Prolonging Life.

Manawatu Herald, 26 April 1904, Page 2

Prolonging Life.

The “British Medical Journal” has been collecting recipes for longevity, a subject for discussion which can never grow stale. Moltke, when asked in his ninetieth year how he bad maintained his health and activity, answered, “ By great moderation in all things and by regular outdoor exercise ” Crispi said “ that regularity and abstinence are the secrets of long iifa.” An American nouogenarian, Neal Dow, of Maine, laid stress on the careful' avoidance of fretting, of disturbance of the digestive organs, and of exposure to sudden or protracted cold, with insufficient protection against its influence. Jowett’s oft-quoted recipe was that to live long a man should have a groat work in progress. Sir James Sawyer drew up a series of rules for the guidance of those who desired to live to a healthy old age, and the ‘‘ Journal ” quotes them with implied approval. They are (1) blight hours’ sleep; (2) sleep on the right aide ; keep the bedroom window open all night; (4) have a mat to the bedroom door; (5) do not have the bedstead against the wall; (6) no cold tub in the morning, but a bath at the temperature of the body; (7) exercise before breakfast; (8) eat litule meat, and see that it is well cooked ; (9) (for adults) drink no milk; (10) eat plenty of fat, to feed the cells which destroy disease germs; (11) avoid intoxicants, which destroy those cells; (12) daily exercise in the open air; (18) allow no pefc animals in living rooms— they are apt to carry about disease germs; (14) live in the country if possible; (15) watch the three D's -drinking water, damp, and drains; (16) change of occupation ; (17) (take frequent and short holidays; (18) limit youc ambition ; and (19) keep your temper.