The Rust of Life | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 11, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 10.

The Rust of Life.

—Such is the term applied to a disease which must come to all who reach old age, and may come when man should yet be in his prime. Arteriosclerosis is the name physicians give it, which means the physical decay of the arterial system, and through that the decay of the most vital and delicate organs. This disease, as one of the causes which prevent longevity, is now receiving considerable attention from studious physicians. The disease leads to a loss of activity in the arteries, diminishing their size, and obliterating some of their ramifications. Up to recent times no remedy has been known with which arteriosclerosis could be successfully treated. During the past few months, however, Dr. C. Trunecek, of Prague, has announced the discovery of a method by which it is claimed the progress of this malady can be stopped at least. The malady is said to be due to an insufficiency of the chloride of sodium and an overabundance of calcareous salts in the blood. The remedy consists in restoring the equilibrium, which will prevent the depositing of calcareous salts in the walls of the arteries. It sounds easy, this new method of obliterating the rust of life, and putting a stop to the process of decay; and the hopes of many may be raised to a high pitch through the promise thus held out. But men will continue to die, and the rust of age will continue to accumulate. But there is a hope of life held out in which we can place implicit trust, and that not for a few short years of time, but for endless ages. In that the rust of life will not appear, decay will not be known. It is better to trust our all in that hope. The hope is sure, and the life promised is eternal life.