The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-21
REMUNERATION IS RECEIVER
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AT1ON
 Extension of the prime of life the resiliency of the primitive sav- age, greater pep and higher aver age of positive health are some of the characteristic features of vite. Remember, we pointed out when defining vite that it implies much more than just mot complaining"
 Elderly folk and those prema- turely aged are famous for their complaining. They complain, for instance, about conditions which seem entirely satisfactory to younger folk and those who have retained youthful resiliency longer than the average. Drafts, dampness or change of weather, for example. Cranky, Representative, fussy, irritable, peev- ish, grumpy, grabbed, touchy, can- tankerous, difficult are adjectives that suggest primarily lack of vite and fit some people of forty or fifty as well as they fit others sev- enty or eighty years of age. It is 8 question, not of age, but of reSili- ency, elasticity, bounce.
 By the way, wht do you think about while rolling your daily somersaults? Don't tell me if it is embarrassing, but here is something to keep your mind on for 8 few dozens rolls. Arteriosclersis (hard- ening of the arteries) is a progress sive nutritional Arrangement or change in the arterial wall. As nearly as pathologists can determine the process begins with swelling, thickening and Sclerosis or harden ing of the intirna, the lining of the cessel; the middle or main coat of the artery, the muscular wall; and ultimately it involves the outer coat of fibrous tissue which supports and strengthens the arterial tube and fixes it in place.
 If this doesn't interest you at present-that's the great trouble. it is difficult to get any one interest," ed in how to prevent hardening of the arteries until it is too late, that is, until he becames convinced he has the diSease-don't give it an- ther thought, but it will do no harm to remember, as bit of scientific information, that arteriosclerosis is a nutritional change, derangement or degeneration and it begins in the intima, the lining of the artery which is constantly bathed in the blood stream. If perchance you like to indulge in morbid imagination, you might wonder what effect an occasional dash of alcoholi in the blood has upon the delicate en- dothelial cells which line the artery. That kind of introspection, think, is good for any one.
 In the incipient stage of arterio- scleroSis or premature senility, when the intima stands the brunt, the stage of dissipation, say from 20 to 35, your circulation continues to be pretty good, not over 90 per cent efficient, perhaps, but still you feel no serious distress or pain and, as you never undergo real health test you drift along, laughing at doctors and health hounds and kidding yourself about your ability to take it."
 In the second stage the muscular, elastic media or middle coat of the arteries becomes involved, say from 35 to 50, the stage of hesitation. In this stage you try to kid yourself about the strain of your work or overwork and the exhaustion of your nerves" and the delusion that a good rest or a vacation or just relaxation is all you need to restore something which you now begin to sense you are losing, but don't kid yourself about that-you are not losing it. you have lost it. You have lost your youth, that's what.