Longevity; the means of prolonging life after middle age1874 |
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... present state of our know- ledge be regarded as myths . The very numerous cases claiming an age somewhat beyond one hundred , when no positive evidence could be adduced , are now proved to have no inherent impossibility . ( See Note A ...
... present state of our know- ledge be regarded as myths . The very numerous cases claiming an age somewhat beyond one hundred , when no positive evidence could be adduced , are now proved to have no inherent impossibility . ( See Note A ...
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... , would require a work of considerable magnitude . My present purpose is to treat of ONE EPOCH only , that which may not inaptly be designated Advanced Age - in popular language , the Decline of Life , -to show what is the 6 Longevity .
... , would require a work of considerable magnitude . My present purpose is to treat of ONE EPOCH only , that which may not inaptly be designated Advanced Age - in popular language , the Decline of Life , -to show what is the 6 Longevity .
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... present century in England and some other countries . This is so generally admitted as to need no proof . 2. This average varies with different classes of society , and with different occupations . Thus , the clergy enjoy the longest ...
... present century in England and some other countries . This is so generally admitted as to need no proof . 2. This average varies with different classes of society , and with different occupations . Thus , the clergy enjoy the longest ...
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... present , even to superficial observa- tion , dissimilar aspects , proceed in different courses , and issue in different results . When we first hear the epithet " old " applied to us , we are shocked , and would willingly believe it ...
... present , even to superficial observa- tion , dissimilar aspects , proceed in different courses , and issue in different results . When we first hear the epithet " old " applied to us , we are shocked , and would willingly believe it ...
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... present moment . Witness the tens of thousands scattered over the whole country , and , indeed , we may say , the whole world , wasting their lives in indolence , self - indul- gence , perhaps vice ; expending the wealth gained by the ...
... present moment . Witness the tens of thousands scattered over the whole country , and , indeed , we may say , the whole world , wasting their lives in indolence , self - indul- gence , perhaps vice ; expending the wealth gained by the ...
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