HEALTH IN 2023.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 169, 18 July 1924, Page 3

HEALTH IN 2023.

EVERY MAN HIS OWN DOCTOR. DOCTOR'S PROPHECY. Predictions of health conditions in 2023 were made by Dr. F. P. Millard, of Toronto, founder and president of the j National League for the Prevention of i Spinal Curvature, at a dinner given in; his honour at Indianapolis, where he has demonstrated his technique in connection with Bright's disease. Dr. Millard prophesies (writes the Montreal correspondent of the London "Daily Express'") as follows: — '"Kidney cosies'' will be worn to pro- j tect the kidneys on chilly days, just as a teapot is kept warm by a "tea cosy." . Little rouge will be used, as a method of tinting the cheeks by internal secre- , tioiss will bo known to all. | There will bo no hidden mysteries . regarding the cure of disease. Each person will be thoroughly posted on how to take care of himself and what to do in an emergency, and accordingly there will be fewer physicians than at the! present time. Every high school pupil will be per- ! fectly familiar with the topography of liia anatomj-, as he is familiar to-day with the geography of the world. Living to ISO. Every organ in the body will be preserved if at all possible (not in alcohol), the tonsils will be known as two of the most valuable organs in the body, and the appendix will be considered the oil-' can of the caecum and ascending colon. People will live to be 140 and 150, thanks to semi-annual examination and a better method of diagnosing and treat--1 Serums ivill be unknown, and no vaccination marks will be necessary. I There will be a tendency for people to I grow taller, as there will be no spinal curvatures or lack of assimilation. Many of the disease pf to-day will bo unknown. The effect of weather on humans -will ! be better understood, and the protection of the feet will bring about a stronger race. High arches will be the rule, in that every one will understand how to spring ' his arches upward, making better spinal balance.