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Show YSICIANS ARE SHORT LIVZD. .ns'ant Strain of Work Frequent Cause of Early Death. The diseases which claim tho most .ctlms among physicians relatively all males are gout and diabetes nd there Is a high relative mortality om diseases of the nervous system, Irculatory system and kidneys. From tho nature of his habits, the liyslclan Is not subject to accidents, nd, though he Is brought Into con tot with Infection to a greater extent ..an other men, his preventive means re successful and his mortality from ufcctlon is very low. Freedom from ro'onged muscular strains and high lood tension apparently saves him 'rom arteriosclerosis, but suicide claims many, and so do tho drug hab-Us hab-Us acquired by tho nervously exhaust-id. exhaust-id. It has been said that three-fourths of French morphlno users are physicians. Tho cause of tho physician's early ieath Is evidently tho excessive nervous ner-vous expenditure, Insufficient rest and jofectlvo nutrition. Inseparable from his calling, with Its broken and restricted re-stricted sleep, Irregular hours of work, rest and meals, the worry when lives depend upon his Judgment and the lack of n day of complete relaxation relaxa-tion In each week. Tho physician who sees his patients every day In tho week, month after month, and cannot learn to forget them when he goes home, merely burns the candle at both ends. Ho violates the law obeyed by every other animal, that there shall be periods of moderate exertion interrupted by longer periods of rest when repairs are made. It is not too much work as a rule, but scattered scat-tered work, which prevents rest. American Medicine. |