Charles-Edouard BROWN-SÉQUARD
"Ne pas vieillir avant le temps et vieillir aussi tard que possible"Signed Autograph Letter on Life Longevity
12 juillet 1890|11.20 x 17.90 cm|une feuille
Signed autograph letter about human aging
Successor to Claude Bernard in the Collège de France, Brown-Séquard here tries to push back the limits of ageing and prolong the nervous responses of the brain: “Not to grow old before time and to grow old as late as possible, that…is what should preoccupy those who love life
12 July 1890 | 11.2 x 17.9 cm | one leaf
Autograph letter signed by the physiologist and neurologist Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard, dated 12 July 1890, one folded sheet. He outlines a scientific method of prolonging human life, while at the same time developing a series of philosophical and epistemological reflections on mortality.Successor to Claude Bernard in the Collège de France, Brown-Séquard here tries to push back the limits of ageing and prolong the nervous responses of the brain: “Not to grow old before time and to grow old as late as possible, that…is what should preoccupy those who love life
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