APPENDIX
THE ANATOMICAL EXAMINATION
OF THE BODY OF
THOMAS PARR
WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO YEARS
MADE BY
WILLIAM HARVEY
OTHERS OF THE KING’S PHYSICIANS BEING PRESENT
ON THE 16TH OF NOVEMBER, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTHDAY OF HER SERENE HIGHNESS HENRIETTA MARIA, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AND IRELAND
[This account first appeared in the work of Dr. Betts, entitled: “De Ortu et Natura Sanguinis,” 8vo, London, 1669, the MS. having been presented to Betts by Mr. Michael Harvey, nephew of the author, with whom Betts was on terms of intimacy.]