Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-03
The Careful Study of 500 Bodies 6 s%s Anaton{
Evidence Which Indicates TY,at All Histd
Been o. Conflict Between the Predut0ru Cny7a
Man and the Pacific Heybivorous Mon. d
That Our Lives, Thoughts and Reliqious 4
Are Controlled BY the Size OF Our Dioestipe

ERHAPS the most astonishing recent dis.
coveyy of medical science is that all
mankind are divided physically and men.
tally into two types-the carnivorous and the
herbivorous types, which may be described
popularity as the oX.man and the tiger.man.
In many men the traits or the herbivorous
and carnivorous are mixed but there Is evil
dence that the two main types are the forms
from which we have evolved. The carnivorous
type dominates in conquering epoch. while
the herbivorous acquires Importance in stable
peaceful civilization. The evolution OF one type
or the other depends largely whether there
Is an abundance OF animal food suited 10 the
short carnivorous intestine or of vegetable food
which is required by the long herbivorous IN.
testine
These are the conclusions Of DR.. Joel F.
Goldthwait and Dr.. John d. Bryant of Boston
based upon post-mortems Of 500 persons and a
profound study Of anatomy. supported BY the
observations OF many other distinguished physi.
clans and scientists. These researches are pub.
lished in the Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal
The tigerman is long, lean, muscular. active
hawknosed He Is the fighter the pioneer,
the conQueror. the creator.
The oXman is short heavy, thick.set. He Is
slow, ploddng, unoriginal. He does the hard
work which the tiger.nan directs or for
which he has prepared the way The tiger.
man leads his country in war and conquest
The oX-man is generally for peace
Inc tigerman can consume large quantities
OF meat with satisfaction and without suffer.
Ing painful results. The ox.man suffers from
govt and rheumatism If he eats much meat
The tger-man fourishes in country where
ne hnds plenty OF food and opportunity for the
development of his special powers while he
becomes a decadent If he fails to find these
conoitlons. The oX-man fourishes when he
mas an abundance Of vegetable food and p
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II forced to endure conditions suited ONLY IN
the tger'man. II your child is born with tba
tGer type of intestine you must let him have
plenty OF meat, and scope for fighting strnc
gilng and adventure. II he is born with tho
long, oX-type Of intestine you must see that ba
mas quiet, peaceful occupation, plenty OF
vegetable food and is not called upon to face
sudden emergencies.
History and human DEVELOPMENT have heon
mainly a contest between the OK and the tiger
types When we see the extremes of either
s etpe we can Ieeosnize them at once, For in.
stance, 1t Ia clear at a glance that William J
bryan, pacifst prohibitionist and thr,fty
worker. Is an ox-man. He has all the nhvsicaI
crharacteristfcs of the species, as defined hv
1T. bryant and we all know that he has the
mental ones. 1t Is equally plain at a glance
mat Francisco Villa, fighter, brigand. guerilla
chieftain is tiger-man. He has tho char.
acterstics of the feline type physically and
With some prominent men II IS NOT en- eo.,
70 draw sharp distinction. For instance
theodore Roosevelt in external appearance has
nearly all the characteristics OF the ox.tvne "a
uescrloed by DR.. Bryant and yet we know
mat ne is fighter, explorer and a hunter
ana those are qualities that belong To tho
~ man Or. Bryant would explain that he
is one of the intermediate types His will has
lea MN into career for which his body in
eo 90 ways Is unsuited. There IS possibility
oi i course, that Mr.. Roosevelt has short car
hNorouS intestine in frame that presenta
most OF the herbivorous characteristics.
Hchry Ford is another man whom MANY
WIZ WIZ might take to test Dr. Bryant's theory
,s nose, Mr.. Ford has most of es