Bidspirit auction | Mechnikov I. Etudes about human

Mechnikov I. Etudes about human nature. - M. Edition of the editorial Board of the journal Scientific Word. 1904, 218 p., Fig. Softcover, size 16 x 24 cm. Good condition, traces of moisture, a small fragment was cut out of the flyleaf. The first edition of the famous book by an outstanding Russian biologist - Nobel prize winner. Contents: General outline of the view of human nature. Harmony and disharmony of lower beings. Hypothesis about the origin of man from apes. Disharmony in the structure of human digestive organs. Disharmony in the device and dispatches of the playback organs. Disharmony of family and social instincts. Disharmony in the instinct of self-preservation. Attempts by religions to combat the disharmonies of human nature. What science can achieve in the fight against diseases. Introduction to the scientific study of old age. Introduction to the scientific study of death. General overview and conclusions.