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older recipients of welfare if for no other reason than that a 

 healthy person is cheaper for the community to maintain 

 than a sick one. 



Very little has been or is being done in this field. It takes 

 a team of a visionary philanthropist and an imaginative 

 nutritionist. Co-operation with American welfare departments 

 would not be difficult. 



In conclusion, it looks as if the most profitable team for 

 attacking the basic problems of animal gerontology consists 

 of the nutritionist and pathologist. In the field concerned 

 with people the best team might be the nutritionist and the 

 well-trained physician. 



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