Can we prolong life?, Issue 329 |
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accumulation of earthy age advances albumen altered amount of earthy animal food arteries articles of diet atmospheric oxygen become blood vessels body bones brain bread carbonic acid caseine cause of old cent chyle chyme Colouring matter contains deposited died diseases drink earthy compounds earthy matter earthy salts excess excreted existence fact fibrin flesh fluid fruits gelatinous gives glands gluten hair human hydrogen increases King William Street lacteals lactic acid large quantities less lessened in calibre Lignine lived longevity luminous lungs magnesia Malic acid membrane Miguel Solis milk Mineral matter ashes mucilage natural death nerves nitrogen Nitrogenous matter nourishment old age organs and structures ossification oxidation oxidised oxygen papillæ pectine PEREIRA period phorus phos phosphate of lime phosphates phosphoric acid phosphorus potash present prolong proportion secretions skin small quantity soluble Starch Starch Sugar substance Sugar sulphate surface taken teeth tion tissues waste Woody fibre
Popular passages
Page 175 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Page 102 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 174 - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 176 - And he -shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off ; and they shall -beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks : nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall -sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree ; and none shall make them afraid : for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Page 175 - For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth: 15 (For righteousness is immortal:) 16 But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them...
Page 175 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life...
Page 176 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner, being an hundred years old, shall be accursed.
Page 176 - Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
Page 176 - Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes, him that soweth seed, and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Page 119 - He was of old Pythagoras' opinion, That green cheese was most wholesome with an onion ; Coarse meslin bread, and for his daily swig, Milk, buttermilk, and water, whey and whig. Sometimes metheglin, and by fortune happy, He sometimes...