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Mental excercise and long life. Engraving illustrating the maxim that the life of mind and body is strengthened and prolonged by incessant toil.

The account of William Kelman, an old man above 100.

Ecclesiastes, chapter XII, on old age. From a family Bible, bound with the Book of Common Prayer, 1607.

Sebastian Brant, The ship of fools.

John Smith, King Solomon's Portrait of Old Age, title page.

Rejuvenation by Steam.

Section 'Those who cannot work'.

Form of bath or furnace for the treatment of insanity. From a page preserved in the Medizinische Institut, Zurich. Origin unknown.

Questionnaire on conditions of the Aged

The end of age. Pt. 2, The Thread of life.

The end of age. Pt. 4, Making choices.

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Rejuvenation by Steam.

The end of age. Pt. 2, The Thread of life.

Mental excercise and long life. Engraving illustrating the maxim that the life of mind and body is strengthened and prolonged by incessant toil.

The end of age. Pt. 4, Making choices.

Ecclesiastes, chapter XII, on old age. From a family Bible, bound with the Book of Common Prayer, 1607.