Of the
203, 153 were females and 50 males. There are 508 people in Iowa
who are more than ninety years of age. There are 21 who are more
than one hundred years old. One person is one hundred and fifteen
years old, two are one hundred and fourteen, and the remaining 18
are from one hundred to one hundred and seven.
In the British Medical Journal for 1886 there is an account of a
report of centenarians. Fifty-two cases were analyzed. One who
doubts the possibility of a man reaching one hundred would find
this report of interest.
The Paris correspondent to the London Telegraph is accredited
with the following:--
"A census of centenarians has been taken in France, and the
results, which have been published, show that there are now alive
in this country 213 persons who are over one hundred years old.
Of these 147 are women, the alleged stronger sex being thus only
able to show 66 specimens who are managing to still "husband out
life's taper" after the lapse of a century. The preponderance of
centenarians of the supposed weaker sex has led to the revival of
some amusing theories tending to explain this phenomenon. One
cause of the longevity of women is stated to be, for instance,
their propensity to talk much and to gossip, perpetual prattle
being highly conducive, it is said, to the active circulation of
the blood, while the body remains unfatigued and undamaged.
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