Old Age Deferred

76 chapters

1. 1Old Age Deferred THE CAUSES OF OLD AGE AND ITS POSTPONEMENT BY HYGIENIC AND THERAPEUTIC MEASURES
2. 2PREFACE TO NEW REVISED EDITION.
3. 3PREFACE. ──
4. 4CONTENTS. ───
5. 5SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT To the Readers of “Old Age Deferred.”
6. 6PREMATURE OLD LOOKS: Their Prevention and Treatment. ────
7. 7The Dangers of Smoking in Women.
8. 8A Few Cosmetic Hints for the Remedying of Old Looks.
9. 9Rapid and Early Death Through Arteriosclerosis and its Prevention.
10. 10The Prevention and Treatment of High Blood-pressure and the Prevention of Apoplexy.
11. 11The Best Food for a Failing Heart.
12. 12CHAPTER I. On the Appearance of Symptoms of Old Age in Young Persons.
13. 13CHAPTER II. On the Agencies which Govern our External Appearance and the Nutrition of the Tissues.
14. 14CHAPTER III. On the Agencies which Govern Immunity Against Infections and Intoxications—The Origin of Fever.
15. 15CHAPTER IV. On the Agencies that Govern the Condition of the Nervous System and Mentality.
16. 16CHAPTER V. On the Influence of the Sexual Glands upon Vitality and Long Life.
17. 17CHAPTER VI. On Heredity and Longevity.
18. 18CHAPTER VII. On Means which can Help us to Determine the Probable Duration of Life.

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