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Longevity Theories From Two Generations Of Statesmen
A survey of aging ideas from veteran politicians and judges. Senator Henry B Payne, born 1810, walks daily to the Senate and urges temperate living, exercise, and cheerful outlook. Judge Thome L Clingman advocates tobacco extract, careful meals, and hot air alcohol baths. Justice McArthur favors marriage, moderation in tobacco, and regular walking. The piece also notes two septuagenarian congressmen General Vandever and General Banks and cites Quakers in England with low death rates.
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Henry B. Payne
New York State
Madison
Andrew Jackson
Cleveland
United States Senate
Ben Wade
Senate
Heenan
Thome L. Clingman
Payse
Justice McArthur
Banks
Washington
Congress
General Vandever
California
N. P. Banks
Massachusetts
Vandever
General Banke
Franx G. Carter