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SOME MEDICAL ASPECTS OF OLD AGE
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
I INTRODUCTION
II DURATION OF LIFE
III ONSET OF OLD AGE
IV FACTORS INFLUENCING LONGEVITY
Heredity
Environment
Functional Activity
Personal Habits
V THE CAUSES OF SENESCENCE AND GENERAL ATROPHY: LIMITED VITALITY OF CELLS—INFLUENCE OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS—METCHNIKOFF’S PATHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION SENESCENCE AND CARCINOMA
Limited Vitality of the Cells
Relation of the Endocrine Glands to Senescence
Metchnikoff’s Pathological Explanation
Old Age of Cells and Carcinoma
VI NORMAL STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN OLD AGE
VII PHYSIOLOGY OF OLD AGE
VIII THE DESCRIPTION OF OLD AGE IN THE TWELFTH CHAPTER OF ECCLESIASTES
IX DISTINCTION BETWEEN HEALTHY AND MORBID OLD AGE
X DISEASES IN AND OF OLD AGE
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
Transcriber’s Notes
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