The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-29
Premature Deaths
nv ~. ARLINGTON BRUCE
Author ~ "Thc Riddle OF Person
Atty. Psychology and
parchthood etc.

fnrcnthUod etc
The evening follows the day In
The life span OF every one of us.
and after the evenin. comes the
darkness of night as We close our
eyes for The long sleep of death
his Is a. law OF nature. Law which
none need hope 70 oyade
Rut for many the coming OF
evening and OF night ma, be post
poned 90 much later time than h.
actually is, and the life span CORES
pondlnEly heightened Thru igno-
tance or recklossngss thousands
upon thousands prcmaurely cease
forever their productive labors and
the enjoyment OF the rewards ol
labor
AS stated by Dr I II Hirschnold
m q passage that voices the eSpe.
rience of am veteran physicians
~ have been confronted daily. Tor
30 years. with tears OF children.
grief ot parents and AN kinds OF
misery gone beyond human relIet.
most az which could have been
easily avoided 0y timely understand
ng ~ the body normal require
ments."
or more specifically In The word,
of President Rittenhousc. OF thc Lie
Extension institute
The stupid and perverse practice
of isnoting the possibility OF SICK
ness unul stricken With n rs cost
ing 'he american nation about 600.
nne premature deaths every year"
Stli further OF these premature
deaths steadily and rapidly ln.
rr"asine proportion is duo 10 break
down OF certain essential parts OF
he human machine chiefly me
heart blood vessels. kidneys. and
liver
During the short period OF l0
wears statistics show thar IN a
group ot 100000 occupied ma RS
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kidneys and urinary system increas
ed IS per cont
in deaths from diseases ~ the
liver and digestive system. There WAS
en increase OF "a PER cent IN deaths
FROM heart diseases. an Increase OF
20 per cent M deaths fr0w apo
rloTy ard dise,ses ~ the ntryous
system. an increase OF 10 per cen
Adequately 20 discuss 'he reasons
Cor these increases is Impossible ir
the space AZ ms command Enough
20 say hat medical men arc agreed
that The Increases represent az.
sence % efficient appreciation 81 On
greater need FOR personal hygiene in
view 81 the Increased strain ard
novel demands az modern life
I'm earlier times. when life was
simpler gn0rance ~ hvrcnic rrn.
cinies vas less costly than b. Is ga.
day Society indeed vas so organ
izec that men usually led lives Thar
tended to length n days
Their occupations kept them much
Our % doors and actively employed
rhcy lived in small and scattered
communities. not herded together
Bur now. NTH the development OF
the factory system. urban life d. tbc
rule Work ia more indoor. chan
uut And there is much sedcntary
work whore there used 20 be litle
All OF which would tend 20 make
the human machine run badly I'M
less special precautions we're taken
20 care for Il The statistics show
that these special precautions have
not been taken
SHFn.y 81 ia time thai they were
In every home there should be "a
good manual o. personal hygiene
some book like Fishers and fisk
How 20 Live =" or Or Alvah n
Dmf's Good Health
THE rules ~ living there laid
down should b. learned and prac
t.ced Also AS an extra measure
'or safe'y visits should regularly
be made 20 competent physician
an least twice q year
Thru these visits diseases might
DO detected in their early stages
and checked before they became
'ncnrahle And clearly lf is FAR
wiser 70 pay thf doctor small
sum 20 keep one well than 10 pay
him many times more FOR what mas
be q losing battle against prema
turo death
Remember the statistics Try 20
save yourself from becoming one
of the unhappy 100000 who die boz
fore their time