Friday, August 27, 1920.
ON PROLONGING HUMAN LIFE.
(Continued from page 2, Col. 4.)
hygiene were so common as plainly
to reveal the lack of adaption of the
human animal to his surroundings.
In the British draft records it was
found that four-fifths of those ex-
amined had defects worthy of rec-
ord. In our draft statistics, we find
47 per cent recorded as having re-
portable defects.
In the Life Extension Institute re-
ports of more than 150,000 physical
examinations, we do not find the rec-
ord of any perfect man or woman.
There is always some departure from
ideal physical condition, there is al-
ways something that can be done.
From those showing a high state of
vitality and minor defects, only a very
small percentage, we step down to
those showing really serious and ad-
vanced disease,—about 5 to 8 per
cent in any working population,
people actually at work and supposed-
ly in good health. A concrete case
will illustrate. A man fifty years of
age, examined in a group of supposed-
ly healthy workers as a matter of
routine, claimed to be in good health
and had no complaint except callous-
es on his feet. On examination, he
was found to have a blood pressure of
220, his kidneys were advanced in
disease, he had septic teeth and ton-
sils, his vision was defective and he
was wearing defective glasses pur-
chased at a store. He was consum-
ing large quantities of coffee, tea and
tobacco, and he had callouses on his
feet! Poor man! Much could be
done even for him by clearing his
mouth of infection, by regulating his
diet and habits, and fitting him with
proper glasses. He is not an uncom-
mon type. Callouses on his feet! No,
the callouses are on the brains of so-
ciety and of science that has for ages
stood waiting for people to come and
report that they have callouses on
their feet, or what not, instead of
periodically overhauling the human
body to find out whether any of the
factors grouped under the categories
I have mentioned are at work. This
particular man may have had rising
blood pressure and developed kidney
trouble for 15 or 20 years. The early
signs are often found in young people.
In a group of several thousands of
insurance policy-holders examined
periodically under this system for the
purpose of prolonging their lives, the
death rate during a period of seven
years was cut down 50 per cent. It
has been figured by a leading stat-
istician that the periodic examination
of any group from the dividends
increased living capacity. This isthe
practical work of life extension now
being carried by the Institute into
industry, among life insurance policy-
holders and among its own members
who join in this work, not only to
gain its benefits for themselves, but
to extend it throughout society.
Health construction and disease pre-
vention placed on a practical business
basis and carried through practical
business channels, gives economic as
well as psychic and moral dividends.
Apart from the prolongation of life
by such practical means, we must, as
honest scientific thinkers, face the
possibilities of more direct and speci-
fic measures. We have already sui-
ficient light on this pathway leading
to strong and startling possibilities,
enabling us to discern a world trans-
formed. We know that diet is not
so simple a matter as formerly sup-
posed. Specific substances, vitamins,
are necessary in our food for growth
and development and the mainte-
nance of health, entirely apart from |
the chemical elements and simple
combinations of protein, carbo-hy-
drates, fats, minerals, ete., formerly
regarded as sufficient. Strange and
terrible diseases arise from lack of
such substances,—beriberi, scurvy,
pellagra, and possibly other forms of
disease. We also know that the auton-
omic nervous system and certain
glands over which it presides form
substances essential to life and health
and well-being,—hormones. Excess
or deficiency of hormones may cause
profound changes not only in physical
condition, but in character and per-
sonality. Sex expression, which is
one of the most basic formative ele-
ments in personality during the great-
er part of life, can be wholly changed
by alteration in the gonads or sex
glands, and in animals the transplan-
tation of glands has shown the trans-
formations possible along these lines.
Science must face this fact as to
the influence of these bio-chemical
factors on the integration and disin-
tegration of personality. It is well to
throw a dash of cold water on the
present tendency to discuss personal-
ity as an entity which can go out
walking and then return to snuggle
once more in the body.
The question arises as to where the
personality comes from that a cretin
obtains when he emerges from incip-
ient idiocy to intelligence as a re-
sult of feeding him thryoid gland?
There is, so far as I know, no evi-
dence that the human mind can grasp
to explain this phenomenon other-
wise than on the hypothesis of an
integration of personality arising
from the bio-chemical changes in the
body of the subject.
Professor Francis G. Benedict, in
his experimental work on a squad of
men that had been adjusted to a low
plane of nutrition (about two-thirds
of the supposed minimum standard
and physically able not only to work
but to excell in endurance tests,)
found a remarkable change in sex ex-
pression and consequently in person-
ality, due to changes in the bio-chem-
ical adjustment of the subjects.
These men had low blood pressure,
slow pulse rate and lowered meta-
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siderable reserve nitrogen, and their
physiological condition and their out-
look on life during the period of the
tests were profoundly altered, that is
in the majority of these subjects, ow-
ing to practical obliteration of sex ex-
pression,—physical, psychic and aes-
thetic.
The many examples of profound
physical and psychic changes result-
ing from variation in the supply of
hormones or other specific substances,
indicate the possibility of ultimately
acquiring knowledge that will enable
us to administer combinations of sub-
stances that will maintain life and
health indefinitely, barring accident or
physical and mental strain and in-
jury, although these may conceivably
be successfully combatted to a certain
degree by specifc means. Carrying
these speculations to their ultimate
implication, we find a number of al-
jimative destinies confronting man-
nd.
Regulation of the birth rate, or an
artificial death rate, would be inevi-
table if the so-called natural death
rate were reduced to a negligible fac-
tor. A condition of society would
obtain strange beyond belief and so
different from the present world as to
be unrecognizable by one who could
awaken in it like Rip Van Winkle
after a long sleep.
The attainment of longevity by reg-
ulatien of conduct, by following rules
of personal hygiene and bending the
body to the will of the individual, is
not likely to cause any social upheav-
al or dislocation. Such influences
working gradually would be accom-
panied by social adjustment to a long-
er life cycle. Let us therefore be
optimistic or pessimistic, but just good
citizens courageous to face the truth
as to our weaknesses and to move for
their correction. Periodic physical
examination and an intelligent regula-
tion of our lives; of our social and
industrial conditions, may seem a
commonplace formula after discuss-
ing an elixir of life, but it will do
much to lift the burden of woe and of
error that now weighs down the na-
tions of the world.
It is useless to argue that nobody
wants to live longer than the present
life span. I venture to assert that if
simple means be found greatly to pro-
long human life, that is, without
working for it, few would be found
to make the decision against utiliz-
ing it, and no doubt nations would
fight for it.—By Eugene Lyman Fisk,
in the North American Review.
BUFFALO RUN.
Miss Emma Cline, of Williamsport,
is spending the month of August with
her sister, Mrs. Randolph Glenn, on
the Glenn farm at Briarly. Miss
Cline was accompanied there by her
father, C. E. Cline, who visited with
his daughter and the family for a
part of a week before returning to
Williamsport.
Richard Vanderhoof, of Canton, O.,
spent two weeks of August visiting
with Mrs. Vanderhoof’s relatives at
Beech Creek and in Halfmoon valley.
While at the latter place Mr. Vander-
hoof was a guest of Mrs. Isaac Gray
and her daughters, Mrs. Glenn and
Miss Esther Gray. Mrs. Vanderhoof,
who died some time ago, was before
her marriage Miss Sue Liggett, of
Beech Creek.
A surprise birthday party was giv-
en J. L. Hartsock Tuesday evening of
last week, the guests including one
hundred and twenty-five of his neigh-
bors and friends of the Buffalo Run
valley. A picnic supper and a play-
time in the orchard, in which the eld-
ers indulged in all their childhood
games, made it one of the happiest
and most memorable social events ev-
The Gray’s church picnic in Clem-
son’s woods on August 14th was
largely attended. Two baseball games
were a big part of the program of
sports. The first between the veter-
ans of Marengo and Stormstown
nines, was won by the latter by the
score of 7 to 0, and the second, be-
tween Stormstown and Pine Grove
Mills, was called on account of rain
with the score 3 to 2 in favor of Pine
Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Thompson and
their two nieces, Katherine and Peggy
Aungst, have been visiting with Mrs.
Thompson’s sister, Miss Annie Gray,
for the past two weeks. Mrs. Thomp-
son, who is with the Methodist Sun-
day school board at Evanston, IIL,
left on Tuesday, accompanied by
Peggy Aungst, for the return drive
MEDICAL.
Some Good Advice.
Strengthened by
Bellefonte Experi-
ences.
Kidney disease is too dangerous to
neglect. At the first sign of back-
ache, headache, dizziness or urinary
disorders, you should give the weaken-
ed kidneys prompt attention. Eat
little meat, take things easier and
use a reliable kidney tonic. There’s
no other kidney medicine so well rec-
commended as Doan’s Kidney Pills.
Bellefonte people rely on them. Here's
one of the many statements from
Bellefonte people.
Mrs. B. F. Blair, 108 Howard St.,
says: “I have used Doan’s Kidney
Pills occasionally when suffering from
kidney trouble. They certainly have
benefitted me in every way, in fact,
I haven’t had to use any kidney medi-
cine for kidney complaint since I first
took Doan’s Kidney Pills. I think
there is nothing as good as Doan’s
for people who may be troubled with
weak kidneys.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Blair had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 65-34
Money back without question
if HUNT'S Salve fails in the
treatment of ITCH, ECZEMA,
RINGWORM, TETTER or
other itching skin diseases.
Try a 75 cent box at our risk,
65-26 C. M. PARRISH, Druggist, Bellefonte
to Illinois while Mrs. Thompson and
Katherine will continue their visit in
the Buffalo Run valley.
On Monday, August 16th, the Fill-
more church of the Halfmoon charge
gave a farewell surprise reception to
Rev. and Mrs. H. F. Babcock, at the
Methodist parsonage at Stormstown,
at which time they presented Rev.
Babcock with a very comfortable desk
chair. About everything in the way
of refreshment was provided to make
the evening a most enjoyable one.
Rev. Babcock, by the way, has resign-
ed his pastorate of the Halfmoon
charge to take effect September first
at which time he will enter State Col-
lege to take a full college course. He
will also be assistant to Rev. J. W.
Long, pastor of the Methodist church |
at the College, in special work they
have outlined to do among the student
body. Rev. Babcock has been pastor
of the Halfmoon charge since the
spring of 1917 and has been doing a
good work. He entered the ministry,
however, without having the advan-
tage of a course in college and has
now decided to devote several years
to study.
Mixed.
“Doesn’t your husband write you
any letters from Havana?”
“Yes, but they are unintelligible.”
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
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SHOES
Reduced
We have a very liberal reduc-
tion on all summer shoes. This
reduction is on all Ladies’,
Misses’ and Children’s Low
Shoes. There is plenty of time
to wear low shoes this season
and if you are in need of low
shoes, look our prices over be-
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Our buyer has just returned from the principal cities of the
East, and has indeed been very fortunate, due to the exceptional
low prices which now prevail in the present market, to make
rare purchases of quality merchandise at exceptionally low prices.
A visit will more than convince you.
A few of the items purchased include one-piece Satin and
Serge Dresses; also a very extensive line of All-wool Jersey
Dresses in all shades, including the newest—those of marine
and elk. These are very beautiful and you are cordially invited
to inspect same.
Suggestions for Milady’s Fall and
Winter Wardrobe :
Undergarments
The celebrated brand “Dove” Undermuslins in satin, silk and
cotton.
Dress Goods
Wool Poplins, Serges, Batistes, Broad cloths and last but not
least, the beautiful Plaids with their rare color combinations,
which undoubtedly will be very much in demand this season.
Hosiery
Our stock is now complete with Hosiery of the better grade in
ladies’ full fashioned and seamed back, silk, mercerized lisle and
cotton.
School days are almost here and the kiddies will be in need
of school hose. We have them in all popular colors, and they
are hard to wear out.
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Come in soon. Your visit will be appreciated.
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