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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830593103321

Titolo

General aspects [[electronic resource] /] / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron ; assisted by Joan Etherington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Little, Brown and Co., 1955

ISBN

1-280-76852-5

9786613679291

0-470-71892-7

0-470-71637-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation colloquia on ageing ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

CameronMargaret P

EtheringtonJoan

Disciplina

612.67

Soggetti

Aging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Proceedings of the Colloquium on Ageing: General Aspects, held at the Ciba Foundation, July 13-15, 1954.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CIBA FOUNDATION COLLOQUIA ON AGEING VOLUME I; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; The definition and measurement of senescence; Some remarks on the pathological basis of ageing; Discussion; Mental aspects of ageing; Discussion; General Discussion; Effects of ageing on respiratory function in man; Discussion; Changes with age in diffusion coefficients of solutes for human tissue membranes; Discussion; The changing incidence of certain vascular lesions of the skin with ageing; Ageing of elastic tissue and the systemic effects of elastase; Discussion

Calcium metabolism in old age as related to ageing of the skeletonDiscussion; 17-Ketosteroid excretion in ageing subjects; Discussion; Tissue transplantation technique applied to the problem of the ageing of the organs of reproduction; Preservation of tissue in vitro for the study of ageing; Discussion; Research areas in gerontology nutrition that are now neglected; A fantasy of ageing and the bearing of nutrition upon it; Too rapid maturation in children as a cause of ageing;



Discussion; Psychological aspects of ageing; Discussion; Adrenocortical reactivity in aged schizophrenic patients

DiscussionGeneral Discussion