Note 132 — V THE CAUSES OF SENESCENCE AND GENERAL ATROPHY: LIMITED VITALITY OF CELLS—INFLUENCE OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS—METCHNIKOFF’S PATHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION SENESCENCE AND CARCINOMA
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On analysis of the Registrar-General’s returns for England and Wales (1901–1909) C. Singer (Quart. Journ. Med., Oxford, 1911–12, v. 33), found that the incidence curves of carcinoma of the lip, face, and breast were exceptional in rising up to the highest age recorded (90).