Show I Preventing Approach of Old Age 1 Baltimore American American- America has come to be regarded as ns essentially the country of the tho young oung mans man's I The Tho virility of youth is demanded de do- by tho the nations nation's busy husy commercialism com coin More and more moro the tho task of or creating and directing great rent enterprises enterprises enterprises enter enter- Is being to men Under under un un- der del the age of or 40 The dictum of or Dr DI William Osler Osier of ot Oxford and Baltimore Baltimore Balti Balti- more that a man Is capable of his greatest achievements before that lint age aSe has been widely accepted as correct says the New York Tribune But the tho veterans of or life are arc at last ast t beginning to sit up and take notice of or this growing tendency to oust them from the big things Incidental to the nations nation's progress The They see sec that tha tho the intense character of modern commercialism commer commer- wears out the human machine much more quickly than the more leisurely methods of the tho past and nowhere nowhere no no- where is this fact becoming more generally gen gen- en- en r craib recognized than in the United States In spite of all this some of L ii them are beginning to assert that a SHE IS THE QUEEN OF MATCHMAKERS E- E fE E Et I 4 1 r ii r t r t t y r i iI I L f fI I I 4 10 k 4 4 4 p pI J I I fr p I 1 S i rr S 1 1 t S J 1 1 Mrs Irs George M. M Pullman of Chicago's most exclusive social set tet et who Is known knon as the fairy air godmother of the debutante She has the reputation ti of making more matches than any other social light of the breezy elt city r r- 5 mans man's best work worl should be done dono after afler A and not before the age of 40 Their hope has long been that advanced ad medical science will one of these days 1 find nd means to prevent the premature process s of a aging M If science cannot do this they arf arf ar- ar ji f f gue sue then men will become discouraged v aged In attempting to carr carry out the theand themore f more and more exacting demands of I sanitary science as to lo how the they should eat cat drink and breathe With every 3 new discovery of at one more kind of r harmful bacteria walling to prey on I poor mortal flesh the convIction W spreads that there Is little use making 1 I the fi light fight ht lo to cross the meridian of life jf with a sound constitution because b by byS J I that time mans man's usefulness h Is h about S done and the end anwa anyway quicker the 1 j comes come the better But nut on the other hand the marked advances which have been heen mado made by modern medical science in recent years ears in getting at the tho fundamental causes of or tho the dispo disposition of or the body to grow I feeble and prematurely aged serve to i inspire the hope that some way to I control these causes m may yet et be dis dis- covered I Tue latest move in this direction has hasS S been made mado by hy Mrs n Russell Sage who i has Increased her public benefactions already totaling man many millions by y to found and maintain theS the S Russell Sage Institute of Pathology The Inv Investigators attached to this f 5 proposed new institution will swill not S bother them themselves elves with the ordinary S ills fits of or humanity Their quest will swill beI bo be boto o I to discover cr the causes which produce T old age and afflict the autumn of lIfo life with enfeebling and wasting processes 3 They will seek seel the Iho exact forces which cause bones to lo grow brittle nerves to 10 lose e their reaction arteries to lo harden vital ital organs to lose their power and I 1 the tho brain to become uncertain and arid en en- i The inquiries will be conducted with tho the co operation of or two of New Yorks York's greatest hospitals Medical Wi S 1 ft Through all a ages es human effort ha has hasT T r TC reached out after the secret oC of perennial I youth That wax was the search arch of or the al alchemist alchemist al- al l chemist of the Middle lc Ages whom Shakespeare Shake Shake- speare pictures brewing brewin all sorts of if con- con within tho the gloomy recesses of OJ his stone stano chamber The wizards of toay to- to ay have practically the same ame object In Inv v view w The They do o not expect to lo be able to 5 11 make the human machine I last t forever or orS S even cven keep the breath In a rail mil bod body weakened by Infectious diseases In cart car- car t Her lIr hold however however however how how- years They do out cut hope ever ever of being able to Increase the 8 stay ay upon earth of or those litt sturdy dy veterans who have crossed the merJ meridian iau of life lire with sound constitutions Not only that but butIn butIn In doln doing so 10 the they expect to be able to lend to the tho latter laller end of oC life some at least east of or the thc visor sigor and virility of youth Onu One of or the most daring experimenters among the advanced guard suard of of modern medical wizards U is the thc Russian professor He Ho advances an alluring theor theory the the- or 01 ory which is borne borno out to a n. considerable extent by actual experiments exp l Natural death insists Is hastened b by poisonous microbes produced In the bo body y yby by the Uie functioning of tho the organs The Tile poison polson induces fatigue in proportion as ns asS S the organs are arc exercised Sleep he says sas Is caused by the 8 saino rno microbes microbe and it I IS II Is S while asleep when the organs do elo not go S through their lr functions that we throw throwS S off orr the effect of oC this tolson But Dut he claims the entire effect Is never wholly thrown off orr A A. residuum gathers with In Increasing increasing In- In creasing years which he believes ultimately ulti ulti- viably t causes death Ho lie quotes this l 1 0 f graphic description of natural death eath written written writ writ- ten b by Demango Demonge to illustrate illustrato what he means menns Having reached extremity of or old age oge retaining still the glimmerings of or a faded Intelligence the old man feels d de debility blUt gaining upon him his limbs refuse to obey his falling will his skin becomes insensible dry ry and col cold warmth withdraws withdraws withdraws with with- draws from his extremities his taco faco grows rows thin his eyes hollow and his eyesight eye eye- sight dull his speech dh dies 8 upon his lips lip which remain agape life for forsakes akes tho the ol old nian man from the circumference to tho the center conter con con- ter tor his breathing becomes labored an and finally his heart ceases to beat The ol olman old man has thus gently gone out appearing to tall fall asleep for the last time Natural Death This picture insists gives give color to the theory that natural death 1 Is hastened through h polson poisoning In b by harmful elements clements generated b by tim the activity of or ou our organs In sleep he says sas an Instinctive n need ed of oC rest Iest Is manifested and In natural natura death Is shown mans man's Instinctive lion tion toward death leath In support of or this belie belief be be- lie lief he Instances the Indifference of oC old people as to whether they live or die and the fact that natural death is nt t painful but is accompanied by a e feeling of or beati beaU tude This condition he explains is II the prelude to the acquisition of tho the aspirations aspirations aspirations toward death eath and tends lends to show how that Intoxication 0 of the organs by some narcotic poison polson robs the old man of oC even the wish to live hive He points out however howe that me lne death eath eathor of or ag aged d people described as natural death is In the great majority of cases due to Infectious diseases especially pneumonia which takes Insidious forms or to apoplexy apo ape True natural he says Is very rare began the evolution of this lhor theory by making experiments with plants of or high order and microscopic In which he lie discovered dico In Instances instances In- In stances of the entire absence of oC natural death Mr 11 John Lubbock now Lore Lord ebury A carried on experiments with insects and succeeded In keeping queen ants alive for 13 and 15 years ears though their natural life was only five Working from roam the ascertained fact that thal the life of Insects has been prolonged to thrice their natural term koff kort evolved the hopeful theory that the he same might h be- be accomplished In regard to the time human animal He conceived the he Idea that the present natural term of oC mans man's life might be put off ort In tho the same proportion if the time causes leadIng leading lead lead- Ing up to natural death could be discovered discovered dis dis- ls- ls covered and an antidote found for them It H was a coworker with who evolved the l Idea a that the functioning of the organs pr ducs poisonous microbes which Induce sleep The close analogy between cn sleep seep and natural death loath Inclines him to tha the belief belief that death Is likewise caused by hy th the thai I same fatigue poison polson In a deeper and gravel graver form than that which produs s sleep By carrying on ona a series of or ex- ex upon animals he has demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- at least easl the premises of or his hla theory Through making animals overwork overwork overwork over over- work he has dl discovered covered that the time muscular muscular mus mus- cular extract taken from them is poisonoUs poisonous pois pois- onous and when injected into other lither animals animal In a normal condition produces excessive weariness and even death The rime use o of a n. l neutralizing serum he has bas found will restore an Injected animal to normal again The Time nature of this fatigue I la is not yet et known and this is 15 the tho quest of He ic believes that if it ho he can ascertain Its exact ra- ra ture turo and the cause it St It- will be va possible to discover the tue antl antidote ote Grun Gri rim th lii Acini This theory of the l school sch II Is not accepted by all the wizards who are aro ro reaching out Into the nebulous realm of theoretical experiments There are other specialists like hike Minot who maintain that aging aging- Is lit a natural progressive pro pro- ro- ro gressl e process inherent In the cells of tin tin- b body lody y from the beginning which corresponds 9 and goes hand band in hand with the tho maximum of oC human development de I Ills theory Is that it Is tho the Inherent quality of all living matter to Sl age e and age most moat at periods of tho tue greatest development In support he no ho points to the aging during the tho first years ears afterbirth afterbirth after aCter birth as an example of ut the process during the time years of greatest development develop develop- ment- ment on the tho other hand differentiates differentiates differ differ- r- r between two groups of cells celis- ells ells- those that thal propagate ate an and that lafr curry carry on omi the functions of or the body rime Tho first class never age because they reproduce themselves Tho The others must necessarily ago aud and die According to this ibis theory there Is a continuity of life and In Iii that respect old ago ao Is simply the outcome of a CI greater reater develop devel e op m en t Along this line also lies the work of oC men like Calkins who Is experimenting experimenting upon the simplest forms of oC life ll By changing the time diet lct of oC tho the protozoa pro pro- which were serc mortal he followed the divisions ons through COO GOO rations generations and demonstrated that the vital power of the descendants was Mas unimpaired and nd practically Immortal Coming Coining down out omit of ot the clouds of theory theor with sith their interesting but con- con views on the time causes an and possible possible pos pos- sible c cures for the Ills of old a age e w swe j have o the well weil ascertained facts that advanced ad ad- sauced medical science has given Ut tie us Modern Mo Modern ern research work has tal taken en two distinct lines lines' In recent years The rite whole field of or conta contagious lous diseases which ar arc cause caused L by the action of or bacteria bacteria bacteria bac bac- teria is known as the tIme study of or bac bac- rite Tho cure euro of or such diseases might be classified as the work alon along the line of immunity The Time father of or modern bacteriology was Pasteur who b by experiments from front the time lower animals discovered tho the nature of oC the time bacterial poisons which cause contagious dis dis- eases cases Then came camo Koch with his special spec spec- ial wor work upon the disease germ gerni erm in tu tu- tu and his school discovered how the time white blood coils colls devour our and digest lest the bacteria of contagious contagious con con- diseases The most modern stu studies ics along tills this I line lino are in iii the direction of discovering 1 how the bod body manufactures ch chemical ml al antidotes otes to time the pol poisons ons of or the bacteria absorbed into the blood Bor Bordet et and nd Ehrlich have IHl been the time leaders In working work work- ing lag out tho the elaborate chemistry of the time neutralization of oC these poisons in n the body with a A. view to preventing hc time causes of contagious disease and dealIng dealing deal deal- ing lug successfully with them after aCter development de dc- de- de t. t This field of me medical reseat research deals chiefly with diseases which afflict humanity humanity hu hu- manity up to the age of 40 G. G Through h it the human chance of attaining maturity matur matur- It ity Ily has been largely Increased increase but when all is done one along this line tho the whole question of the time wasting diseases ses which afflict old age Is left eft un mimi- touched The rhe line of research which more mom particularly par par- applies to tho tue diseases mci- mci dent den t to old age is the tho study of disease n in n itself and the causes which lie He behind behind be- be hind the organic changes which take talc place with advancing years ears from froni a structural and functional standpoint This line of inquiry is known as ns structural structural tural pathology or tho time study of oC JIs- JIs ease cast under the time microscope and it is alon along this lino hinc that the time work of or the time new nc Russell Sage Institute will swill be directed The conditions which are arc directly dent to the wasting process the bO body an and Its ts organs undergo with age can be more or 01 less clearly defined There Is th time the hardening hard har ening of the arteries which Impairs the theIon action Ion of oC the heart causes a reduction In Inthe inthe the he circulation n a shi shrinking inking of or the nerve centers with general and amid ultimate senility If an aim arter artery In the brain becomes brittle through hard hardening and bursts burst the man dies from apoplexy or Ol orIves lives Ives with one side paralyzed If one Is obstructed In fn the heart through hardening the he man dies ics su suddenly enly from neuralgia of ot the thc heart or as It Is often orten wrongly dlag- dlag nosed nosed ac acute acuto te indigestion The bon bones grow ro lack of at nutrition and a chemical process which causes them to shrink The brain gets smaller becomes softened In parts arts and loses its vitality as asa asa asa a result of the Impaired action of the heart and the lowering of the circulation due to the har hardening of ot the arteries The lungs lose Jose their elasticity and the liver and kidneys shrink In size and are unable unable unable un un- un- un able to get rid of ot the poi poisons ons which accumulate accumulate mutate in the bod body The Interest of or humanity In this quest for br the time antidote to old Re-O Re I Is nA nn In its intensity It It has as a's IJ been mani- mani r tc tested ted through all ages and never to a greater extent than at |