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Babylon
Anti-Aging
The first 4000 Years
Mankind´s oldest literary Document: The Gilgamesh Epos
When the Gods created
man, they attributed him
mortality as part of his
destiny.
Eternal life they kept for
themselves.
B. Kleine-Gunk, Fürth
Mesopotamia
Ca. 2600 B. C.
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Ancient Egypt
The Papyrus Ebers and the Aging Male Syndrome
Babylon
Gilgamesh and Enkidu
Fighting against the Gods
in the quest for
immortality.
How to turn an old (man)
into a young one
Ca. 1500 B. C.
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Ancient Egypt
Early Specialisation
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Ancient Egypt
Learning from the Bees …
Propolis
Gelée Royale
Nr Phit Guardian of the
Anal Orifice
Frequent enema as common antiaging treatment
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Ancient Egypt
Imhotep
Ancient Egypt
Cleopatra
Architect
Writer
Physician
Female Pharao
Beauty Icone
Author of a Textbook on
Cosmetics
The first known by name
universal genius in the
history of mankind
69 B. C. - 30. B. C.
Ca. 2700 B. C.
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The Bible
King David and the Aging Male Syndrome
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Ancient Greece
The Tithonos Trauma
When King David was old and well
advanced in years, he could not keep
warm even when they put covers
over him. So his servants said to him,
„Let us look for a young virgin to
attend the king and take care of him.
She can lie beside him so that our
lord the king may keep warm“.
Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl and found
Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. The girl was
very beautiful…
(I, Kings1-3)
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Ancient Greece
Hippocrates: The first Universal Theory of Aging
Humoral Pathology
(Doctrine of the four
essential liquids)
Aging as a process of
continuous dehydration
and loss of internal
warmth
An example of immortality turning dreadfully wrong
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Ancient Greece
Hippocrates: Father of Medical Cosmetics
Treaty on Female
Medicine
Collection of prescriptions
„to smoothe wrinkles“
„to give the face a nicer
appearance“
Ca. 460-377 B. Chr.
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Ancient Rome
Cicero: A lawyer in defense of Aging
Ancient Rome
Galenos of Pergamon
Founder of „Galenics“
The first blockbuster in
medical cosmetics
Unguentum refrigerans
(„Cold Cream“)
Ca. 129-199 A C
106 BC. - 43 BC.
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Ancient Rome
Sanitas per Aquam
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Ancient China
Taoism
The first Anti-Aging Religion
The Invention of Wellness
Lao Tse, Ca. 500 BC.
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Ancient China
Taoism
The first Anti-ging Religion
- The right Breathing
- The right Eating
- The right Exercise
- The right Sexual Techniques
- The right State of Mind
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Ancient China
Taoist Sexual Techniques
Coitus reservatus as an important Anti-Aging Method
„Those who succeed to perform this coitus
several times during one single day or night
without loosing their essence will be healed
of all illness and will prolong their life.
By doing so with different women the
advantage will be even bigger.
If you manage to change your partner more
than ten times during the night - this is very
excellent.“
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Ancient China´s first Emperor
A Victim of Anti-Aging Medicine
The Middle Ages
Alchemism
The Quest for the Secret of Gold and Eternal Life
Qin Shi Huang Di
259 - 210 BC.
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The Middle Ages
Humoral Pathology
The Middle Ages
Roger Bacon
Restauration of Youth
by Inhaling the Breath of
Virgins
1214-1292
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Early Renaissance
Paracelsus: From Alchemia to Pharmacia
The Middle Ages
Alchemism: The Elixir of Life
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The Quinta Essencia:
High-proof alcohol
Liquid like water, yet inflamable
Cooling to the skin, yet warming to
mouth and stomach
A solvent for mineral substances, yet a
preservative for organic material
Opus magnum
„De vita longa“, 1526
Philipus Theophrastus
Bombastus von Hohenheim,
1493 - 1541
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Central Thesis
Due to the new possibilities in
medicine and
pharmacotherapy the life
expectancy will soon rise to
1000 years
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Renaissance
Luigi Cornaro: The Father of Caloric Restriction
Luigi Cornaro
1475 - 1566
Renaissance
Ponce de Leon: In Search of the Fountain of Youth
1460-1521
La vita sobria
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The 18th Century
Hufeland: The Leading Figure of Vitalism
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The 18th Century
Hufeland: Makrobiotik.
Die Kunst, das
menschliche Leben zu
verlängern
Jena 1796
Strengthening of the
„Vital Force“ is the key
to longevity
An international
Anti-Aging bestseller
Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland
(1762-1836)
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The 18th Century
J.W. Goethe: Hufeland´s most prominent Patient
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The 19th Century
Brown-Séquard: The Founder of Modern Endocrinology
An example of
Lecture
„On some effects, shown in men
by the subcutaneous injection of
watery extracts of dog and
guinea pig testicles“
Paris, 1. Juni 1889
„successfull aging“
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749 - 1832
Charles-Eduard Brown-Séquard
(1817-1894)
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The 19th Century
The first Hormonal Anti-Aging Hype
The 19th Century
Empress Elisabeth: Austrian Idol of Beauty
Sisi: An early Case of
Eating Disorder and
Anti-Aging Paranoia?
„It beats Brown-Sequard – Tanner‘s infallible elixir of life for pension grabbers
only“. Karikatur von Louis Dalrymple, 1889
(1837-1898)
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The 20th Century
The Testicle Transplanters I
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The 20th Century
The Testicle Transplanters I
Worldwide
transplantations of
monkey testicles
Serge Voronoff
(1866-1951)
Before
After
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The 20th Century
The Testicle Transplanters II
The 20th Century
Monkey glands for
Millionaires
John Romulus Brinkley
1885 - 1942
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The 20th Century
Eugen Steinach: A Viennise Pioneer
The 20th Century
A blockbuster Ufa – Production, 1922
The ligature of the Ductus
deferens as an Anti-Aging
therapy
Eugen Steinach
(1861-1944)
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The 20th Century
Ilja Mechnikov: The Founder of Probiotic Research
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The 20th Century
Paul Niehans: The Founder of the“Living Cell Therapy“
Father of Stem Cell Therapy
or Voodoo-Doctor?
Ilja Iljitsch Mechnikov
(1845-1916)
Yogurt, sour milk and kefir as
longevity substances
Paul Niehans
(1882-1971)
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The 20th Century
The Pope: Niehan‘s most prominent patient
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Anti-Aging
Wilhelm Christoph Hufeland on the
Art of Life Extension
This problem has always attracted the brightest minds ,
is a playground for daydreamers,
and the biggest temptation for crooks and quacks.
Pope Pius XII
(1876-1958)
Hufeland: Makrobiotik, Jena 1796
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Prophets of „Radical Life Extension“
Anti-Aging-Medicine
What´´s up for the
future?
Aubrey de Grey, Cambridge
„Aging is a treatable disease“
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Prophets of „Radical Life Extension“
Ray Kurzweil, New York
„If you manage to survive the next 30 years, you wont have to die
anymore“
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Ray Kurzweil
Vordenker des Transhumanismus
Vorlesungen
Leçon sur les maladies des
villards et les maladies
chroniques
Paris, 1868
Jean-Martin Charcot
(1825-1893)
Ist Altern eine Krankheit an
sich?
Senectus ipsa morbus
(Terenz)
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Transhumanismus
Transhumanismus
Der Mensch
nimmt seine
Evulotion
selbst in die
Hand
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Wie human wird der Transhumanismus?
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„Wenn man sich denkt, wie wenig ein Naturmensch auf
den Südseeinseln von Krankheiten weiß, und dagegen
nun ein europäisches pathologisches Kompendium hält,
wo sie regimenter- und kompanienweise aufmarschieren,
und ihre Zahl sich auf viele Tausende beläuft, so
erschrickt man davor, was durch Luxus, Sittenverderbnis,
unnatürliche Lebensart und Ausschweifungen möglich
geworden ist. Viele, ja wirklich die meisten dieser
Krankheiten sind unsere eigene Schuld.“
Ch. W. Hufeland
Makrobiotik. Die Kunst, das menschliche Leben zu verlängern
Jena 1796
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Radical Life Extension
Audrey de Grey
Arzt & Prävention
April 2007
Ending Aging:„Wie wir 1000
Jahre alt werden können“
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