The Nature of Man, Studies in Optimistic Philosophy (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Metchnikoff, Elie

9781330225745: The Nature of Man, Studies in Optimistic Philosophy (Classic Reprint)

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From Observations made originally on water-?eas, he was led to discover the functions of the white corpuscles of human blood. He showed by what mechanism these made perpetual war against the intruding microbes of disease, and he laid the foundations Of knowledge as to the agencies that weaken and the modes of strengthening these guardians of our health. In a series of investigations into the phenomena of in?ammation in men and lower animals, he carried his Observations into new fields, and explained the relations of the white corpuscles to the juices that attract and repel them It was he, for instance, who discovered that these corpuscles, under certain circumstances, migrate into the hairs and absorb and remove the pigment, SO producing the blanching of old age. Although popularly the most ih teresting this was far from being the most important Of the changes of senile decay that he found to,be due to the activity of the wandering cells Of the body. And, as will be seen in the present volume, the actions and interactions Of the bacteria harboured in the body, the white corpuscles that are a natural part Of the body, and the various juices or serums produced naturally or introduced by accident or design, are concerned in life itself and the decay of life.

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From Observations made originally on water-fleas, he was led to discover the functions of the white corpuscles of human blood. He showed by what mechanism these made perpetual war against the intruding microbes of disease, and he laid the foundations Of knowledge as to the agencies that weaken and the modes of strengthening these guardians of our health. In a series of investigations into the phenomena of inflammation in men and lower animals, he carried his Observations into new fields, and explained the relations of the white corpuscles to the juices that attract and repel them It was he, for instance, who discovered that these corpuscles, under certain circumstances, migrate into the hairs and absorb and remove the pigment, SO producing the blanching of old age. Although popularly the most ih teresting this was far from being the most important Of the changes of senile decay that he found to,be due to the activity of the wandering cells Of the body. And, as will be seen in the present volume, the actions and interactions Of the bacteria harboured in the body, the white corpuscles that are a natural part Of the body, and the various juices or serums produced naturally or introduced by accident or design, are concerned in life itself and the decay of life.

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When Pasteur died a remarkable article appeared in one of the Paris newspapers. The writer described the intimate routine of the life at the Pasteur Institute, and compared it with that of a medi�val religious community. A little body of men, forsaking the world and the things of the world, had gathered together under the compulsion of a great idea. They had given up the rivalries and personal interests of ordinary men, and, sharing their goods and their work, they lived in austere devotion to science, finding no sacrifice of health or money, or of what men call pleasure, too great for the common object. Rumours of war and peace, echoes of the turmoil of politics and religion, passed unheeded over their monastic seclusion; but if there came news of a strange disease in China or Peru, a scientific emissary was ready with his microscope and his tubes to serve as a missionary of the new knowledge and the new hope that Pasteur had brought to suffering humanity. The adventurous exploits and the patient vigils of this new Order have brought about a revolution in our knowledge of disease, and there seems no limit to the triumphs that will come from the parent Institute in Paris and from its many daughters in other cities.

Elie Metchnikoff, now Professor at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, is one of the most distinguished of the disciples who left all else to follow Pasteur.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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