TREATMENT OF DISEASES. 



2. How Long Have "We to Live, as Shown by the Life Assur- 

 ance Tables. — The following is one of the authenticated tables, in use among 

 insurance companies, showing the average length of life at the various ages. In 

 the first column, we have persons of average health, and in the second column 

 we are enabled to peep, as it were, behind the scenes, and gather from their 

 fable the number of years they will give us to live. This table is the result of 

 careful calculation, and seldom proves misleading. Of course, sudden and 

 premature deaths— from accidents, unusual severity of disease, etc. — as well as 

 lives unusually extended, occasionally occur; but this is the average expectancy 

 vof life, of an ordinary man, who lives prudently and avoids all undue exposures, 

 «etc. In the earlier years of life, the female, from less exposure, has from 1 to 

 2 years more of life in expectation than the male; but as life advances, this over- 

 average comes down gradually to nearly the same; but still there is a trifle, or 

 small part of a year, always in favor of the woman. I will s.iy, at the start, 

 that the average life of all born into the world is, for males, about 39yYiy years, 

 and for females, 41y*^ years. I shall only give the figures for every 10 years, 

 up to 20 and after 60, for, so far as business is concerned, before 20 and after 60, 

 it will not be of much account, yet interesting as a matter of curiosity. The 

 table is given in years and hundredths of a year, by Dr. William Fair. 



More years to 



live. 



22.70 



- 19.W 



16.45 



. 13.53 



8.45 



. 4.93 



2.84 



. 1.68 



EemarJcs. —Wxih this table before us, taking the present age of any person 

 in ordinary good health, we see at a glance how much longer they may be 

 expected to live. By considering these things, we can tell whether or not it 

 would be best to enter into new business enterprises, marriage relations, etc. 

 And, with the table, on " The Pulse in Health," we can tell pretty nearly 

 whether we are in an average condition of health or not, as these figures do not 

 lie; if they do not hold good in any particular case, it is from a want of average 

 health. 



Supposing the ladies will desire to know their chances or probabilities of 

 marriage, I will append a table showing what their prospects are, between 

 thirteen and forty, as follows: 



3. Chances of Women for Marriage. — The following statement 

 is drawn from the registered cases of 876 married women in France. It is the 

 first ever constructed to show ladies their chances of marriage at various ages. 

 Of the above number there were married: 



