ALCOHOL AND LONG LIFFE
WASHINGTON, 30th April. Dr. Raymond Pearl, head of the department of. vital statistics of the John Hopkins University, addressing a convention of the National Academy of Science, said, that ' moderate, steady drinkers had a better expectation of life at all ages above 30 years than total abstainers. He added that heavy drinkers had the poorest expectation of life between 30 and 65, while after 65 heavy drinkers and total abstainers had about an equal expectation. Dr. Pearl said his finidngs were based on many years' study of the drinking habits of thousands of. persons throughout their lives, and the figures had been computed in a, way similar to life insurance tables.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1924, Page 7
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