Old Age Pills.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 43, 5 June 1917, Page 2

Old Age Pills.

Sir Thomas Boor Crosby, who became Lord Mayor of London when he was over eighty-one, held some interesting views on the art of keeping young—maxims founded on his experiences as a doctor. “Take care of your arteries,” was one of Sir ThomaL 1 ' oft repeated “old age pills.” “A man is as old as his arteries,” he once said. “If they degenerate, you get an effusion of blood on the brain and elsewhere and crack.

“To take care of your arteries go to bed early. One thing I do insist upon, and that is ‘early to bed. Whenever possible I always get a long night’s rest. I eat as little meat as possible. And I am a great believer in plenty of exercise, although my work has prevented me taking as much of this as I should have liked. “But work does not hurt anybody ; on the contrary, it keeps them well. I have never adopted any particular regimen. I take a glass of wine. I smgke a cigar. I eat what is put before me—but always in moderation. Therefore, I should say that temperance is the thing to enable a man-to make the best of his life.”