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"mitogenetic rays" or M rays. Later Gurwich "tuned in" 

 waves coming from the human body, and other scientists 

 proved that the rays are sent out from every tissue where the 

 vital process of metabolism goes on. 



Since different M rays are produced when different changes 

 take place in a living cell, scientists will be able to follow cell 

 changes without disturbing the plant or animal. The blood is 

 constantly giving out M rays and recent experiments showed 

 that these rays are affected not only by drugs but also by the 

 age of the patient, his or her sex, state of health, hunger, sleep, 

 or agitation. M rays get weaker as a man gets tired from phys- 

 ical work. After he rests, the blood starts "broadcasting" 

 again. But prolonged work, which causes serious fatigue, 

 keeps the M rays quiet several hours. Here is an absolutely 

 accurate method of measuring fatigue. 



Old-Age Treatments 



Further medical advances will greatly increase life expec- 

 tancy and more of us will remain healthy for a longer time. 

 In 1850 only 2.5 per cent of the population was sixty-five and 

 over. In 1930 about 5.5 per cent were in that category, and 

 in 1980 about 14.5 per cent should be sixty-five or over. 

 These figures indicate why geriatrics (the indirect treatment 

 of the diseases of old age) and gerontology (the study of 

 senility) will be increasingly important. In an article in The 

 Medical World, Dr. Harry Benjamin contends that these two 

 branches of medicine must be supplemented by a third 

 gerontotherapy the direct treatment of the aging process. 



According to Dr. Benjamin the function of gerontother- 

 apy would be to stave off old age and thus add to the years of 

 useful life. Thus it must start early. During childhood and 

 youth it would be preventive. After the fiftieth or sixtieth 

 year it would use direct treatment. Prevention, he explains, 



