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  • ageing of, 67, 88
  • carcinoma in relation to, 86–89
  • causes and significance of, 67
  • senility in relation to, 86, 88
  • changes in, infections causing, 43, 44
  • changes in old age, 64
  • colloidal changes in, 64, 68
  • cultivation of, 66
  • degeneration of, 62, 92, 135
  • intestinal bacteria causing, 82, 83
  • infections and intoxications producing changes in, 44
  • life cycle of, 63, 65, 88, 89
  • factors influencing, 65
  • on what dependent, 68
  • thyroid deficiency influencing, 72
  • limited vitality of, 62
  • sequels of, 64
  • products inimical to life of, 65
  • senile changes due to injury to, 30, 31, 67
  • time-rate of, 36
  • vital phenomena of, 63, 88, 89
  • Census returns, 41, 43
  • Centenarianism, 19
  • heredity in relation to, 19
  • Centenarians, 20, 33, 34
  • age exaggeration by, 20, 21
  • among Churchmen, 50
  • among doctors, 52
  • among professional men, 50
  • census returns of, 20, 21
  • family incidence of, 32, 33
  • in California, statistics, 41
  • in England and Wales, statistics, 40, 41
  • in Ireland, statistics, 40
  • medical, 52
  • personal habits of, 56, 57
  • rarity of cancer among, 87
  • sex statistics of, 21, 22
  • smoking among, 58
  • statistics of, 42
  • Extra-systoles, 124
  • Eyes, senile disorders of, 117
  • Facial appearance, 93
  • changes in, 93
  • causes of, 118
  • Fads, 121
  • Faintness, 151
  • Fat, reduction of, 92
  • subcutaneous, disappearance of, 94
  • Fatigue, excessive, danger of, 54
  • physical and mental, 119, 120
  • psychical, 122
  • Fatty degeneration of arteries, 106
  • of heart, 104
  • of muscles, 103
  • Femur, fracture of, 99, 127
  • Fertility, age limit of, in women, 26
  • average, estimation of, 24
  • old age in relation to, 23, 24, 26
  • social conditions influencing, 24
  • Fibrosis, 91, 92
  • Fibrositis, 155
  • Fibrous tissues, atrophy of, 91
  • Finot, J., 49
  • First-born, handicapping of, 38
  • longevity in relation to, 38
  • Flourens, on the duration of life, 18
  • Food, excess of, 56
  • Fractures, delay in healing of, 126, 127
  • tendency to, 99
  • France, longevity in, 40
  • Functional activity, danger of excess of, 54
  • influencing longevity, 46, 55
  • progressive diminution in, 115, 119, 135
  • Gait, disordered, 122, 147
  • Galileo, 53
  • Gallstones, 153
  • Gangrene, diabetic, 142
  • senile, 142
  • pipe-stem arteries with, 106
  • Garrod, A.E., 155
  • Gastric juice, composition, changes in, 115
  • lack of, 101
  • Gastro-intestinal tract, changes in, 101
  • Generation. See Reproductive power
  • Generative organs, internal secretion of, 70, 73–80
  • Genitals, external, atrophy of, 114
  • Giantism, 88
  • Mammae, involution changes in, 114
  • Mania, senile, 145, 146
  • Mansell-Moullin, C.W., 78
  • Mansfield, Lord, octogenarian, 51
  • Marasmus, senile, 139
  • Marie, P., 146
  • Marinesco, 64, 78, 83, 97
  • Marx, K., 47
  • Mead, Richard, 131
  • Medical men, centenarians among, 52
  • duration of life of, 52, 53
  • Melancholia, senile, 146
  • Memory, impairment and loss of, 120, 122
  • Menopause, onset of old age at the, 26
  • ovarian changes at, 63, 79
  • Mental activity, influence on old age, 47, 48, 50, 54
  • unimpaired, in advanced age, examples of, 50, 51, 53
  • Mental deterioration, 49, 119, 122, 145, 146
  • causes of, 47, 48, 49
  • onset of, 53
  • Mental fatigue, tendency to, 120
  • Mental state, 119, 122, 123
  • and the physical, want of harmony between, 123
  • influence of, 48–50
  • Metabolism, disordered, 115, 116, 117, 154
  • gland therapy stimulating, 72, 81
  • Metchnikoff, E., 8, 13, 18, 82–86, 91, 97, 123
  • Methuselah, 14
  • Michael Angelo, mental activity at advanced age, 53
  • Micturition, disorders of, 153
  • Middle ear lesions, 143
  • Migraine, 140
  • Miles, W.E., 153
  • Mind, 144
  • causes of, 144
  • senile tremor compared with, 143
  • Paraplegia, senile, 138, 146
  • causes of, 146, 147
  • varieties of, 147
  • Parathyroids, 110
  • Parietal bones, changes in, 100
  • Parkinsonian syndrome, 144
  • Parr, Thomas, centenarian, 20
  • Pathological old age, 53, 82, 90
  • Patriarchal ages, length of the calendar during, 16
  • Patriarchs, explanation of reputed old age of, 15, 16
  • Pearson, K., 38, 86
  • Pecten band, 152, 153
  • Penis, changes in, 114
  • Pennington, Isaac, 6
  • Peristalsis, failure of, 152
  • Philalethes, Eugenius, on old age, 15
  • Phlebitis, 151
  • Phlebosclerosis, 107
  • Physical and mental states, want of harmony between, 123
  • Physiological life of man, 19
  • Physiological old age, 90
  • and morbid senility, distinction between, 135–138
  • Physiology of old age, 115–128
  • Pigmentation, cellular, 103
  • cutaneous, 93
  • Piles, 153
  • Pitman, Henry, medical centenarian, 52
  • Pituitary extract, influence on weight and growth, 12
  • rejuvenescence in relation to, 12, 80
  • Pityriasis versicolor, 141
  • Planarian flat worms, experimental modification of life cycle and growth of, 11
  • Plasma, vital phenomena of, 65–67, 88
  • Plethora, senile, 124
  • Pneumonia, 147, 148
  • disposition to, 140
  • sudden death from, 117
  • Premature senility, 30
  • causes of, 48
  • hot climates predisposing to, 26, 36
  • syphilis producing, 45
  • Presbyopia, 117
  • Pringle, J.J., 94
  • Prior, Matthew, 3
  • Professional men, age of retirement of, 54
  • 76
  • rejuvenescence following, 71, 78
  • Veins, changes in, 108
  • Venous thrombosis, 151
  • Vertebrae, changes in shape of, 99
  • Vertigo, causes of, 143
  • Visceral degeneration, 102, 103
  • Visceroptosis, 102
  • Vitality, danger of excess of, 54
  • loss of, 115, 119, 135
  • waning of, 139
  • Vitamins, influence on growth, 13
  • Voltaire, mental activity at advanced age, 53
  • Voronoff, testicular grafting by, 78
  • Walker, Kenneth, on changes in the testes, 112
  • on prostatic enlargement, 112, 113
  • Walking, functional disturbances in, 147
  • Waterhouse, B., on the onset of old age, 27
  • Watson, Thomas, Linacre Lecturer, 5
  • Weber, Hermann, 8, 34, 43, 57, 119
  • Weber, Parkes, 35, 104
  • Weissmann, 9, 16
  • “Will to live,” 35, 47
  • Will power, failure of, 122
  • Williams, Leonard, 61, 113, 128
  • Wilson, S.A.K., 144
  • Wounds, healing of, 126
  • Wrinkles, cause of, 93
  • Yeo, B., 50
  • Zorten, Petrasch, centenarian, 20
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