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Title: Feminology; a guide for womankind, giving in detail instructions as to motherhood, maidenhood, and the nursery
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dressler, Florence
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Publisher: Chicago, C. L. Dressler & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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session, cheerfulness — strengthen body and brain.When this is generally recognized, life in the body willbe prolonged beyond the average period of animal life. But a large proportion of humanity is indifferent tothe subject of health and long life. Some there are whotoil so many long hours of the day, from sheer exhaus-tion of body they cannot give time to thought on anysubject. Anxiety for daily bread, clothing, and shelterfrays out the forces of life. A little girl, who from theage of three had whipped seams in custom-made trousers,wondered how any one could want to live as long as fortyyears. Statistics as to the average length of life in prosperityand poverty, according to Kalb, are: — Of i.ooo prosperous persons born, at 5 years of age57 died. Of 1,000 poor persons born, at 5 years of age 345 died. Of 1.000 prosperous persons born, at 50 years of age443 died. Of 1,000 poor persons born, at 5 years of age 717 died. Of 1,000 prosperous persons born, at 70 years of age765 died.
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GRANDMA S HELPER. LONGEVITY. 685 Of 1,000 poor persons born, at 70 years of age 968 died. By this it is to be seen that the wearing effects of thestruggle for self-preservation on the physical plane, makes mortality very much greater than where the environmentis one of comparative ease. Among other circumstances favoring long life, climateis prominent, the temperate being more conducive to thisend than the torrid or frigid. And the physique ofan individual is noted by statisticians as important; neitherthe very large nor the very small are usually long-lived.The very large are often grown disproportionately, whichis not indicative of strength; and the very small are unde-veloped. Very tall people are prone to stoop shoulders,which cuts off the breathing capacity, and hence shortenslife. Corpulency is unfavorable to longevity. It was Hufelands belief that but for extraneous causes,man might attain* to the age of one hundred fifty or more.Of the person he delineates as one who might be e

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