Show science seeks ways to fight old A age 9 e EW YORK science yet N NEW found a way of beating the grim reaper but modern research is making great strides in uncovering causes and preventatives of physical and mental old age while admitting that people who live much beyond years are rare exceptions medical men have decided c that proper care during youth and proper diet the rest of our lives can do much to keep men and women living to a ripe old age seeking causes for the death phenomenon no they believe that old age is simply a series of changes in the human body but no single place has yet been discovered where its effects are first felt glandular deficiencies are popularly thought to be largely responsible and this in turn may often be traced to dietary deficiencies when skin becomes drier wounds take longer to heal and bones get brittle it is generally conceded that the trouble can be traced to the glands finds filtrate factor though medical men frown on straight vitamin dosages dr agnes fay morgan of the university of california has tried to isolate a new vitamin whose absence from the body is at least known to bring on many symptoms of premature age in working with rats dr morgan has concentrated on diet perfecting a filtrate factor whose absence results in rapid aging among ordinary foods the constituents of this filtrate factor are believed to be contained in yeast whole rice and rice hulls eggs milk and many vegetables science has certainly determined that overeating is not conducive to longevity it has long been a proverb that gluttons dig their graves with their teeth and laboratory rats allowed to eat all they wanted actually did experience shorter lives than those whose diets were controlled troll ed hope to boost life span although it is recognized that a long life is often inherited from ancestors who possessed the same traits some scientists actually hope the average life span can be increased to years nor is this all they promise for a long old age of feebleness is not conducive to happiness science believes rather that if mankind will operate cooperate co it can avoid death by disease or other accidents until the time comes for a quick old age and sudden end sociologists are heartened by a modern reversal of the recent trend toward junking old people as unfit for profitable employment it is now conceded that both youth and age are needed for a proper balance of the community and old people themselves are realizing that their mental outlook on the world and life is as much a part of staying young as anything else cite franklins work historians point to innumerable cases where people have done their most notable work at an advanced age benjamin franklin was serva 0 6 CENTURY PLUS tony bovance of new york celebrated his birthday by doin the shag his nurse his recipe for longevity no meat ineat tobacco alcohol or tv ornen ing the united states as ambassador to france when he was 79 and several years later was making some of his most important scientific discoveries co moses vigorous israelite leader was past 90 when he led his people to the promised land frenchmen still talk about ninon de lencious Len cios a lady who lived in the days of louis IV although never beautiful she was so witty and had such a lively mind that men were in love with her when she was past 80 an englishwoman jane lewson attained the age of before she died in 1816 it is because science believes pr premature e death is caused so largely by accidents of youth that medical men lay great stress on protecting children from diseases that affect the heart and other vital organs no offer of help is held out to those who seek repair of such bodily damages yet dr morgan found that rats which had gray hair and other signs of premature old age showed improvement when the filtrate factor was introduced in their diet |