DEATH DEFEATED. OR THE PSYCHIC SECRET OF HOW TO KEEP YOUNG.
Book Details + Condition: The Temple of Health Publishing (Battle Creek, MI). First Edition, 1900. Very scarce. Hardcover. 216 pages. Volume by American physician and author James Martin Peebles on the subject of physical and mental wellness. Peebles writes on case studies of historical figures throughout time, from Hesiod to Plutarch to Voltaire, and assesses methods used to remain youthful and ethically sound. Chapters include: The Ethics of Flesh Eating; Man Not Naturally Carnivorous; The Long Lives of Trees; Longevity of Plants and Animals; The Diabetic Question; Long Lived Persons; Mental Weaknesses; Children's Rights; and much more. A solid and clean copy of a scarce and fascinating work, with firm binding; rubbed and bumped corners and edges; light wear to boards, with a few chips to edges; owner's stamp to front free endpaper; foxing to rear endpapers; interior is clean and free of markings.
