Cumulative Subject Index 



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Androgens, effect on development of re- 

 productive tract, 2, 10, 11 



effect on foetal growth, 2, 173 



produced by ovary, 2, 15-16 

 Androsterone,!, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134 



excretion of in old age, 1, 134 

 Aneurysm, in old people, 1, 22 

 Angelfish, lifespan of, 5, 221 



protein metabolism in, 5, 183-185 

 Angiomata, 1, 82-84, 86 

 Anglia cattle, lifespan of, 5, 60 

 Anguilliformes, lifespan of, 5, 223 

 Anguilloidei, lifespan and size of, 5, 152 

 Animal populations, control of, 5, 296-297 

 Animals, ageing process in, 3, 20 



lifespan of {see also under names of 

 animals), 3, 3, 8-11 

 cause of decrease in, 3, 4—6 

 methods of obtaining data, 3, 11-17 

 Anions, excretion of, 4, 209, 210 



in infancy, 4, 211-213 

 Anseres, arteriosclerosis in, 5, 109 

 Anseriformes, mortality rate of, 5, 101 

 Antibiotics, effect on lifespan, 3, 36 

 Antidiuretic hormone, 4, 12, 37, 46, 47, 53, 

 55, 92, 238-240 



in congestive heart failure, 4, 280 

 Antlers, deer {see Deer, antlers of) 

 Anuria, due to respiratory infection, 4, 268 

 Aorta, amino acids in, 3, 97 



calcification of elastic tissue in, 1, 97-98 



calcium in, 3, 97, 98 



degenerative changes in, 3, 97 



effect of elastase, 3, 98, 102 



elastin content of, 1, 92-93, 94, 101 



glycolysis in, 1, 76 

 Aortic disease, in cancer cases, 1,21 

 Aortic sclerosis, age incidence of, 3, 76 

 Aortic tissue, diffusion of solutes through, 



1, 69, 72-74, 76-78 

 Apis mellifera, 5, 247 

 Apocrine sweat glands, ageing of, 2, 188- 

 201 



control of by endocrine glands, 2, 198 



distribution of, 2, 188 



effect of age on, 2, 194-198, 199 



effect of menstruation on, 2, 196-198, 

 199-200 



effect of pregnancy, 2, 197-198, 199-200 



glycogen in, 2, 195 



in children, 2, 198 



in young adults, 2, 190-194 



iron content of, 2, 191-193, 195 



lipid content of, 2, 191, 195 



mitosis in, 2, 196, 199 



phylogeny of, 2, 188 



pigment in, 2, 190-194, 195 



ribonucleic acid in, 2, 194 



structure of, 2, 189 

 Apodiformes, mortality rate of, 5, 101 

 Apples, ageing in, 2, 206, 208, 210 

 Aqueous humour, concentration of ions in, 



4, 25-26, 28, 29 

 Arctic char, lifespan of, 5, 147 



Arcus senilis, 3, 109 



Ardea cinerea, lifespan of, 5, 99 

 Argentine, lifespan and size of, 5, 1 50 

 Arginine, in elastin, 1, 96 

 Armadillo, oogenesis in, 2, 39, 40 

 Arterial spiders, 1, 81, 82 

 Arteries, age changes in, 1, 53 



cholesterol in, 3, 101 



degenerative changes in, 3, 97 



pressure waves in, 3, 69 

 Arteriosclerosis, 1, 56; 3, 74-77, 80, 97-99, 

 102, 134, 136, 137, 191, 193-194 



aetiology of, 5, 107-108 



biochemistry of, 1, 28 



brain in, 5, 107 



calcification of elastic tissue in, 1, 97, 

 98, 102 



cholesterol in, 1, 78-79, 89 ; 5, 1 10-1 1 1, 

 113 



elastase in, 1, 99 



elastic tissue in, 1, 88, 89 



in animals, 3, 23, 31, 32, 33 



in birds, 5, 106-114 



in cases of cancer, 1, 21 



in centenarians, 1, 16 



in dogs, 3, 32, 33 



in fish, 5, 225 



in mammals, 5, 109 



in monkeys, 5, 108 



incidence of, in old people, 1, 18, 19, 20, 

 21, 24, 25, 26 



site of, 5, 110 

 Ash, in rat body, 4, 120-124 



relation to body composition, 4, 118, 

 122 

 Aspartic acid, in elastin, 1, 91, 94, 95, 96 



in plants, 2, 212 

 Asthma, effect on lung, 1, 65, 66 



Barley leaves, protein in, 2, 203-204, 205 



respiration in, 2, 206 

 Basal metabolic rate, variations with age, 



1,206 

 Bass, hfespan of, 5, 220, 221, 223 

 Batrachoidiformes, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Bats, Hfespan of, 5, 97, 103 



metabolism and lifespan in, 3, 27 

 Bees, ageing in, 5, 248 



brain cells in, 5, 248 



effect of diet, 5, 254 



effect of protein on, 5, 254 



in tropics, 5, 246 



lifespan of, caged, 5, 235-239 

 factors influencing, 5, 231-246 

 in free-flying colony, 5, 231-235 



physiological condition of, free-flying, 

 5,231-235 

 caged, 5, 235-239 



yearly life cycle in, 5, 239-240 

 Beryciformes, lifespan of, 5, 220 

 Bicarbonate, excretion of in respiratory 

 acidosis, 4, 265-266 



in pancreatic juice, 4, 64 



in parotid saliva, 4, 64 



