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Excerpt from Alcohol: Its Relation to Human Efficiency and LongevityI know of no one better fitted than Dr. Fisk to hold the balance true, or who is better informed on the evidence available and on its reliability. I there fore commend his book to the public as, so far as I know, the best, the sanest, and the most up-to-date, in the English language.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. F...

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Irving Fisher's interest in public health was the result of a bout with tuberculosis, after which he wrote "How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science". In his foreword to the book, former president and then-future Chief Justice William Howard Taft wrote that there were many "considerations that have influenced me to cooperate with the life extension movement, and to commend this volume to the earnest consideration of all ...

Excerpt from Periodic Physical Examination of Employes: Its Economic and Social Value: Address Delivered Before the National Association of Manufacturers May 26, 1915 Why should a turtle live longer than a man? What does the turtle contribute to the biological progress of the universe that he should be granted three times the span of human life? Is it not a little galling to human pride when we reflect that man, supposedly at the center of t...

Excerpt from Alcohol: Its Relation to Human Efficiency and Longevity I know of no one better fitted than Dr. Fisk to hold the balance true, or who is better informed on the evidence available and on its reliability. I there fore commend his book to the public as, so far as I know, the best, the sanest, and the most up-to-date, in the English language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic bo...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...