LONG LIFE

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3604, 26 February 1927, Page 4

LONG LIFE

RECIPE OF A MILLIONAIRE,

A physician, who for many years had the responsibility of keeping Mr. John D. Rockfeller, the Ameri-. can millionaire, in good health, devised for him a formula for long life. Mr. Rockefeller is now 87, so the presumption is that the doctor worked along good lines. An American millionaire, of course, has at his disposal the last words of scientific discovery, the best brains of the medical profession, the spas of the world, the latest appliances for preserving health.

Yet the formula which a .clever physician handed to one l of the world’s richest men as a plan of life could easily be put into effect by the humblest member of society. Here is the formula: —

“Don’t worry: don’t acquire overweight; drink three quarts of water daily; exercise regularly and secure lots of fresh' air while sleeping.” Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, the famous London specialist, said that he thought the formula an excellent one.

“The water cleans out that circulation,” he explained, “and carries away the foul products of digestion. Unless these products, which include uric acid, are washed away, they precipitate and remain in the tissues.

“The fresh air during the night feeds the lungs and carries away the product of combustion which tykes pjace in the cells of the lungs. In other words, the fresh air ventilates the cells of the lungs. “The exercise which is advised stimulates the abdominal muscles and helps them to do their part of the business of keeping the body clean.

“To put the whole matter briefly, the more we revert to animal existence the better in many ways we are.”