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An essay on the disorders of old age : and on the means for prolonging human life. / By Anthony Carlisle.

  • Carlisle, Anthony, Sir, 1768-1840
Date:
1818
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An essay on the disorders of old age : and on the means for prolonging human life. / By Anthony Carlisle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    danger the healthful structure of the body as soon as it’s growth is : completed. A likeness in the com- position of it’s materials, and an exact sameness of every texture and tissue, cannot be expected to con- tinue, because every part is daily wasting and repairmg. The error of a subordinate part will, therefore, by degrees encroach uponthe organs essential to health, and the accumul- ation of such derangements soon declares us to be mortal. » In some persons, the vital form- ations fall into early and ruinous disorder, and a premature fate en- sues,—but it would far exceed my present intentions to exhibit even a general view of those causes,