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Old age: The results of information received respecting nearly nine hundred persons who had attained the age of eighty years, including seventy-four centenarians.
Cambridge, England: Macmillan and Bowes, 1889.
Analysis, illustrated with Woodburytype photographs, of data collected by the "Collective Investigation Committee" of the British Medical Association. Note that in the 1880s attaining the age of 80 was considered worth documenting. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #10618 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/12811 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | old-age-the-results-of-information-received-respecting-nearly-nine-hundred-persons-who-had-attained-the-age-of-eighty-years-including-seventyfour-centenarians |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Cambridge, England