| Show GUARDING OUR HEALTH ia much one shou 14 bori worry y about abacut his hil health has been the subject for many arguments some hold that a periodical physical examination examina lon should be taken with a view to disca ei ing any incipient diseases others believe that such examinations tend to make a person think too much t his health and that he be consequent worry is is worse than letting nature take its course A receil ladio lecturer on heart I 1 disease which is at present the most deadly of all ailments su suggested a middle course while lie he advocated periodical physical examinations he his listeners not 0 b o take the them m too seriously because as he pointed out many pers persons ns live for do dozens en a efin I 1 of years with heart trouble and finally die of something else 13 but at as lie he curlier fur lher stated the fact that one is ia concerned about his heart may cause him to adopt a mode of living which will not tend to ease his heart hear strain but will be beneficial to his general health as well the same principal applies i ti other chi chionio onic diseases concluding he repeated the sage advice of sir william osler osier said in substance if you would live long get a nice chronic ironic ri disease and nurse it I 1 |
