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100 1 _aRolleston, Humphry Davy, Sir,
_d1862-1944
245 1 0 _aSome Medical Aspects of Old Age :
_bBeing the Linacre lecture, 1922, St. John's college, Cambridge
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"The material in this small volume was collected in connexion with the Linacre lecture ... The introduction is chiefly of local interest in connexion with the history of the Linacre lecture."--Preface
500 _aRelease date is 2018-05-26
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Duration of life -- Onset of old age -- Factors influencing longevity -- Causes of senescence, with a note on senescence and carcinoma -- Normal structural changes in old age -- The physiology of old age -- The description of old age in the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes -- Distinction between healthy and morbid old age -- Diseases in and of old age.
508 _aProduced by Turgut Dincer, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Some Medical Aspects of Old Age" by Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work is based on the Linacre Lecture delivered in 1922 at St. John's College, Cambridge and reviews historical and contemporary medical perspectives on aging and its associated diseases. The book explores the intricacies of old age, discussing factors influencing longevity, the physiological changes that occur, and the distinction between healthy aging and age-related diseases. The opening of the work introduces the foundation of the Linacre Lectureship, highlighting its long legacy and Rolleston’s honor in presenting this lecture. He outlines the primary objective of his discussion: to examine medical aspects of old age without attempting a comprehensive overview. The introduction asserts that understanding the medical implications of aging is vital for promoting healthier, longer lives, a sentiment echoed throughout the subsequent content. Rolleston emphasizes the need for a young, active perspective in studying geriatrics, encouraging a timely inquiry into the factors that contribute to a healthy old age. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aLongevity
653 _aLinacre lecture, St. John's college, Cambridge
653 _aGeriatrics
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57215
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