Chapter X: Diseases in and of Old Age 139

INDEX 157

ILLUSTRATIONS

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1. William Heberden, M.D., F.R.S. 2

2. Sir Thomas Watson, Bt., M.D., F.R.S. 4

3. Professor John Haviland, M.D., F.R.C.P. 6

4. Henry Jenkins, reputed to have lived 169 years 20

5. Thomas Parr, reputed to have lived 152 years 22

6. Katherine, Countess of Desmond, reputed to have lived 140
years 24

7. Petratsch Zortan, in his reputed 185th year 26

8. Hungarian husband and wife, reputed to be 172 and 164 years old
respectively 36

9. Sir Henry Pitman, M.D., F.R.C.P., a medical centenarian 52

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