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Show "Americanitis" Is Causing 240,000 Preventable Deaths Annually By DR. W. S. SADLER, Report to Gorgas Memorial Institute. "Americanitis" is causing 240,000 preventable deaths yearly in this country. More Americans than any other white people are dying from heart disease, Bright's disease, apoplexy and high-blood pressure between the ages of forty and fifty. The hurry, bustle and incessant drive of the American temperament is responsible for this peculiar and characteristic American mortality increase during the "dangerous age" period, between forty and fifty years. This distinctly American phenomenon can be remedied only by teaching the public that at least 60 per cent of the 400,000 such deaths can be prevented by proper medical advice in the early stages when these diseases dis-eases are practically symptomless. Such breakdowns as we read of will continue until men know how to live. An inordinate ambition to forge ahead has driven many a man to his grave years ahead of his time. Two things are necessary to cope with the situation. The first is a yearly health audit. A second is a change in living habits of most Americans. Amer-icans. They mutt slow down their bodies and calm their nerves. |