The extraordinary life and times of Thomas Parr, who lived to be 152 years of age : with remarks on disease and health, and the means of prolonging life / [T. Roberts & Co.].
- T. Roberts & Co.
- Date:
- [1890?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The extraordinary life and times of Thomas Parr, who lived to be 152 years of age : with remarks on disease and health, and the means of prolonging life / [T. Roberts & Co.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. It will, perhaps, be necessary to inform the reader that the following pages have been called forth by the discovery of a curious document, which has raised much agitation thoughout the country. The following sketch of the Life of Parr will doubtless prove acceptable, and be read with interest by all. The annexed is the document alluded to above, and was written by the celebrated Old Parr, who attained the almost incredible age of 152 years, and who left this document to a relation; it is written on parchment, and, although upwards of 200 years old, is in an excellent state of preservation. The following is an extract:— “ These do ccrtijie yt ye undermentioned is ye method of preser¬ ving health, which, by ye grace of Almightie God, has caused me to attain to my miraculous old age. Albeit in my youth / was afflicted with ye Bloody Flux and King’s Evil, but which ah left me by using some dayes ye herbs as herein written [Iiere follows the receipt.] “ Moreover, I bequeath to my second great grandson ye methoa I employ for preparing ye mendicament.—Given this day, and in ye lAp]th year of my age. “ THOMAS PARR. “ Winnington, Salop, Januarie Jth, 1630.”](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30479861_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
