The Prolongation of lifePutnam, 1908 - 343 pages |
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... LACTIC ACID AS INHIBITING INTESTINAL PUTREFACTION 151 The development of the intestinal flora in man . - Harmlessness of sterilised food . - Means of preventing the putrefaction of food . - Lactic fermentation and its anti - putrescent ...
... LACTIC ACID AS INHIBITING INTESTINAL PUTREFACTION 151 The development of the intestinal flora in man . - Harmlessness of sterilised food . - Means of preventing the putrefaction of food . - Lactic fermentation and its anti - putrescent ...
Page 105
... lactic acid , was interfered with by an excess of the acid . To secure complete fermenta- tion , it was necessary to neutralise the acid by the addition of chalk . When the action of lactic acid is continued too long , it not only ...
... lactic acid , was interfered with by an excess of the acid . To secure complete fermenta- tion , it was necessary to neutralise the acid by the addition of chalk . When the action of lactic acid is continued too long , it not only ...
Page 106
... lactic acid produced by the microbe from the sugar and not neutralised . As this transformation of sugar into lactic acid is a fundamental property of the microbe , de- pending on its constitution , the arrest of the fermentation and ...
... lactic acid produced by the microbe from the sugar and not neutralised . As this transformation of sugar into lactic acid is a fundamental property of the microbe , de- pending on its constitution , the arrest of the fermentation and ...
Page 120
... lactic acid is the most important of the ponogenes , and lays stress on its narcotic effect . If his theory were correct , there would be a remarkable analogy between the auto - intoxication by lactic acid in the cases of man and ...
... lactic acid is the most important of the ponogenes , and lays stress on its narcotic effect . If his theory were correct , there would be a remarkable analogy between the auto - intoxication by lactic acid in the cases of man and ...
Page 160
... the digestive tube . The field lies open for other means which may probably solve the problem more completely and more practically . V LACTIC ACID AS INHIBITING INTESTINAL PUTREFACTION The development of 160 THE PROLONGATION OF LIFE.
... the digestive tube . The field lies open for other means which may probably solve the problem more completely and more practically . V LACTIC ACID AS INHIBITING INTESTINAL PUTREFACTION The development of 160 THE PROLONGATION OF LIFE.
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According activity amongst animals anthropoid apes atheroma atrophy bacillus bacteria become birds blood body Bulgarian bacillus cæca cæcum cause cells centenarians century condition degeneration developed died diseases duration Eckermann eggs elephant evil existence extremely facts fæcal matter Faust favourable females fermentation function gland Goethe Goethe's harmful human race hygiene individual insects instance instinct intestinal flora intestinal putrefaction investigation kephir known Kowalevsky lactic acid lactic microbes large intestine larvæ less live longevity macrophags males mammals microbes Moebius morality muscles muscular natural death nerve-cells normal old age organisation organs pain Paris Pasteur Pasteur Institute patient period pessimism pessimistic phagocytes phagocytosis plants poisons problem produced prolonged putrefaction quantities reach regarded relations reproduction result rotifers rudimentary senescence senile sense serums sexual sleep small intestine society soured milk species substances syphilis theory tion tissues vertebrates Werther whilst woman young youth
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Page 298 - Yes, to this thought I hold with firm persistence ; The last result of wisdom stamps it true : He only earns his freedom and existence, Who daily conquers them anew.
Page 136 - NOW king David was old and stricken in years ; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
Page 322 - Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven: therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 286 - Two souls, alas ! reside within my breast, And each withdraws from, and repels, its brother. One with tenacious organs holds in love And clinging lust the world in its embraces ; The other strongly sweeps, this dust above, Into the high ancestral spaces.
Page 265 - Werter is but the cry of that dim, rooted pain, under which all thoughtful men of a certain age were languishing: it paints the misery, it passionately utters the complaint; and heart and voice, all over Europe, loudly and at once respond to it.
Page 233 - Therefore I hated life ; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.