Masters of Old Age; the Value of Longevity Illustrated By Practical Examples
Masters of Old Age; the Value of Longevity Illustrated By Practical Examples
Smith, Nicholas, 1836-1911
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This is why I discarded beef, mutton, and pork. My diet is simple, and I live much out of doors." It was by no extraordinarily good luck, nor an inborn quality of endurance, that enabled Dr. Du Boisy of Hanover, Prussia, to celebrate his one hundred and fifth birthday. From the be- ginning of his professional career his chief am- 156 MASTERS OF OLD AGE. bition was to enjoy good health that he might render successful service to the sick. As late as 1897, at one hundred and three years of age, th...e doctor was able to make his daily rounds among his patients. William Eeynolds Salmon of Cambridge, Glamorganshire, Wales, died in March, 189Y. lie was the oldest known individual of indis- putably authenticated age, the oldest physician, the oldest member of the Eoyal College of Sur- geons, and the oldest Eree Mason in the world. Dr. Salmon's creed was that life should not be measured by years, but rather by the amount of time devoted to worthy pursuits. His habits were of such a character that even in his last years physical nature hardly ever suggested to him that he was growing oldj and his spiritual nature was so full of fervor and hope that he ever felt he was going onward and upward.
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