How to Prolong Life: An Inquiry Into the Cause of "old Age" and "natural Death" : Showing the Diet and Agents Best Adapted for a Lengthened Prolongation of Human Life on Earth |
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Page 36
... excess is thrown down . Here we have a condition precisely similar to that which exists in the living human body , as the process * The general impression is that hard water is caused by the presence of carbonate of lime held in ...
... excess is thrown down . Here we have a condition precisely similar to that which exists in the living human body , as the process * The general impression is that hard water is caused by the presence of carbonate of lime held in ...
Page 106
... excess is injurious to health , especially to the mental capabilities — the reasons of which will be entered upon hereafter . But there is no evidence to show that alcohol in moderation , and judiciously used , is detrimental to health ...
... excess is injurious to health , especially to the mental capabilities — the reasons of which will be entered upon hereafter . But there is no evidence to show that alcohol in moderation , and judiciously used , is detrimental to health ...
Page 180
... excess by means of a remedy which tends to abstract it . This is a perfect definition for the removal of disease , and for the restoration of health ; and when physiological chemistry is sufficiently advanced to tell us undoubtedly ...
... excess by means of a remedy which tends to abstract it . This is a perfect definition for the removal of disease , and for the restoration of health ; and when physiological chemistry is sufficiently advanced to tell us undoubtedly ...
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