SAINITARY IMPROVEMENTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 254, 25 October 1881, Page 4

SAINITARY IMPROVEMENTS.

A rppr.v.'. ftt»; ;.-. ;,. ♦*,„ Spectator oo -' T: ; t r"f r r ";fv -;• r-i Vr, f; H , ! ! " f-t.rrs Dr Vctm,;:, r Gr^oviUe. rt 0 , sf.'-r P!V ; «r ?rn ? pj a ij?«?c.-» wish a view '" l i; l! > ; J"- ii.iie».Mr.. duration of life is ra.htr glow dyirg thnu long living, expresses, the belief that tbis remark bns a more general application. Dr Gracville rouble whether prolongation of life by modern &rp"ianceß tneAts ao extension of true vilify, tta) b.p eoes on to state iha case in a wey (bat hns cccurred to many besices hifrrr 1?. At nil events* whst'be eeyp ir. t!»p Burjoitvd rxtr cr. is worth ponnevipf. «.p fhowwc the rrscnoc nrp\n B t j) r RichnrrfsoD'p iheoriep : — "We nssy ' lir?' lnre*r, but cur live? 8?f rot eitht-r happier or more useful tor ! bf' ejtcefg've prenjy recently devoted to tl c orrgprvaiion of bttl'b, or trip inordinate end ieboriou3 mesas tftk»>n )o fivoid dißP^pe and death. Ie mny, douhtlfs'. be possible to raise humanity fo tbe Ipvfl of one of thossoientifie toys vshich Bpproxim&te pfpetuol rroiior, but expand their vho'.e force in tnrvios themeelvee. Whether longevity purchased at the price of pmrsing a lifetime in rotning Bw^y from deo-h would be worth having, I rouai leave to be cet r mined by the judtrmept of these who set a value on cjr er.-caUed ennitary progress which I, for oce, fr.il to reeogciß^. I thick men were happier en .5 better, and lived noMer lives, before the pursuit of health ml the yearnine for 100e f -vify bfcame a creze elcnoet atEOuciins to m*r ! ne-ss. Wbst to fat, cri k, an i avoi i, whit t.-> wear, whtre and hi w to live, ty what meats to avoid i- I'eciop, to ke^p off disease, ond to escape cet for a few weury nnd worrier! y>ars», are q-iestiona w!u h co cc 2 ro?s the sU^his, if they do to? embnur ih* lives, of the mullitode, thai the propoafioD, * la a sanitary life worth livirst ?' has come to be b eubjeot of serious contempl&tior, and oce which the i&xed sr-d harassed ecmKUnity will soocer rr later be com pelie.i to PDtfrtair-, With every rtspeet for the abiliy and fntertrise Bnd dot reverence for the benevo'ent motives of cur sanitarinn", I cannot help feeling and may & c welt c-nfeas, that the 'movement* appears to me do be be" coming a little absurd."