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The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies

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Holistic Healing

The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies

Elie Metchnikoff and P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers), Sir Mitchell

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Metchnikoff refused to accept old age as fate and went hunting for its cause in the aging body itself. His optimistic studies trace senility to the gut and its bacteria, and dream of prolonging vigorous life. A famous, forward-looking work that helped launch the science of longevity. Chase the secret of long life with a pioneering biologist.

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49 chapters

  1. 1THE PROLONGATION OF LIFE
  2. 2EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
  3. 3PREFACE
  4. 4CONTENTS
  5. 5PART I THE INVESTIGATION OF OLD AGE
  6. 6I THE PROBLEMS OF SENILITY
  7. 7II THEORIES OF CAUSATION OF SENILITY
  8. 8III MECHANISM OF SENILITY
  9. 9PART II LONGEVITY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
  10. 10I THEORIES OF LONGEVITY
  11. 11II. LONGEVITY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
  12. 12III THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND SENILITY
  13. 13IV MICROBES AS THE CAUSE OF SENILITY
  14. 14V DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE
  15. 15PART III INVESTIGATIONS ON NATURAL DEATH
  16. 16I NATURAL DEATH AMONG PLANTS
  17. 17II NATURAL DEATH IN THE ANIMAL WORLD
  18. 18III NATURAL DEATH AMONGST HUMAN BEINGS

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