The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-25

of the twenties our vitality begins
to diminish. Many people mistak-
emily accept this change as normal
and inevitable. But for the great
majority now living IS to so per
cent below their maximum eff
cheney a complete return TO 100
per cent health and vitality is pos
sible.
This is to be accomplished not
by finding a spring like Ponce
de Icons, but by having an an
nual physical examination, find
ing out what is the matter with
you before you have symptoms
and fixing it.
All this must sound very plausi-
bic to the average man or woman,
but an honest medical man can ex-
plain TO you the reasons why il is
just eye wash-just a beautiful
dream.
Annual Physical Examinations
l would not deceive my readers
even if the facts destroy beauti-
full dream, so | will explain why
l do not believe annual health
audits after the age of fifty ex-
tend life. Annual physical exam
nations Of children and youths
up to the age Of twenty-five may
do a great deal Of good. The It's
sues of the body up to that time
are responsive and resilient and
most of the diseases it is subject to
can be successfully treated. During
infancy vaccinations against con-
tagious diseases insure health
along those lines. In youth early
tuberculosis in a stage that is cur
able can be detected.
Later on in life, however, the
changes that occur in the tissues
in the arteries, the kidneys, the
heart, etc.-are progressive and
do not tend to get well. To dis
cover them is not TO arrest their
progress. Heaven knows it's easy
enough to find them. could
teach q five-year-old child to find
enough the matter with 50-year-
old man to file a large report sheet.
But to stop or reverse these
changes-that is beyond any
means known TO medical science.
Findings Of Examinations
II / am ignorant and modern
medical science knows means TO
change these things, would think
this book from the Life Extension
Institute would tell me about
them. But, alas, in the book, as In
the Policeman's song at Penzance
there is reference lack TO our
chance Of coming back" There
are listed the principle findings OF
the 10000 health examinations.
"A large number had high blood
pressure, but nothing is said about
how many of these high blood
pressures were cured or improved.
For the very good reason that no
way is known to do it.
Some were overweight. All
right, that can be improved. Some
had sugar in the urine. All light,
that can be improved. Then 1t
says that "a out Of 200 had
albumin in the urine. And the fol-
lowing year in this same group al
bumin in only %. Now ! would
like TO know how that was done.
The second examination must
have been the sink test. This book
is designed for layman and such
a statement may seem impressive
to them: but If it were translated
to say "74 had wrinkles and gray
hair and a year later only % had
wrinkles and gray hair" they
could decide how reliable it is. AL
bumin is only wrinkles and gray
hair in the urine.
I believe that after fifty a per-
son should be examined for over
weight, sugar in the urine, and
for latent tumours or cancer.
These may jeopardize health with
out warning symptoms and are
remediable. Otherwise Nature
will warn you by symptoms, in
plenty Of time TO extend life so far
as possible.