Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-13
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
SaIubriou. Con,uI,ron.

Old age is now durable IL taken i'm time
''.'Ne treatment should begin before the
onset OF the inciplent stage of the disease
which is that sad false dignity nut upon ,s
by the customs Of characterization False dig :
nifty makes Us ashamed To rum and froli, ,nd
WhE IKE young animals and at a period Of
HE when by rights should vet be chill
oreh' direct your sore eyes at tho precocious
dress and makeup OF tho school children and
you VIII understand what l mean Old ago
Is state OF mind. 1t Is fatuous IN renea,
that man is as old his arteries His
arteries have nothing whatever TO do with his
physiological age The man is as old as he
thinks. ana thoughts and the modes of ufe
they inspire certainly do run In families
Grandfather and father can't md down their
arteries but they do more less mold ones
habit of thought
TEL! me not In mournful numbers that yours
is short-lived family. for well know the
truth of the matter. Your family has fallcn
into wrong way OF thinking and therefore
wrong way OF living. and for that reason
AN" II" other do the members of your clan
hrenatnrcly attain the dcplorabe state OF
mind of which you complain. Never mind YOUR
arteries or the height OF your blood pressure
Thrse are secondary and unimportant features
TOUR arteries are as Old as your skin. your
eyes your teeth. your lungs, and your feet
but not Older; the state OF your arteries and
Your blood pressure Is determined by your
thinking and your living: they are convenient
gauges wherewfth to measure n mans physio-
iogicai age; but do not imagine that your con-
6'ti"n Is determined by the degree of nbrosity
in your arteries
The most disastrous enec: dignity has upon
US is perhaps the manifold evils of bad posture
me belly (Which. some OF you know, is the
'front.' "h'i or the atdomcn) slumps from sheer
weakness and habbincsS OF Its unused mus
clcs. and when this slump occurs the digestion
circulation and nerv"E" system inevitably suf-
fer more or less impairment Of their functions
'orSetS. belts supporters and similar make
Sh'tts fall far short of properly trained mus
clcs In preventing these evils The woman is
wei advised who resolves in her youth TO
eschew such snares and retain her figure her
health and her youth by training her own
muscles to do their proper work. This re-
qutrcs daily exercise, OF course. about IS min
utes IL properly directed. say along the lines
OF my symphony. From the hygienic point of
exercise as II is TO skip the daily wash, even
assuming ones occupation is so dirty as to
hcccssttate daily body washing.
The revised symphony begins and ends with
hair dozen rolls dos a dos. forward and back
ward. Just to put you In the right frame of
MIND TO derive the fullest pleasure and benc-
nj from the rest of the piece. Maybe you're
an old codGer already and afraid to turn som
ersnuits even forwards: maybe you're in the
incrient stage Of senility and merely unable
TO roll them back. Never mind Keen try
ing. IL at first you don't succeed inst keen At
it. and IL your case is still nmcnable to treat
ment some fine day youll find YOU can roll
them forward and backward and see nary n
star. Even " YOU are not lover OF this
Kind of music. I commend the practice Of roll
ing some somersaults first thing each morn
ing and last thing each night. Try IL ana you
viii agree IL is very good medicine