INDEX 



Acanthias, 38 



Accidental deaths, 107 



Activity, metabolic, 211-217 



Agamic reproduction, 33, 35, 37, 41, 

 77 



Alchemy, 19 



Alimentary tract, 107, 108, 110, 112, 

 129-131 



Amicronucleate races, 72, 73 



Amma, K., 39, 259 



Amphibia, longevity of, 22 



Analysis of life tables, 94-101 



Animals, longevity of, 22, 68 



Anopheles cruzians, 239 



punctipennis, 239 

 quadrimaculatus, 239 



Anti-vivisection, 238 



Apple trees, 37, 74, 75 



Artificial parthenogenesis, 51-58, 223 



Ascaris, 39 



Aseptic life, 43, 200-202 



Astrology, 19 



Australia, 235 



Austria, 235 



Autogamy, 73 



Automobiles, 226 



Bacteria, rCle of, in duration of life, 



43, 199-202 

 Bataillon, 52, 259 

 Bavaria, 244, 245 

 Bee, senility in, 28 

 Beeton, M., 166, 169, 171, 259 

 Belgium, 256 

 Bell, A. G., 152-158, 165, 166, 225, 



259 



Benedict, H. N., 44, 259 

 Bertillon, J., 216, 259 



Bibliography, 259-268 



Bills of mortality, 79 



Biological classification of causes of 



death, 104-137 

 Birds, longevity of, 22, 63 

 Birth control, 257 



injuries at, 121, 123 

 premature, 121, 123 

 Blood, 107, 108, 111, 118, 119 

 Body size and longevity, 26, 68 



weight, 68 



Bogdanow, E. A., 200, 259 

 Brain weight, 68 

 Brazil, 106 

 Bright's disease, 161 

 Bronchitis, 231, 232 

 Brown, J. W., 206, 261 

 Brownlee, J., 183 

 Budding, 37 

 Bulloch, W., 259 

 Burrows, M. T., 59-62, 260 



Callithrix, 68 



Calories, 256 



Cancer cells, 61 



Carrel, A., 10, 61-65, 73, 74, 76-78, 



224, 260 

 Cat, 61 



Cattell, J. McK., 10 

 Causes of death, 102-137 



biological classifi- 

 cation of, 104 

 international clas- 

 sification of, 103 

 non-controlled, 



232, 233 



Cells, interstitial, 219 

 Cellular immortality, 51-78 



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