It has been aptly said of physicians in general: "Aliis inserviendo consumuntur; aliis medendo moriuntur," or "In serving others they are consumed; in healing others they are destroyed." Recent Instances of Longevity .-- There was a man who died in Spain at the advanced age of one hundred and fifty-one, which is the most extraordinary instance from that country.

It is reported that quite recently a Chinese centenarian passed the examination for the highest place in the Academy of Mandarins.

Chevreul, born in 1786, at Angers, has only recently died after an active life in chemical investigation.
Sir Moses Montefiore is a recent example of an active centenarian.
In the New York Herald of April 21, 1895, is a description and a portrait of Noah Raby of the Piscataway Poor Farm of New Jersey, to whom was ascribed one hundred and twenty-three years.

He was discharged from active duty on the "Brandywine," U.S.N., eighty-three years ago.
He relates having heard George Washington speak at Washington and at Portsmouth while his ship was in those places.

The same journal also says that at Wichita, Kansas, there appeared at a municipal election an old negress named Mrs.Harriet McMurray, who gave her age as one hundred and fifteen.