02920nam 22006014a 450 991082376500332120200520144314.01-281-80690-097866118069030-8261-1877-1(CKB)1000000000576922(EBL)375438(OCoLC)476207762(SSID)ssj0000229135(PQKBManifestationID)11219577(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229135(PQKBWorkID)10167896(PQKB)11265756(Au-PeEL)EBL375438(CaPaEBR)ebr10265252(UtSlPG)51521(MiAaPQ)EBC375438(EXLCZ)99100000000057692220031020e20041908 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe prolongation of life optimistic studies /Ilya Metchnikoff ; English translation edited by P. Chalmers Mitchell1st ed.New York Springer Pub.c20041 online resource (296 p.)Classics in longevity and aging seriesOriginally published: New York : Putnam, 1908.0-8261-1876-3 Contents; Foreword; Original Preface; Original Editor's Introduction; Introduction to the American Edition of 1910; Introduction to the Reprinted Edition, 1977; Part I: The Investigation of Old Age; Part II: Longevity in the Animal Kingdom; Part III: Investigations on Natural Death; Part IV: Should We Try to Prolong Human Life?; Part V: Psychical Rudiments in Man; Part VI: Some Points in the History of Social Animals; Part VII: Pessimism and Optimism; Part VIII: Goethe and Faust; Part IX: Science and Morality; Endnotes; Index""Three chief evils that hang over us are disease, old age, and death. To study and control senescence, Metchnikoff proposed the establishment of a new scientific discipline he named 'gerontology.' In this classic text on the prolongation of life, Metchnikoff suggests that science should be encouraged and helped in every possible way in its task of removing the diseases and habits that now prevent human life from running its normal course, and his belief is that, were the task accomplished, the great cause of pessimism would disappear. Metchnikoff was able to proclaim himself an optimist, and Classics in longevity and aging series.AgingOlder peopleSocial conditionsAging.Older peopleSocial conditions.612.6/8Metchnikoff Elie1845-1916.85402Mitchell P. Chalmers(Peter Chalmers),Sir,1864-1945.1724318MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823765003321The prolongation of life4126346UNINA