LIFE 





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L. Everlasting ; 



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pute 



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 : tat ion of, 



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L., Extra-uterine, post-natal existence. L., Fetal, 

 life of the fetus. L., Intra-uterine, life within the 

 uterus. L., Mean Duration of, the expectation of 

 life at birth. L., Reproductive, L., Sexual, that 

 period of life during which the individual is capable of 



[etting or bearing offspring. L.-root, ragwort. The 

 herb Senecio aureus gathered in flower ; an expecto- 

 rant, diuretic, alterative, and tonic. It was formerly 

 used by the Indians as a vulnerary, and is a favorite 

 remedy with eclectic practitioners. I »<>se of a decoction 

 adlib. ; of the fid. ext. n\xxx-2;j ; of a strong tincture, 

 TTLviij-xx; of senectn, its resinoid,gr. j-iij. L. -table, 

 a table constructed to show the number and ages of the 

 living, and the number and ages of the dying in a com- 

 munity or society. Halley's Life-table, the earliest 

 dish table, was constructed in the second half of the 

 18th century, and suggested I)e Mowre's Hypothesis. 

 Price's Northampton Life-table was used by the 

 Equitable Life Assurance Co., of New York, upon its 

 blishment in 1762. These tables were not con- 

 tracted by a comparison of the deaths and the living at 



h age, but from the deaths only ; and as births and 



leaths are not equal, and as migration also disturbs 



stability of population, these tables are not 



correct, as they overstate the mortality of young adults 



