Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-14

are subject to in this fast age? The
writer asked these questions and more
of one Of our prominent doctors and
surgeons. His reply follows. leaving
out some medical terms which the
writer does not, and probably the read
er would not understand.
acute indigestion and heart fail
ure" are cause and effect, but first
cause comes before. And that first
cause is too much mental and too little
bodily work." Put the word exercise in
place of the word work and it's the
same thing. In General Weavers case
his age, Of course, made him an easier
mark, but President Hawley had many
years before him II he had only sawed
half cord of wood daily. DR.. Wiley,
Of pure food notoriety, is out with the
statement that ninety-three years
should be 1.-The expectancy" If men
would only eat, sleep and exercise as
common sense demands. That Is as
the common sense of 1912 is admitted,
approved and acted upon.
The strange part of this whole BUSH
ness is that the men, the most in dan
ger of acute indigestion and heart
failure" are the last men to realize
their own perilous condition. Such
men will sit down with you and talk
over these cases, admit all Of these ar
guments, and then with wllirl of their
revolving chair, turn to their desks and
again start the process that surely
ends in heart failure. 1t is motor
ious fact that what we call "a drinking
man" is the last man to know of or
notice his own condition or dangerous
habit. A hard drinker'' will tell you
OF the excessive use of liquor in Jones
case. and not even suspect you are
wondering why he does not apply his
good reasoning to his own case. a
hard working farmer will suddenly sell
out, move to town, try to loaf, i. e.,
do nothing, hardly walk up town, eat
heartily, take a nap after dinner and in
little While complain ''he has heart
trouble" Everybody else knows what's
the matter with him. And on the farm
he never allowed one Of his horses to
be tied up in his stall, have ten ears Of
corn for feed three times a day, all
the hay he could eat, and no exercise.
1t would seem Tor some reason dame
nature takes away the reasoning pow
ers of men when such reasoning is ap-
piled to self. The writer has in mind
at this instant case Of this kind.
He will probably read these words and
will agree to what is said here in this
column. but will apply it to somebody
else. There comes up in mind just now
a wealthy retired farmer who is feed
ing himself two ears of corn three
times a Cay.
And all this is not an argument for
the man Of brains to cease his mental
work, neither is it to claim the retired
farmer of GO years Of age should con-
tinue his laborious life on the farm.
But it is to suggest to each man and
all men. this scribe included, to study
into their own particular form Of daily
life, occupation and recreation. We
can not or will not, certainly do not,
listen to the advice of others, even the
ia mily physician. We have got to de-
eide ourselves whether drinking SO
much Intoxicating liquor a day Injuries
US. I may need the exercise of saving
a cord of wood each day, you may get
enough playing a game of billiards.
You may be able to think about your
extensive business affairs, think hard
for sixteen hours day, seven days in
a week, 365 days in year. IT would
give me acute indigestion and heart
failure" Perhaps it will you. Better
DO some self figuring.