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Show ARE THERE ANY DISEASE PROOF PEOPLE? In the Juno American Magazine Is n remarkably Interesting Interview with Dr. Alexander Graham Bell tho famous scientist. Dr. Bell, who is Investigating tho causes of old ago, claims that tirao and natural selection selec-tion tend to mako certain people disease dis-ease pioof. "I see from our studies a thing vnluablo to tho community," ho says. "It Is beyond question that, all othor things being equal, tho finest Insurance Insur-ance that you aro going to llvo long Is to bo descended from long lived peoplo. This Is obvious. Every long lived porson has proved, by living a long timo, that ho or sho Is moro or less dlscaso resistant. Those people t who nro not at all disease resistant iio killed oft in groat numbers olth-it olth-it In childhood or In early maturity. "Consequently, It seems to mo that ns wo go on from generation to generation, gen-eration, the dftcaso resistant peoplo will predominate moro and moro. And this would como about far more speedy If peoplo married with some idea of tho proper selection. "Thcro can bo no doubt that people, peo-ple, in tho passage of many generations, genera-tions, by death's weeding out tho totally to-tally non rcslstants, finally achtovo n tremendous measuro of Immunity from certain diseases. Measles is a fine Instance of this. Thcro was a time when It was a virulent nnd dangerous dlscaso. Wo now regurd It ns not at all serious, a moro Incident Inci-dent in a child's Ufa. But, whon tho Europeans first camo to this conn try and introduced measles to tho Indians In-dians tho redskins died off by hundreds. hun-dreds. Tho dlscaso found in tTicm fresh nnd totally non-resistant prey. Tho Indians thought thoy had been bow itched." - |
