Table of Contents:
  • The biological approach in the comparative study of ageing / A. Comfort
  • The comparative biology of ageing : a physiological approach / François Bourlière
  • The study of the ageing of cells / J.F. Danielli
  • Examples of reactions to standard stimuli at different ages / K.J. Franklin
  • Studies on adaptation as a method of gerontological research / F. Verzár
  • Methods and limitations in studies of human organ system function / Milton Landowne
  • Comparative values of studies of the whole organism and of whole tissue : clinicopathological tests of ageing / R.E. Tunbridge
  • Nutrition, liver disease and some aspects of ageing in Africans / T. Gillman
  • The use of inbred strains of animals in experimental gerontology / O. Mühlbock
  • Twin data on the genetics of ageing / Franz J. Kallmann
  • Methodological problems in the study of changes in human performance with age / A.T. Welford
  • Methodology of the study of intelligence and emotion in ageing / Irving Lorge.