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his life indefinitely and OF in
creaslns his efficiency instead of seeing
il decrease, gradually at first, then with
O rush so swift. so Irresistible, that sud-
denly he wakes up TO find himself on
the scrap heap.
Every one knows that owing to a
widespread campaign of education
among mothers the country over the
percentage of infant mortality has beea
strikingly reduced in recent years. Com
paratively few realize, however, shat the
man Of 40 has less expectation Of a
long life than had his father and his
grandfather Yet such Is the case.
Complexities Of modern life prolonged
nervous strain, recklessness in eating
foods without kr wing which are help
ful and which harmful to each indivld-
ual. too much alcohol too late hours,
too little rest and exercise, are num-
bered among the causes Of the three big
DIS confronting the man of affairs the
three diseases being those Of the heart,
the kidneys and the arteries, although
the last is TO some extent misnomer.
Medical science made a long stride
when it ceased to regard the human
body merely as a mass Of related bones,
tissues and blood, and saw in it the most
delicately adjus ed mechanism possible
for the finite mind 10 conceive. More
recently advanced practitioners are
coming to regard the human body as a
great and complicated chemical labora-
tory, and not altogether as a machine.
And with this altered viewpoint has
come definite hope 20 the man Of 40
that he may prolong his life and eff
cheney for many, many years.
The efficiency of farming has been
doubled since chemistry was intelli-
gently applied to agriculture; to-day live
stock is fed according to chemical prin-
ciples which, furthermore, have revo-
ntionized much of he procedure in
manufacturing, and in certain of the
arts. Now the time has come, says med
ical authority. when the Individual man
can no longer disregard the teachings
of chemistry so far as his own body is
concerned and the sooner he realizes
this all important fact the better off will
he be, and society as n whole.
All this and very much more is brought
home through a new volume written by
DR.. Louis f. Bishop of New York, ad-
vance copies of which have reached this
country from England, where 1t Is pub
llshed by the oxford University Press
under the title "Arteriosclerosis; Con-
Liberation Of the Prolongation Of Life
and Efficiency After Forty" Not only
Is the book intended for the general
reader Of intelligence, but even more for
the medical practitioner; and it presents
definite guidance for both whereby
early breakdown and too early death
may be prevented.
The man with arterlosclerosls in its
full development l. familiar to all physi'
clans, writes DR., Bishop in his opening
chapter THE rudy visitor to our Of
fee with prominent temporal arteries
the shininess of eye and the unmistaka'
BILE look that suggests arteries We al
know too we'll We can guess before hi
tells us that he has been rejected fol
life insurance or has noticed a discom
fort in the front Of his chest either after
eating or on eNertlon.
I'VE can surmise that he has been
great eater of many protein foods oil
has had some severe Illness or nervous
strain in the past that has rendered hin
vulnerable to some special proteins. w
know that he will tell us that he con
sidered himself a particularly stronl
person and that he Is much surprise,
that he of all men should find h.msel
out of order"
Suddenly, perhaps, this man suffers
sudden collapse, or the danger signal
warning him thereof, Then he consult
a specialist and finds that for years hi
arteries have been gradually, steadil.
hardening. 1t is cheering that an au
thorlty of DR.. Bishops eminence de
clares that such a man may be cured
that his life and efficiency may be in
definitely prolonged II he will submit t