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Cumulative Subject Index 



Tarpon, lifespan of, 5, 220 

 Tears, chloride in, 4, 64, 71 



sodium excretion in, 4, 63, 65, 71, 75, 76 



urea in, 4, 67-69 

 Temperature, adaptation to change, 3, 

 63, 64 



effect on bees, 5, 245, 246 



effect on cell, 5, 281 



effect on dissolution of red cells, 2, 218- 

 229 



effect on lifespan, 3, 24-25; 5, 167-168 

 in Drosophila, 5, 271-279, 283, 284 



effect on protein metabolism, 5, 185- 

 186 



effect on senescence in plants, 2, 210 

 Tench, lifespan of, 5, 223 

 Tenebrio molitor, effect of parental age on 



lifespan, 5, 262 

 Tentorium cerebelli, diffusion of solutes 



through, 1, 74-75 

 Terns, lifespan of, 5, 97-99, 104 

 Testis, ageing in, 2, 97 



cytomorphosis of cells in, 2, 86-99 



effect on development of reproductive 

 tract, 2, 7-17, 19-20 



interstitial cells of, 2, 91-96 



ketosteroids in, 2, 98, 99 



Leydig cell in, 2, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 

 98,99 



of deer, 2, 179 



pituitary control by, 2, 20-21, 28 



transplantation of, 3, 123 

 Testosterone, 1, 128, 129 



administration of in old age, 1, 134- 

 136 



effect on deer antlers, 2, 179-180, 186 



effect on foetal growth, 2, 173 

 Tests, mental, 1, 137 

 Tests of ability and function, 1, 137 

 Tetrodontiformes, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Thalamus, in old people, 1, 35-36, 49 

 Thirst, effect of, 4, 143, 144 



failure of, 4, 41-43 

 Thirst centre, 4, 37 

 Threonine, in elastin, 1, 96 

 Thrombosis, in centenarians, 1, 16 

 Thunniformes, lifespan and growth of, 5, 

 163 



lifespan and size of, 5, 1 54 

 Thymallus signifer, 3, 26 



effect of environment on, 5, 168 

 Thyroid, functions, 3, 52-55, 58 



radio-iodine uptake in, 3, 52-58 



relationship with pituitary gland, 2, 21 



transplantation of, 1, 157-158 

 Thyrotrophic hormone, produced by 



pituitary gland, 2, 21-22 

 Time, appreciation of, age differences in, 



1,217-218 

 Tissue, biophysical changes during freez- 

 ing, 1, 171, 172 



oxygen requirements of, 1, 76, 77 



preservation of, in study of ageing, 1, 

 162-172 



Tissue changes, in old age, 1, 55, 78 



in old people, 1, 27 

 Tissue transplantation techniques, in the 



ageing of reproductive organs, 1, 141- 



161 

 Tits, lifespan of, 5, 100 

 Toadfish, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Tobacco leaves, protein in, 2, 203 

 Tortoise, ageing in, 1, 28 

 Totoaba, lifespan and size of, 5, 154 

 Toxaemia of pregnancy, 4, 88, 89-90 

 Transplantation, in inbred strains, 3, 116, 



120, 122-123, 126, 129 

 Trigger fish, lifespan of, 5, 221 

 Triton, lifespan of, 3, 9 

 Trout, effect of diet on, 5, 169, 253, 254 



effect of reproduction on, 5, 179 



fecundity in, 5, 192, 197 



food conversion in, 5, 186 



growth rates of, 5, 182 



lifespan of, 1, 29; 5, 150, 152, 222, 265 



size of, 5, 150, 152 



mortality rates of, 5, 145 

 Trypsin, 3, 101 



Tryptophan, in elastin, 1, 91, 96 

 Tuberculosis, in cows, 5, 63, 64 

 Tuna, fecundity in, 5, 193 



lifespan and size of, 5, 1 54 

 Turtles, in research on ageing, 1, 177 

 Twins, data from, in genetics of ageing, 3, 

 131-148 



lifespan of, 3, 140, 141 

 Tyrosine, in elastin, 1, 96 



Undernutrition, effect on children's weight, 

 1, 195 



Ungulates, Ufespan of, 5, 91-95 



Uterus, effect of corpus luteum on, 2, 78- 

 79 

 isolated, 1, 167 



low-temperature storage of, 1, 167 

 radio-potassium uptake of in pregnancy, 

 2, 148-160 



Urea, excretion of, 4, 40-41, 73 

 in pancreatic juice, 4, 68-69 

 in parotid saliva, 4, 67-69, 75 

 in plasma, 4, 67 

 in sweat, 4, 67-69 

 in tears, 4, 67-69 



Uric acid, excretion of, in elderly and 

 schizophrenics, 1, 221-222, 223-236 



Urinary disease, incidence of, in old peo- 

 ple, 1, 18, 19, 20 



Urine, acids excreted in, 4, 210, 215-217, 

 220-222 

 ammonium salts in, 4, 209-210 

 calcium excretion in, 1, 120, 121, 122, 



123 

 cychc changes in, 1, 236-237 

 inbabies, 4, 210-211 

 in foetus, 4, 217 



magnesium excretion in, 4, 305, 309 

 output, effect of aldosterone on, 4, 182, 

 192-194, 196 



