SUBJECT INDEX 



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Acid-base balance, changes in due to age, 

 4, 224-245 



development of, 4, 209-223 



during menstrual cycle, 4, 93 



in foetal life, 4, 217-219 



in old age, 4, 242-243 

 Accipitres, arteriosclerosis in, 5, 109 

 Achievements in later life, 1, 39, 40, 50, 51 

 Achilles' tendon, age changes in structure 



of, 3, 68, 69 

 Acid phosphatase, in placenta, 2, 107, 108 

 Acipenser fulvescens, survival curves of, 5, 



143, 144 

 Acipenser ruthenus, oldest age of, 5, 191 

 Acipenserifonnes, lifespan of, 5, 220, 222 



lifespan and size of, 5, 152 

 ACTH, administration of in aged schizo- 

 phrenics, 1, 220-236, 237 



effect on adrenals, 4, 175 



effect on glycogen storage, 2, 24-25, 29 



effect on hair, 2, 175 



effect on potassium excretion, 4, 176, 

 177, 178 



effect on schizophrenic patients, 1, 229 



effect on sodium excretion, 4, 176, 177, 

 178 



effect on water loss, 3, 176, 177, 178 



response to in old age, 1, 139 

 Actuarial aspects of human lifespan, 5, 2-20 

 Adaptation, decHne of, 3, 62, 63 



definition of, 3, 61 



in study of ageing, 3, 60-67, 71 

 Adenosine triphosphate, in placenta, 2, 

 107, 108 



in red cells, 2, 238 

 Adjustment in old people, 1, 41, 42, 43, 46, 



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 Adolescence, water and electrolyte changes 



during, 4, 80-81 

 Adrenal cortex, activity of, in elderly 

 schizophrenic patients, 1, 219-238 



mitochondria in, 2, 101-102, 103 



relationship with pituitary gland, 2, 22 

 Adrenal corticosteroids, excretion of, 



changes due to age, 4, 91 

 Adrenal glands, control of sodium intake 

 by, 4, 166 



effects of ACTH and cortisone, 4, 175- 

 176 



effect of castration, 4, 197-198 



effect on diuresis, 4, 1 3 



mitochondria in, 2, 101, 102 



Adrenal hyperplasia, effect on water and 



electrolytes, 4, 79-80 

 Adrenal steroids, biosynthesis of, 1, 126- 

 128, 129, 133 

 effect of age on influence of, 4, 192-194 

 effect on kidney, 4, 257, 262 

 effect on water and electrolyte excre- 

 tion, 4, 180-194, 196-198 

 excretion of, age changes in, 1, 126-140 

 relationship with urinary ketosteroids, 

 1, 128-130, 133-139 

 Adrenalectomy, effect on rats, 2, 58 

 Adrenaline, effect on water diuresis, 4, 9, 

 14 

 in emphysema, 1, 67 

 Adrenosterone, administration of in old 



age, 1, 134-136 

 Adults, water in body of, 4, 106-110 

 Aedes aegypti, effect of diet on, 5, 255 

 Africans, ageing in, 3, 34, 104-114 

 carcinoma in, 3, 104, 106, 113 

 liver disease in, 3, 188-190 

 malnutrition in, 3, 104-114, 145, 188- 



190 

 mental disease in, 3, 145 

 nutrition in, 3, 188-190 

 Age, body water changes due to, 4, IIQ- 

 112, 114, 115 

 causing changes in acid-base balance, 



4, 224-225 

 causing changes in effect of aldosterone 



on urine, 4, 182-187 

 causing changes in effect of pitressin, 4, 



239-240 

 causing changes in extracellular water, 



4,31, 110-112, 114-115 

 causing changes in glomerular filtration 



rate,4, 231,238, 246 

 causing changes in haemoglobin, 4, 203, 



206, 207 

 causing changes in hormonal control of 



homeostasis, 4, 168-179 

 causing changes in intracellular water, 



4,110-112,114,115 

 causing changes in nitrogen excretion, 



4, 243 

 causing changes in oestrogen excretion, 



4,91 

 causing changes in steroid metabolism, 



4, 90-92 

 cellular changes due to, 4, 199-205 

 changes due to in fish, 5, 218 



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