JAMA Revisited, from May 1924: The Promise of a Longer Lifetime

JAMA Revisited, from May 1924: The Promise of a Longer Lifetime 
JAMA; 4/18/2024.
Originally published May 10, 1924 | JAMA. 1924;82(19):1518-1519.
Editor's Note: Yes. This article's original date is May 10, 1924; one hundred years ago, shortly after coming through the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919.
Modern hygiene has been described as the reaction against the old fatalistic creed that deaths inevitably occur at a constant rate. The study of vital statistics shows that there is no “iron law of mortality.” ... The New York report states that the increase in the expectation of life has been almost entirely confined to the ages before 35 years. In the future, the health officer must, of necessity, consider steps to be taken to minimize the mortality among those of middle and advanced life. There is much to encourage man today to seek to secure a normal lifetime.