Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-12-03 | Page 33 | Health Talks

I it s sS S I Old Age Is a State of Mind Old age Is curable it if taken in time It is nothing more than a state of ot mind a bad habit Dr Cannon profesor professor pro pro- fessor of physiology at Harvard has beautifully demonstrated the Influence of or emotional excitement upon the se secretion secretion secretion se- se of the principle produced produced produced pro pro- by the adrenal glands In his classical experiments he proved that that anger anxiety worry fear fear hatred and similar emotions exert a marked Influence upon the functional activity of ot these glands through the sympathetic sympathetic sympathetic nervous system Nothing ages an so quickly quick quick- ly as worry Worry is diluted fear Why worry What are you afraid of Afraid you may die We all have to todie todie todie die sooner of later Afraid you are going to be sick Well Wen if it you worry about It you surely will be sick pretty soon A very good definition for tor certain certain tain thin types of ot disease is this from a source we wont won't mention Disease arises from association calling up the fear that creates the image of ot disease and its consequent manifestation in the body It doesn't work very well for fractures hemorrhages tumors an another and other things that are hard for tor one to wish on himself but It works nicely for dyspepsia liver neurasthenia neurasthenia thenia insomnia hypochondria and particularly hysteria It is the best I definition ever invented for tor hysteria We have occasionally insisted here that overwork is not a cause of disease dis dis- disI I ease O Certainly it isn't a n. cause of ot old age Hard lIard work never hurts the ar ar- ar- ar teries It is the coincident worry and mental strain the abuse of alcohol tobacco and sometimes drugs and particularlY particularly particularly par par- the overeating that so many had workers indulge in that damages the arteries Life Lite is Just one long debate between man and his Colon bacilli The ductless strive valiantly to maintain an absolute neutrality with a sneaking sympathy for man But the Colon bacilli bacUli manage to gain the upper hand at one time or another so fond is man of the flesh pots so 50 fearful of starving and then begins a long fight between the ductless glands on one side of or civilization and the poisons el elaborated borated by the Colon bacilli and absorbed by the blood from the food tube So long as the ductless glands can produce sufficient secretion to metabolize or break up the incessant incessant incessant inces inces- sant flow of ot poison polson health and efficiency effi effi- but ultimately the ex exhausted exhausted exhausted ex- ex hausted glands fail fan and old age is on No matter about the years It is the poison polson that counts Ever notice the extraordinary optimism optimism optimism op op- op- op and good cheer of the oldest inhabitant He isn't happy halPY because lie he is still on earth way past his three I I score and aad ten he is still till on earth because his happy disposition has conserved conserved conserved con con- served his ductless glands QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Pellagra Please explain the nature of pella pella- gra Is it known In the Northern states or orin in Canada Is It curable Answer The Answer The c cause of pellagra is not yet known but those who have investigated investigated investigated believe it is due to deficiency of ot and perhaps to an in- in variety n the det dat It is rare in the Northern states and still more so in Canada It is curable if it recognized recognized recognized early early