation now placed before the children. Economical conditions today are also bearing hard upon their physical we'll being.
 "children acquire by subtle inference the thought that the intimate meas ure of gain Is the acquisition of the almighty dollar With such a goal the race starts early in life and competi, ton is the relentless pacemaker.
 "In this connection we must take account of the modern tendency to overindulge in athletic sports. It is we'll known that over activity in thiS direction. with the physical strain re- sulting from keenIy contested games, leaves it's imprint on the physical sta- tus of the immature or under-devel- oped youth. Insurance companies com slider athletes poor risks and this att titude is we'll grounded. It would seem that the medical profession might we'll take cognizance of this matter to ascertain what bearing 1t has, If any. upon this question of the increase in the prevalence of and death rate from heart diesase
 "OsIer, the master mind in medicine. has given to his profession its master word. and in 1t Is held, if not entirely, at least partially. the solution of our difficulties.
 'Equanimity' is the need of the times and the need of the people. Let us teach 1t. let us live according Go it's law. Tn calmness of mind and evenness of purpose we may find the panacea the world is seeking to com bat the ills arising from mental and physical unrest"