Ramteen Arablui

A holy grail that was thought to hold life-restoring powers for anyone who drank from it. There was the Philosopher's Stone, the Fountain of Youth. And then, in late December of 1899, a scientist named Eli Metchnikoff woke up in Paris to learn that he had done it. He had found the secret to eternal life.

Underneath that headline, it said things like l'élixir de l'éternelle jeunesse, the elixir of eternal youth, l'institut des miracles, the institute of miracles, la vieillesse vaincue, old age defeated.

Underneath that headline, it said things like l'élixir de l'éternelle jeunesse, the elixir of eternal youth, l'institut des miracles, the institute of miracles, la vieillesse vaincue, old age defeated.

Underneath that headline, it said things like l'élixir de l'éternelle jeunesse, the elixir of eternal youth, l'institut des miracles, the institute of miracles, la vieillesse vaincue, old age defeated.

Eli Metchnikoff had captured the world's attention. For millennia, people had tried to evade death, seeking cures in things like mercury, gold, powders, liquids. But now they had a new tool. Science. And it was miraculous. There were new vaccines. X-rays had just been invented. You could now see what had once been invisible. And Metchnikov had helped to make that happen.

Eli Metchnikoff had captured the world's attention. For millennia, people had tried to evade death, seeking cures in things like mercury, gold, powders, liquids. But now they had a new tool. Science. And it was miraculous. There were new vaccines. X-rays had just been invented. You could now see what had once been invisible. And Metchnikov had helped to make that happen.

Eli Metchnikoff had captured the world's attention. For millennia, people had tried to evade death, seeking cures in things like mercury, gold, powders, liquids. But now they had a new tool. Science. And it was miraculous. There were new vaccines. X-rays had just been invented. You could now see what had once been invisible. And Metchnikov had helped to make that happen.

Eli Metchnikoff was hardcore. The man drank cholera in the name of science. He injected himself with disease and he tested the body's power and its limits. Later in his career, his work on the immune system would win him a Nobel Prize. When the world was sick, Eli Metchnikoff tried to cure it. And he made sure people knew.

Eli Metchnikoff was hardcore. The man drank cholera in the name of science. He injected himself with disease and he tested the body's power and its limits. Later in his career, his work on the immune system would win him a Nobel Prize. When the world was sick, Eli Metchnikoff tried to cure it. And he made sure people knew.

Eli Metchnikoff was hardcore. The man drank cholera in the name of science. He injected himself with disease and he tested the body's power and its limits. Later in his career, his work on the immune system would win him a Nobel Prize. When the world was sick, Eli Metchnikoff tried to cure it. And he made sure people knew.

And his message was clear.

And his message was clear.

And his message was clear.

No one had studied aging scientifically before. And here was this famous scientist saying he wanted to take it on. But Metchnikov didn't just want to study aging. He wanted to cure it.

No one had studied aging scientifically before. And here was this famous scientist saying he wanted to take it on. But Metchnikov didn't just want to study aging. He wanted to cure it.

No one had studied aging scientifically before. And here was this famous scientist saying he wanted to take it on. But Metchnikov didn't just want to study aging. He wanted to cure it.

And the world ate it up.

And the world ate it up.

And the world ate it up.

Since the beginning of human civilization, people have been obsessed with staying young, even living forever. Today, that obsession is tied up with media, medicine, and money.