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Show A Little of Everything i PHYSICIANS ARE SHORT LIVED. I Constant Strain of Work Frequent Cause of Early Death. Tlio diseases which claim the most victims among pliyt jlans relatively to nil males nro gout and diabetes and there Is n high rolatlve mortality from diseases of the norvous system, circulatory system and kidneys. From tlio nature or his habits, the physician Is not bii. ect to neefdent, ami, though he Is brought Into con tact with Infection to a greater extent thou other men, his preventive means aro successful nnd his mortality from Infection Is very low. Freedom from prolonged nmsculnr strains and high IJood tension apparently saves him from arteriosclerosis, but stilchlo claims ninny, und so do the drug habits hab-its acquired by tho norvously exhausted. exhaust-ed. It has been said that three-fourths of French morphine users nre physicians. physi-cians. The cause of tho physician's early death Is evidently the cxcesslvo nervous ner-vous expenditure, Insuinclcnt rest and defective nutrition Inseparable from his calling, with lis broken and restricted re-stricted sleep, Irregular hours of work, rest nnd meiils, the worry when lives depend upon Ills Judgment and tho lack of n day of complete relaxation relaxa-tion In each week. The physician who sees his patients every day In tho week, month nftor mouth, nnd ennnot learn to forget them when ho goes home, meiely burn the candle at both ends. Ho violates tho law obeyed b) every other animal, that there shall bo periods ot moderate exertion Interrupted by longer periods ot rest when repairs are made. It U not too much work ns a rule, but scattered scat-tered work, which rrevonts rest. American Medicine. |