The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-31
BY OR. G. N. RANDALL

BY Or. G. N. RANDALL !
Life insurance companies base their
rates of insurance on the cash value (
of mans life and the length of time
he may reasonably be expected to live.
This is spoken of as mans expect
ancy." and is arrived at by mashe
matical calculations of actuaries, sta
tisticians. psychologists and physi
clans.
Many factors enter into the compu
tation OF mans expectancy Of life.
his inner ted tendencies. his parents
may have been Weakened by tubercu
iosis. alcoholism, insanity. hook worm,
or other degenerating factors. his &C
CURED tendencies since his birth. his
hearing or vision may be deficient,
his occupation. II he is u lnefnan fer
an electric light company or telephone
company. his expectancy is less than
that cf ribbon clerk in Il dry gocus
store. Likewise. 4 locomotive IRE
man. expectancy is less than that of
clergyman. physician life IS
shorter than that of IA clergyman or Il
lawyer His residence. whether in
city or country; whether he IS an in
h.aitant Of mountainous or sea-leyei
zoae, whether in torrid, frgia or tenn
pes.ste zoue. Factors of longevity
other ta,an climatic are not for pres
cnt consideration.
In stnayiiig SO far as possible tn.
lives Of i..so men Who have lived up
wards If Ion wears. from Methuselai
10 the present time, We observe that
with but % exceptions all have liset
il the semi-tropirs end incidentally
We note tha; IS per cent Of the i-S'
we're practically ycgetarians.
The expectancy of life of Cree o
Sofia Indian pappoose ar | year .
age IL Sashatehe and Alberta y
/ ~ years, according TO the British cen
: Sus The expectancy of life of Al
I,sguimau baby al two years is 3
year> Take another extreme. in tn
! mouataiils OF Mexico the normal "a
pestancy of life is s. years. this oA
iug "a ,ise euilable climatic condition
aaG consequent ease of life Darwin
: philosophy Of the survival Of the Il
: test becomes an axiom when on
{ Stops to think that man is the on
{ living animal or plant or tree tia
actually inhshits all zones OF "a
{ earth. and this with 4 fair degree ,
:. comfort and choice This is bevaus
of intelligence To cloth. himself wit
FAIRS n the frigid zone. OF with
bre,ss helotil in the torr:d zone IN
sil conventional modifications %
tween the antipodes.
Tie object lesson taught g r
;, world ii orr building Of the i',nalf
canal viii be a potent factor IN chan
ing the future centers OF nuni.latie
o in North America. The Panama can
- WAS bGiit By the medical prefessie
mat the French engineers could u
vanquisA. and that established Ia
IT dicap which was the cause of the
*, failure Engineering problems w
! the same n 1910 as when Dei.eSse
: failed in his purpose There Wa
ie question OF the engineering shilltS
The french. but they did not kre
y haeteriologv. and baeterielogl dug &
alton
Today tie Canal Zone is heal
SORT. il j. perfectly sanitary #
n teath rate per thousand ser wear
Is PORTLAND Sic. At the last census "
!, less than any other city IN the Emit
states, wlth one exception, and III
u WAS 4 city III Florida In 1al8 &
ii death rate in the Canal Zone was 6
l.. actlv the same as Portland Nc
mo While the problems Of SAINT
Il ton Of the Canal zone do not apl
here some of TX Surgeon Gerei
to Gorgas remarks may be arropos
-, avs when the great migration
population has commenced nellie
! the .3eap's. OF TO-DAY NIL inol. hack
I tile So~k ef the Canal CoMlni. sif
III ana rhe sanitary work il perform.
OF mora Importance than The car
t-aff more. 4ainprfant tnan tn tt