The Problem Of Age Growth And Death Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Problem of Age, Growth and Death (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Sedgwick Minot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Problem of Age, Growth and Death Pasteur Institute in Paris, some of whose publications many of you have doubtless read, that his conception of the nature of senility, of old age, could best be expressed in a single word, atrophy. On resume la senilite par un seul mot: atrophie.5 That is his estimate of old age. But that is not the only estimate of old age which has been made up to the present time. We find one, which is much more prevalent, is that which connects it with the condition of the arteries. Indeed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."