The Prolongation of lifePutnam, 1908 - 343 pages |
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Page ix
... theory . Although it has been possible to support my conception by new facts , some of which have been established by my fellow - workers , others by myself , there still remain many sides of the subject where it is necessary to fall ...
... theory . Although it has been possible to support my conception by new facts , some of which have been established by my fellow - workers , others by myself , there still remain many sides of the subject where it is necessary to fall ...
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... theory of old age based on the failure of the reproductive powers of the cells . . 15 III MECHANISM OF SENILITY Action of the macrophags in destroying the higher cells.— Senile degeneration of the muscular fibres . - Atrophy of the ...
... theory of old age based on the failure of the reproductive powers of the cells . . 15 III MECHANISM OF SENILITY Action of the macrophags in destroying the higher cells.— Senile degeneration of the muscular fibres . - Atrophy of the ...
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Elie Metchnikoff. skeleton . - Atheroma and arterial sclerosis . - Theory that Old Age is due to alteration in the vascular glands.- Organic tissues that resist phagocytosis PART II LONGEVITY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM I THEORIES OF LONGEVITY ...
Elie Metchnikoff. skeleton . - Atheroma and arterial sclerosis . - Theory that Old Age is due to alteration in the vascular glands.- Organic tissues that resist phagocytosis PART II LONGEVITY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM I THEORIES OF LONGEVITY ...
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... Theory of the immortality of unicellular organisms . - Examples of very old trees . - Examples of short - lived plants . - Pro- longation of the life of some plants . - Theory of the natural death of plants by exhaustion . - Death of ...
... Theory of the immortality of unicellular organisms . - Examples of very old trees . - Examples of short - lived plants . - Pro- longation of the life of some plants . - Theory of the natural death of plants by exhaustion . - Death of ...
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... human race . - Learned women . - Habits of a bee , Halictus quadricinctus . — Col- lectivist theories . - Criticisms by Herbert Spencer and 212 . 220 b Nietzsche . - Progress of individuality in the societies of CONTENTS xvii .
... human race . - Learned women . - Habits of a bee , Halictus quadricinctus . — Col- lectivist theories . - Criticisms by Herbert Spencer and 212 . 220 b Nietzsche . - Progress of individuality in the societies of CONTENTS xvii .
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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.