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THE PROLONGATION OF LIFE
EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
CONTENTS
PART I THE INVESTIGATION OF OLD AGE
I THE PROBLEMS OF SENILITY
II THEORIES OF CAUSATION OF SENILITY
III MECHANISM OF SENILITY
PART II LONGEVITY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
I THEORIES OF LONGEVITY
II. LONGEVITY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
III THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND SENILITY
IV MICROBES AS THE CAUSE OF SENILITY
V DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE
PART III INVESTIGATIONS ON NATURAL DEATH
I NATURAL DEATH AMONG PLANTS
II NATURAL DEATH IN THE ANIMAL WORLD
III NATURAL DEATH AMONGST HUMAN BEINGS
PART IV SHOULD WE TRY TO PROLONG HUMAN LIFE?
I THE BENEFIT TO HUMANITY
II SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PROLONGATION OF LIFE
III DISEASES THAT SHORTEN LIFE
IV INTESTINAL PUTREFACTION SHORTENS LIFE
V LACTIC ACID AS INHIBITING INTESTINAL PUTREFACTION
PART V PSYCHICAL RUDIMENTS IN MAN
I RUDIMENTARY ORGANS IN MAN
II HUMAN TRAITS OF CHARACTER INHERITED FROM APES
III SOMNAMBULISM AND HYSTERIA AS MENTAL RELICS
PART VI SOME POINTS IN THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL ANIMALS
I THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE RACE
II INSECT SOCIETIES
III SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE HUMAN RACE
PART VII PESSIMISM AND OPTIMISM
I PREVALENCE OF PESSIMISM
II ANALYSIS OF PESSIMISM
III PESSIMISM IN ITS RELATION TO HEALTH AND AGE
PART VIII GOETHE AND FAUST
I GOETHE’S YOUTH
II GOETHE AND OPTIMISM
III GOETHE’S OLD AGE
IV GOETHE AND “FAUST”
V THE OLD AGE OF FAUST
PART IX SCIENCE AND MORALITY
I UTILITARIAN AND INTUITIVE MORALITY
II MORALITY AND HUMAN NATURE
III INDIVIDUALISM
IV ORTHOBIOSIS
FOOTNOTES:
INDEX
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