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medical men can work wonders in restoring vitality by the use of
medicaments consisting of extracts or tablets made from corresponding
glands taken from animals. This is a comparatively recent development
in the science of medicine ; it is called organotherapy. Some old
fashioned folk are sceptical and not sure what to think when they hear
of doctors taking an obese or it may be a senile or otherwise somewhat
defective man, and making a new man of him. It is true, but let no
person proceed to experiment upon himself with these extracts; they
must only be used under medical supervision, otherwise accidents will
happen.
Now I want you to turn with me from the theoretical to the more
practical side of this paper, and see just how all these evils are brought
about and how they can be prevented or cured if caught in time.
This involves consideration of diet, which in turn includes the
intestine—intake and output. Again we must consider high blood
pressure and what is called Arterio-sclerosis, that is hardening of the
arteries, a condition which does far more damage than cancer ever did
or ever will do. The lad of 40 and the man of 60 must have grasped
by now that fitness at 40 up to 75 and 90 years of age is a question of
whether we keep toxins or poisons from getting into our systems or
from developing within our systems. The young man of 40 must keep
new mottoes above the head of his bed, such as "Keep your endocrines
fit," "Toxins destroy the endocrines," and "The duration of our lives
depends upon the renewing force of our glandular system." Our whole
life and well-being depend upon the proper digestion of our food.
Good digestion requires consideration of choice of food, also of cooking
and of the bodies into which we put the food. Thus, we need 32 good
teeth and 32 bites for each mouthful of food. Visit the dentist every
six months if you want to live long. Pyrrœha poisons the system and
is a cause of anaæmia, rheumatism and arthritis, to mention only three
diseases. Proper chewing enables the saliva to act upon the food.
Bolting the food in lumps does not allow the gastric juice to mix
properly with it. Take time between each course and never read at
meals. Do not sit down to meals exhausted physically or mentally.
The angry man or woman must cool before eating. Avoid monotony
in eating. It was a well-meaning but slightly confused Eton boy who
said that the custom that a man should have only one wife was first
instituted by the Greeks, who called it monotony! Give your food
time to digest. Dinner at night is better for that reason than a full