The biology of death; being a series of lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston in December 1920
Year: 1922
Type: book
Abstract: PAGB 23.Comparing the expectation of life of the population of the Roman provinces Hispania and Lusitania with that of present day Americans 91 24.Comparing the expectation of life of the population of the Roman provinces in Africa with that of present day Americans 92 25.Showing Pearson's results in fitting the dx line of the life table with 5 skew frequency curves 95 26.Showing the relative importance of the different organ systems in human mortality 108 27.Diagram showing the specific death rate at each age for deaths from all causes taken together 116 28.The specific death rate at each age from breakdown of the circulatory system, blood and blood forming organs 118 29.The specific death rate at each age from breakdown of the respira- tory system 120 30.Specific death rates at each age from breakdown of the primary and secondary sex organs 125 31.Specific death rates at each age from breakdown of the kidneys and related excretory organs 127 32.Specific death rates at each age from breakdown of the skeletal and muscular systems 128 33.Specific rates of death at each age from breakdown of the alimentary tract and associated organs of metabolism 129 34.Specific death rates at each age from breakdown of the nervous sys- tem and sense organs 130 35.Specific death rates at each age chargeable against the skin 132 36.Specific death rates at each age from breakdown of the endocrinal system 133 37. Specific death rates from all other causes of death not covered in the preceding categories 134 38.Percentages of biologically classifiable human mortality resulting from breakdown of organs developing from the different germ layers. . .140 39.Specific death rates in males according to the germ layer from which the organs developed 144 40.Specific death rates for females 146 41.Survival curves of members of the Hyde family (Plotted from Bell's data) 153
Source: J B Lippincott Company eBooks
Author: Raymond Pearl
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2505216801