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6 The Health Bulletin February, 19J*Z old age. Some twenty years ago very few of our lay people had any conception of the word "Pediatrics." Twenty years from now the word "Geratics" will be a familiar word and will be definitely identified with those specializing in the diseases of the elderly. No one can deny that good health is just as important in old age as it is in any age. Mental and physical activities properly adapted to the physical conditions of the aged is an essential part of pleasant existence. Sudden changes from an active career to inactivity are likely to be disastrous. A man whose only interest was business, who never had time for recreation or outside interest, will find it difficult to learn to play after he is sixty-five. Life should be a gradual adaptation to changing conditions. Some elderly people find it difficult to become reconciled to being old. An excellent essay on old age was written some two thousand years ago by Cicero. The following excerpts have stood the tests of time and should be helpful to those who now or who will soon consider themselves old: There is a quiet, pure, and cultivated life which produces a calm and gentle old age. . . . The philosopher himself could not find old age easy to bear in the depths of poverty nor the fool feel it anything but a burden though he were a millionaire. . . . Some can support two burdens considered the heaviest of all, poverty and old age, in such a manner as to be all but fond of them. . . . We must look after our health, use moderate exercises, take just enough nutriment to recruit but not overload our strength. Nor is it the body alone that must be supported, but the intellect and soul much more. . . . But it may be said many old men are so feeble that they cannot perform any duties of any sort or kind. This is not a weakness to be set down as peculiar to old age. It is shared by ill health of all ages. Why wonder that old men are eventually feeble, when even young men cannot always escape it. . . . But it will be said, old men are fretful, fidgety, ill-tempered, and disagreeable. If you come to that, they are also avaricious. But these are faults of character, not of the time of life. . . . Active exercise and temperance can preserve some part of one's strength, even in old age. ... An old man should no more resent the loss of physical strength than as a young man he missed the strength of the bull or the elephant. Let each man proportion his effort to his power. . . . The old man does not do what young men do; nevertheless, he does what is more important and better. Rashness is the role of youth, prudence of old age. . . . There are certain pursuits adapted to childhood. Do young men miss them? There are others suited for early manhood. Does that settled time of life called "middle age" ask for them? There are others suited to that age, but not looked for in old age. There are finally some which belong to old age. ... Do you wish again to be a babe crying in your crib? Many old people are only too glad to be freed from the bondage of passion and are not at all looked down upon by their friends. . . . But you will say old age deprives us of the pleasures of the table, the heaped-up board, the rapid passing of the wine cup. Well, then it also frees us from the headaches, disordered digestion and broken sleep. . . . He cannot be said to lack who does not want. . . . Intellect is the best gift of nature or God. To this divine gift and endowment there is nothing so inimical as pleasure. For when appetite is our master, there is no place for self-control nor where pleasure reigns supreme can virtue hold its ground. ... In fine, enjoy a blessing while you have it. When it is gone do not wish it back, unless we think that young men should wish their childhood back and those somewhat older their youth. The course of life is fixed and nature admits of its run but in one way, and that only once. To each part of our life there is something specially seasonable so that the problems of children as well as the high spirit of youth, the soberness of mature years and the ripe wisdom of old age—all have a certain natural advantage which should be secured in its proper season. . . . Men who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome. . . . Did old age steal upon manhood faster than manhood
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Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
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Date | 1942 |
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Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1942 |
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Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; editorial |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 57 |
Issue Number | 1 |
Page Number | 6 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 6 The Health Bulletin February, 19J*Z old age. Some twenty years ago very few of our lay people had any conception of the word "Pediatrics." Twenty years from now the word "Geratics" will be a familiar word and will be definitely identified with those specializing in the diseases of the elderly. No one can deny that good health is just as important in old age as it is in any age. Mental and physical activities properly adapted to the physical conditions of the aged is an essential part of pleasant existence. Sudden changes from an active career to inactivity are likely to be disastrous. A man whose only interest was business, who never had time for recreation or outside interest, will find it difficult to learn to play after he is sixty-five. Life should be a gradual adaptation to changing conditions. Some elderly people find it difficult to become reconciled to being old. An excellent essay on old age was written some two thousand years ago by Cicero. The following excerpts have stood the tests of time and should be helpful to those who now or who will soon consider themselves old: There is a quiet, pure, and cultivated life which produces a calm and gentle old age. . . . The philosopher himself could not find old age easy to bear in the depths of poverty nor the fool feel it anything but a burden though he were a millionaire. . . . Some can support two burdens considered the heaviest of all, poverty and old age, in such a manner as to be all but fond of them. . . . We must look after our health, use moderate exercises, take just enough nutriment to recruit but not overload our strength. Nor is it the body alone that must be supported, but the intellect and soul much more. . . . But it may be said many old men are so feeble that they cannot perform any duties of any sort or kind. This is not a weakness to be set down as peculiar to old age. It is shared by ill health of all ages. Why wonder that old men are eventually feeble, when even young men cannot always escape it. . . . But it will be said, old men are fretful, fidgety, ill-tempered, and disagreeable. If you come to that, they are also avaricious. But these are faults of character, not of the time of life. . . . Active exercise and temperance can preserve some part of one's strength, even in old age. ... An old man should no more resent the loss of physical strength than as a young man he missed the strength of the bull or the elephant. Let each man proportion his effort to his power. . . . The old man does not do what young men do; nevertheless, he does what is more important and better. Rashness is the role of youth, prudence of old age. . . . There are certain pursuits adapted to childhood. Do young men miss them? There are others suited for early manhood. Does that settled time of life called "middle age" ask for them? There are others suited to that age, but not looked for in old age. There are finally some which belong to old age. ... Do you wish again to be a babe crying in your crib? Many old people are only too glad to be freed from the bondage of passion and are not at all looked down upon by their friends. . . . But you will say old age deprives us of the pleasures of the table, the heaped-up board, the rapid passing of the wine cup. Well, then it also frees us from the headaches, disordered digestion and broken sleep. . . . He cannot be said to lack who does not want. . . . Intellect is the best gift of nature or God. To this divine gift and endowment there is nothing so inimical as pleasure. For when appetite is our master, there is no place for self-control nor where pleasure reigns supreme can virtue hold its ground. ... In fine, enjoy a blessing while you have it. When it is gone do not wish it back, unless we think that young men should wish their childhood back and those somewhat older their youth. The course of life is fixed and nature admits of its run but in one way, and that only once. To each part of our life there is something specially seasonable so that the problems of children as well as the high spirit of youth, the soberness of mature years and the ripe wisdom of old age—all have a certain natural advantage which should be secured in its proper season. . . . Men who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome. . . . Did old age steal upon manhood faster than manhood |
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