The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic StudiesMetchnikoff, Elie
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The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies
Metchnikoff, Elie
Aging; Hygiene; Longevity; Older people -- Social conditions
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INDEX
Abelard, 273
Abraham, use of soured milk, 171
Ackermann, Mde., 237
_Actinosphærium_, degeneration in, 14
Adanson, on age of Baobab-tree, 98
Adrenaline, effect of, 121
Agave, duration of life of, 100
Aged, treatment of in uncivilised countries, 1, 2
Alcohol and longevity, 91, 92
Algeria, ostriches at, 76, 78, 79
Altruism, 331
Ambard, Dr., on Mde. Robineau, 7
Anæmia, of brain, and sleep, 122
use of serums in, 149
André, M., use of serums in anæmia, 149
Anger, 321
Annandale, Nelson, on age of anemones, 48
Annuals, change to biennials or perennials, 100
death of, 102
Antelopes, excreta of, 66
Anthropoids, mental characters of, 191 _et seq._
Antiseptics, use of, in intestinal putrefaction, 156
Ants, 220, 221
Apes, anthropoid, mental characters of, 191 _et seq._
relationship to man, 184, 185
Arabs, use of milk by, 174
Aristotle, 132
Arteries, sclerosis of, in the aged, 31
Ascidians, social, 219
Ashworth, Mr., on age of anemones, 48
Atheroma, in the aged, 30
Atrophy, of cells, 26
of muscles, 28
Auditory apparatus, rudimentary organism, 188
Augsburg, elixir of life, 138
Auto-intoxication, from intestinal putrefaction, 69
in plants, 107
sleep, due to, 120
Babinsky, Dr., hysteria a relic from apes, 209
Balkan States, centenarians frequent in, 90
Baobab-tree, age of, 98
Barth, Dr., definition of somnambulism, 206
Batrachia, longevity of, 50
Bats, intestinal flora of, 80, 81
Bees, 49, 220, 226
Beetroot, perennial variety of, 100
Belgium, old age pensions, 4
Bélonovsky, M., on serums in anæmia, 148
Bélonowsky, Dr., on Bulgarian bacillus, 170
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