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Show DEATH'S CAPTAIN. Tuberculosis, once described as "capta'n of the men of death," has beet di moted, now ranking no higher high-er than sergeant. Heart disease is now the "caj:tain," claiming more thar. twice as many lives as any ether cause of death. Tuberculosa r.ow stands sixth among fatal diseases. di-seases. Statistics for the year 1933, the last available, show that for every 100,000 population in the United States, 202 died of organ'c heart disease. di-sease. Next came cancer, 99; Bright's disease, 87; pneumonia, 81; apoplexy, etc, 79, and tuberculosis, 61. The alarming death rate from 1 art disease and other maladies resulting re-sulting from a degenerat'on of the blood vessels is attributed by many physicians to stress and worry of cur complex modern life. Excessive mental men-tal cr physical work, with insuffi-cient insuffi-cient Bloep and recreation; the drive of ambition for success; the intem-pcrato intem-pcrato use of stimulants, and other modes of "hurn'ng the candle at both ends," tend to throw a too- heavy burden bur-den upon the heart, and if long continued con-tinued may end in collapse. Medical science at present offers little in the way of curative agencies for the cond'tion which these habits bring about. The only means of relief appears to be the abandonment of the practices which cause the trouble. Ccuntless lives are shortened because people will not take sufficient rest to enable their bod es to recuperate after af-ter strenuous mental or physical activities. |