HOW THE AGED SHOULD LIVE

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10645, 26 June 1897, Page 6

HOW THE AGED SHOULD LIVE-

Every person who advances ia life should oarefnlly examine his whole mothods of life and persons! habits, and should adapt his mode of living to the pflCuHarltiefl of hia individual oase. One of the first and most important questions to consider Is that of food. The teeth In old age are frequently lost, and, unless under exceptional fliw^mstanoes, they should be replaced by artificial ones, for ! mastication is a moat vital point, and is ; more necessary in the oase of the old than the yonng, for in tho former tj^ digestive powers sfe apt to fail. \i%P many old people are injured by the use oi food in excessive quantities ; but little exercise can be taken ;..bll growth hag ceased, and the bc^.i^farnacea which make heat are able to destroy but little food fuel. It is, perhaps, not universally recognized that in numerous cases death Is fioally due to an absolute failure on the part of the body to keep itself warm. In the old the beatnmaking functions are exceedingly low, and hence It is that fow old people are comfortable in a room that is under 75 or 80 degrees. It is especially important, therefore, that au abundance of clothes be worn by old poople. Another vital point in the treatment of the aged ia protection, and especially protection against strain of any vital organ. An old man exposes himself to inolement weather, and especially to a high wind, with the result thnt tho blood is driven from tho surface of the body upon the I internal organs, and tho enfeebled movements of respiration which aid in forcing tha blood out of these organs are cheoked, What is trua in regard to the ordinary healthy conditions of the old man is more particularly true In regard to the diseases of the old. Medicines that are too violent in their action cannot ba taken ; at tho same time, when possible, it, is most essential to arrest at onoe any incipient disorder in old persons.