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Show . DEATirS DEATH'S DEATHS ' CAPTAIN . , Ttb Tubeiculosis Tuberculosis ; l culosis , mice once once described as "captain captain " of the men of death death"lias deathlias , " nas has .been been . . demoted demote d , now ranking rankmg no higher than sergeant . Heart Heartdisease Heartdisease Heartdisease disease is now the theHcaptam "captain captain Hcaptam " " claiming more than twice as mapy manylives mapyhves mapylaves hves laves as any other cause of death . Tuberculosis now stands sixth sixth2mopg sixthemopg sixthmopg 2mopg emopg ? fatal'dlseases fataldlseases fatardiseases fatal ' diseases . Statistics for the year 1933 , the last available , show that for forevery forevery forevery every 100.000 100000 100,000 . , of population in the United States . , 202 died of 91- 91 qr- qr qrganac or organic 91gamc ' - ganic gamc ganac heart disease . . Next came cancer , 99 ; Bright's Brights ' disease , 87 ; pneumonia pneumonia , . 81 ; apoplexy , etc . . , 79 , and tuberculosis , 61 61 . , The alaimmg alalmmg alarming death late from Heart Iieart disease and other mal- mal mali mal3dies maladies mal maladies - i I adies 3dies resulting resultmg from a degeneration of the blood vessels is attrib attrib- attributed attrib-I attrib I attribIuted attributed - | I uted by many physicians to the stress and worry of Qf our complex : complexmodern modern life hfe Excessive mental or physical work , with insufficient I | I insufficientsleep sleep and recreation reel eation ; the drive ofambition of ambition for success ; the intem- intem intemfY88 - perate internIperate intemperate fY88 use of ofstlmuIantsand stimulants , , and other m modes < x3es of "burning burning " the candle ' candleat at both ends , , ? " tend to throw a too heavy burden the heart heartand upon P " " e nearr , I and if long continued may end in collapse . : Medical science science at piesent plesent present offers little in the way of curative curativeI I curativeagencies agencies Theonly for the condition which these habits bring about . Tn The TheI I I only means of relief appears to be the abandonment of th the pracI I prac- prac - tices practices which whichcause cause the trouble . Countless lives are shortened be- be : cause because people _ w1l1 wall not take . sufficient . . . - - - , . " 'r r ' " * " ' - Lii.i.i Liii.i Liiii u.ut uut rest ruaL to LO enable enaole their bodies to tneirlecuperate torecuperate 1 ecuperate recuperate after strenuous 3trenuous ' mental or physical physicalactivities activities . |