The problem of age, growth, and death; a study of cytomorphosis, based on lectures at the Lowell Institute, March 1907 . judged by his gait alone, a physiological deteri-oration as well as an anatomical atrophy. We noticetoo his slow speech, often difficult hearing, and im-perfect sight. All of these qualities show a loss, and we commonlythink of the old as those who have lost most, whohave passed beyond the maximum of developmentand are now upon the path of decline, going downever more rapidly. One of the chief objects at whichI shall aim in this course of lectures will be to explainto you th
The problem of age, growth, and death; a study of cytomorphosis, based on lectures at the Lowell Institute, March 1907 . judged by his gait alone, a physiological deteri-oration as well as an anatomical atrophy. We noticetoo his slow speech, often difficult hearing, and im-perfect sight. All of these qualities show a loss, and we commonlythink of the old as those who have lost most, whohave passed beyond the maximum of developmentand are now upon the path of decline, going downever more rapidly. One of the chief objects at whichI shall aim in this course of lectures will be to explainto you that that notion is erroneous, and that theperiod of old age, so far from being the chief periodof decline, is in reality essentially the period in whichthe actual decline going on in each of us will be age is the period of slowest decline—a strange,paradoxical statement, but one which I hope to jus-tify fully by the facts I shall present to you in thiscourse. In the old person you note that there is in themind some failure and also loss of memory—lessmental activity, greater difficulty in grasping new. Fk;. 2. Photograph of Chevreul, taken on his one hundredth was asked to write in an album and replied: Que voulez vous: que jecrivesur votre album ? Je vais ecrire mon premier principe philosophique, ce nestpar moi, quilai formule, cest Malebranche—On doit tendre avec effort kIinfallibilite, sans y pretendre. Chevreul was born Aug. 31, 1786, and diedAug. 9, 1889. For the privilege of using this portrait I am indebted to P. Bowditch, to whom the interesting original belongs. 6
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