Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1918 — Hurty Fears Man Will Invent Himself Off The Earth [ARTICLE]

Hurty Fears Man Will Invent Himself Off The Earth

Is there danger that man will “invent himself off the earth?” Dr. J. N. Hurty asks. He .ays the question was suggested to his mina when recently thinking of the many inventions in recent years, and their effect on the nervous system of human beings he said: “Nerve diseases are abundant these days and are becoming more abundant. Our intense artificial lights strain on our eyes; our ears are pounded deaf by the ceaseless and unnecessary din of the streets, our noses are offended by gasoline fumes and abominable vapors from lubricating oils; fetit air in the cars, cabs and cabarets poison our blood; the automobile barrange makes crossing of streets a terror, and machinery of endless kinds maim, torture and kill. And now comes airplanes, Zeppelins, submarines, poison gases and liquid fire. And the end of invention is not yet. So the question is—Will we invent ourselves into nervous wrecks and then off the earth?”