Old age : the results of information received respecting nearly nine hundred persons who had attained the age of eighty years, including seventy-four centenarians / by George Murray Humphry

Humphry, George Murray Sir (1820-1896)

Published by Cambridge : Macmillan and Bowes, 1889

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Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned and professionally re-cased. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Series; Medical Society of London. Annual oration ; 1885. Physical description; xii, 218 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm. Notes; Reprinted, with additions, from the British medical journal and the Collective investigation record. Includes index. Sir George Murray Humphry was a professor of physiology and anatomy at Cambridge, surgeon, gerontologist and medical writer. In 1836 he was apprenticed to John Green Crosse, surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. In 1839 he left Norwich and entered as a student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London. He passed the first M.B. examination at the London University in 1840, obtaining the gold medal in anatomy and physiology; but did not present himself for the final examination. He was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 19 November 1841, and on 12 May 1842 he became a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries. In the same year three of the surgeons at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, resigned their posts, and on 31 October 1842 Humfrey was placed third out of six candidates in a contested election for the vacant posts. This appointment made him the youngest hospital surgeon in England. He entered himself a fellow-commoner at Downing College, Cambridge in 1847, graduating M.B. in 1852 and M.D. in 1859. After the retirement of William Clark, professor of human and comparative anatomy, in 1866, Humphry was elected professor of human anatomy at the university. In 1869 he succeeded George Edward Paget, who was then elected president of the council, as the representative of the University of Cambridge on the General Medical Council. At the Royal College of Surgeons of England Humphry filled numerous offices. Elected a fellow on 26 August 1844, when he was still a year below the statutory age, he served as a member of the council from 1864 to 1884, was Arris and Gale lecturer on anatomy and physiology from 1871 to 1873, a member of the court of examiners from 1877 to 1887, and Hunterian orator in 1879. In 1887 he was the first president of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and he served as president of the Pathological Society of London during the years 1891 3. He was knighted in 1891. Subjects; Longevity. Aged. Longevity Statistics. Aged, 80 and over. Longevity statistics & numerical data. Old Age. Geriatrics. Old Age, disorders. Longevity statistics & numerical data. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Old age : the results of information received respecting nearly nine hundred persons who had attained the age of eighty years, including seventy-four centenarians / by George Murray Humphry
• Publisher: Cambridge : Macmillan and Bowes
• Publication Date: 1889
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.