New-York tribune., 1909-03-18
FATIGUE UNNECESSARY
Professor Fisher, of Yale, Says 1t Is
Caused by 4UoidGbLe POisOnS.

Professor Irving Fisher, Of Yale UnlEeTsitS' mas
had vision of a tine when weary hu'1aililS
will not be tired any more or have colds any more
when tuberculosis and ever so many other things
viii be stamped out ard people Will live years
longer than they GO at present And II is sucn
z practical vision that even the life insurance
companies are interested and are ready 10 con-
tribute thousands Of dollars TO the American
Health Association. Of which Professor Fisher is
founder and president, II only the lawyers can
find way for them do 1t legally
Professor Fisher talked about his vision 70 the
League for Political Education at the Berkeley
Theatre yesterday morning. and as his father oleu
of tuberculosis and he himself Is brand p-uckea
from the burning Of the same disease ne speahs
with some authority.
The average human life might easily be pro-
IorlEed fifteen years-from forty-f1ve Fhe present
limit, 10 sixty-F1ofessor Fisher estimated oF
the prevention Of preventable diseases such 1S
typhoid and tuberculosis. and IL might De IN
creased inreasrrabIy in breadth well as in
length
For every death during the year We have
tvvo weeks Of serious illness per capita PROFESSOR
Fisher said and there IS much disability
from minor ailments as from serious illness, while
fatigue causes more disability than minor all
rnentS The minor ailments just as serious
as those we consider more serious, not only be-
cause Of the disability they cause, but because
they open the way TO the latter. and fatigue Is
as serious as the minor ailments for the same
study to-day than the cause and cure OF fatigue,
and Il IS = striking commentary on our civiliza-
ton that people should call themselves well when
shev are constantly fatigued After my recovery
from tuberculosis, when called myself well
had only one-tenth Of the endurance that have
now
Professor Fishers remedy for fatigue, sup
posing the other conditions Of life TO be hygienic,
IS diet
Fatigue. he explained. is chemical II is a
poison in the blood. and have reason 20 be
.lteve that every poison causes il. The problem,
then IS 10 avoid poisous And the average diet
IS q fruitful source OF poison Ne require coal
for the human engine We require material for
repairs. and most Of supply too much repair
tng material, or protein. Protein can be used for
fuel. Il true. hut Il leaves clinkers behind II
produces uric acid. It decomposes and causes
suto-intoxication. or fatigue
Such IS the theory. and 1t IS sustained by some
surprising figures. Professor Fisher gave q great
many OF them. the result of experiments at Yale
and they we're quite astounding. The ordinary
well man. FOR instance, can attain only thirty
or forty lifts" on the endurance machine. while
Horace Fletcher. who lives a low protein diet
reached three hundred and fifty. There are some
exceptions the rule that low protein diet
produces high endurance records. one Of them be-
ing Weston, the pedestrian, but Professor Fisher
hsE found that the vast preponderance Of evil
oenoe is in favor OF low protein.
To arrive At z correct diet Professor Fisher
advised Horace F1etcher's plan. namely, 70 prac-
tise thorough mastication and give the nerves Of
taste chance TO discriminate.