Why do we die?

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The text of this e-book has been preserved as in the original, but the varied layout of numerous advertisements at the end of the book has been standardised.
WHY DO WE DIE?
THE ROAD TO A HEALTHY OLD AGE
By T. Bodley Scott, M.R.C.S. (Eng.).
Author of “The Religion of a Doctor.”
SECOND EDITION.
Crown 8vo, cloth, 5/- net.
Third Impression.
“In this book an attempt is made to demonstrate both to the medical profes­sion and the laity that premature decay, physical and mental, may within limits be prevented. . . . We have perused the book with pleasure, and cordially recommend it to our readers.”— Medical Times.
“We can cordially commend this work to readers of advancing years, whether medical or lay. To the former it presents an old subject in a new way, and to the latter will convey some very wholesome material for thought.”— Lancet.
T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. London.