Longevity: The Means of Prolonging Life After Middle AgeH. S. King & Company, 1874 - 168 páginas |
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... influences tending to extinguish life prematurely ? What is the term , if any , which Divine Providence has affixed to the du- ration of human life ? As an obvious fact , numbers reach the age of eighty or ninety . A few exceed these ...
... influences tending to extinguish life prematurely ? What is the term , if any , which Divine Providence has affixed to the du- ration of human life ? As an obvious fact , numbers reach the age of eighty or ninety . A few exceed these ...
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... , failure of their functions . This is popularly termed decay . On the other hand , susceptibility to morbid influences from without , predisposition to suffer from changes of temperature - particularly cold , to impressions 28 Longevity .
... , failure of their functions . This is popularly termed decay . On the other hand , susceptibility to morbid influences from without , predisposition to suffer from changes of temperature - particularly cold , to impressions 28 Longevity .
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... influence of words upon our inquiries and conclusions . What of the indwelling life itself ? How is this affected by lapse of time ? It has been supposed that a certain amount is implanted at birth , which is lessened or enfeebled in ...
... influence of words upon our inquiries and conclusions . What of the indwelling life itself ? How is this affected by lapse of time ? It has been supposed that a certain amount is implanted at birth , which is lessened or enfeebled in ...
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... influences from without than in early life , it is advisable for elderly people to be more watchful against them . A wholesome dwelling , well drained , free from damp , its interior unaffected by changes of tem- perature without , and ...
... influences from without than in early life , it is advisable for elderly people to be more watchful against them . A wholesome dwelling , well drained , free from damp , its interior unaffected by changes of tem- perature without , and ...
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... apartments , clothing adapted to the sea- sons , maintenance of the animal heat of the body , particularly of the lower extremities , careful avoid- ance of external influences tending to produce disease , malaria 38 Longevity .
... apartments , clothing adapted to the sea- sons , maintenance of the animal heat of the body , particularly of the lower extremities , careful avoid- ance of external influences tending to produce disease , malaria 38 Longevity .
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