The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-17


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his column.
feet teeth, anothe. mans unusual
eyesight, this fellows perfect di-
gestion, that mans splendid mus
cular build and posture and the
other fellows feet and the com
posite is what you call a normal
person in perfect health. But he
isn't normal al all. You find him
in probably one in five million peo-
pie and his perfect health IS simply
an abstraction or a theoretical
ideal.
No; disease OF illness is the lot
of man far more than perfect
health.
All the elements that go TO make
up even a reasonably healthy hu-
man organism are very complex.
One Of these elements that we are
inclined to forget is chronometry,
or the normal passing Of time, the
normal development Of various
functions at the proper time. This
chronometry is quite as important
an element in health as chemistry,
body mechanics, bacteria or the
elements of environment.
Schedule Of Development
Our life. in other words, is I'M
folded according to a time schedule
of development. A little baby is
not supposed to have any teeth.
When it does get its first teeth,
they are small and fragile. But
suppose it was born with adult
teeth and could chew and masti-
cate all kinds of food. This ability
would be far ahead of its digestive
powers and an adult mouth and
adult tastes in food would simply
overwhelm the stomach and in
testines.
Just so the DEVELOPMENT Of the
brain can 60 too fast. a too pre-
coclous child is regarded by every
body except its parents with GER
tain amount Of distaste.
Some people you know are going
through life on time schedule
that IS all keyed up. They rush
through life getting things done
at a rate which makes US dizzy
and perhaps at the end appear to
be old and broken before their
time. Others err in the opposite
direction and are always behind
and never seem to catch'up, either
with their work or with life. This
seems TO break men down quite as
much as being in too much of a
hurry.
Take Your Time
Errors in the chronometry OF
life may be in the whole or in one
part. AS in the instances l have
just mentioned, the whole man and
all his organs may be going too
fast or too slow. But sometimes
one part of the body is ahead Of
the others-the muscles are too
strong for the personality and the
dissonance is just as evident as
that in listening to an orchestra
when the first violin is ahead Of
the piano.
Then we all know those who in
youth have been keyed to be ahead
of all their companions-they be-
long in higher grades in school
than others Of their age. Often,
in fact usually, | think as time
goes on they fall behind so that
at the age of fifty they are far be-
hind their former companions in
the affairs of life.
Happy Is the man who finds his
body and his mind developing
naturally through the cycles OF the
age changes, and VINO meets child
hood, youth, manhood. middle age
and old age on their own terms.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
f. B. Having a diagnosis
Of neura thenla, IS II possible for
the CASTRO Intestinal tract TO be IN
volved, giving rise TO spast.c con-
supatlon, COLTS, gas and disten-
ton, aud could there be any con.
nection between any Of the condi-
tons and low blood pressure?"
Answer: Yes. Gastro-lntestinal
symptoms such as you describe are
the most common symptoms Of
neurasthen!a. Low blood pressure
also usually goes with thcm.