Old Age
by George Murray Humphry (9781150276644)

Subtitle: The Results of Information Received Respecting Nearly Nine Hundred Persons Who Had Attained the Age of Eighty Years, Including Seventy-Four Centenarians General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1889 Original Publisher: Macmillan and Bowes Description: Reprinted, with additions, from the British medical journal and the Collective investigation record. Subjects: Old age Longevity Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. CENTENARIANS. CONCLUSIONS FROM THE REPORTS OP THE CONDITIONS, HABITS, FAMILY HISTORY, ETC. OF FIFTY-TWO1 CENTENARIANS, GIVEN IN RETURNS MADE ON A FORM OF INQUIRY ISSUED BY THE COLLECTIVE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. WITH REMARKS AND ANALYSIS2. In the publication of this table8 it is not meant to be implied that each of the fifty-two persons positively attained to the age of 100 years. Some no doubt did so; and in eleven (two males and nine females, one of these aged 108, and one 106) the age was confirmed by baptismal certificates or other records. Respecting others, there is necessarily more or less uncertainty; but these may reasonably be assumed to have reached nearly to that age. The name is given in each case; and thenames are also given of the informants. These were nearly all medical men who volunteered the information which they would not have done unless they believed it to be correct, and who, in many cases, were well acquainted with the persons respecting whom they gave the particulars. The well-known pride of longevity and the tendency to exaggerate and deal with the marvellous throw some suspicion over all records of this kind, and, indeed, had well-nigh caused a revulsion to misbelief in the capacity of ...

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