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.

Questionnaire on conditions of the Aged

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

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