The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-04
Health Talks
 By JOHN B. HUBER, AM:MD
THE JoCUND cENrrEN.1,


 me Idea of our living to be 100 ana more is as we'll established as any hypothesis in science Buffon computed that any creatures natural duration of life .s six or seven ti-oas a that period of its growth He con sidered that man's growth Is gen efaly attained at his adolescence. the period when it is possible for hin, to precreate his kind N
 However. Buffon estimated that our span of life should be, at least five score rather than three score and ten. Others have reached the same concluson. though not in the same way, Haller, for instance, computed ta;n. thar real human development Is at thnt hine1 Ov the twentieth year; and that lTe. to die naturally, should ex- tend to five times as long. Also Buf- ron believed that longevity does not depend upon habits of life, nor on ent in the individual. There is much Tn this view when we reflect upon those we know of who have lived to great age. despite the most villainous
 There are. and have been nonoren- arians who have explained for our edl1icauon how they have lived so long. One has never touched tobacco; clammy and cold-skinned experfence behind the old barn. and limited him. self throughout life to only one cigar or pipe at time. One has bathed
 
 urai water of the season. preferably such as flows in January; another patned regularly every Fourth of July whether he needs it or not: an- other has bathed but twice in his life. when he was born, and when he feli by accident into a brook, One has at tributed his longevity to his vege- tar. saTiantsm; ; another has gorged him food. One has never gone beyond inc smell of .whtskey: a lady who died at sb attributed her ripe age to having .aken rum punch every morning man has declared himself so old be- cause he has preserved himself in alcohol. gone to bed drunk every night of his life. often without the forma1tty of removing his boots,
 If I may suggest 8 cornerstone re- ofpe ft would be: Ibis tutissne in me- dfas res. I believe that the word moderate" is the most important in any dictionary of howsoever many volumes
 Be temperate in all things, and you shall attain longevity" QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. TAttoo Marks.
 ,,ss VII III you please tell me what I can arms?
 Answer:' Hive you the method of noted surgeon, which cannot, however guarantee. The skin is first
 
 or tanntn and re-tattooed with this Into the marks that are to be cleared away. Then an ordinary nitrate of siI- yer crayon Is rubbed over these parts which then become black on expo sure to light. Tann.n powder is then sprinkled over the surface several times 6 day to dry 1t. A dark crust forms. which loses color in three or four days: and in two weeks or so comes away, leaving a reddish scar free of tattoo marks. In a. few 1 months tho reddish scar also disap- pears. A skin area about the size of silver dollar should be treated thus at one time. so that the person oper- ! afed on can 10 about his usual work. Tonaorrow-Backwar Children. All inquiries addressed to Dr. Hu- Der in care of the 'Heaith Talks de- partment will be answered in these columns in their turn. This requires considerable time, however owing to the great number received. So if a personal or quicker reply Is desired l a stamped and self-addressed enyeI- ope must he enclosed with the ques- tion.--The EdatnE