THE HUMAN MACHINE

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1927, Page 4

THE HUMAN MACHINE

i 1 ; 1 : ii l .11*1 A di .H . .IAL. , ‘lu a general way man is caroles' . of health. So long as the maihinorx of the human body functions without undue friction, ho is content to let i what: is apparently well severely alone. The mechanical engineer, on the other hand, rengnising 1 lie strain and stress to which machinery is. put in the fulfilment ol its daily task, insists on the frequent overhaul and inspection of his plant, in order that any flaw, however small, may he detected and suitj able repairs at once instituted. Equally j necessary is this overhaul of the still ■ more delicate machinery ;il the human i body, machinery which is becoming J more and more stressed and strained |a- civilisation advances and. as the j fierc e struggle for existence ini reuses, j Ine prevalence' of arterial and cardiac j disuse, of nervous affections and of j cancer, point irresistibly to the cor.i elusion that mankind is paying an inoreusing price for his short .sojourn in tills world.”—Sir William Milligan, j in the “Evening News” o. ■ London.