ANATOMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE 

 BODY OF THOMAS PARR 



THOMAS PARR, a poor countryman, born near 

 Winnington, in the county of Salop, died on the i4th 

 of November, in the year of grace 1635, after having 

 lived one hundred and fifty-two years and nine months, 

 and survived nine princes. This poor man, having 

 been visited by the illustrious Earl of Arundel when 

 he chanced to have business in these parts, (his lord- 

 ship being moved to the visit by the fame of a thing 

 so incredible,) was brought by him from the country to 

 London ; and, having been most kindly treated by the 

 earl both on the journey and during a residence in his 

 own house, was presented as a remarkable sight to his 

 Majesty the King. 



Having made an examination of the body of this 

 aged individual, by command of his Majesty, several 

 of whose principal physicians were present, the following 

 particulars were noted : 



The body was muscular, the chest hairy, and the 

 hair on the fore-arms still black ; the legs, however, 

 were without hair, and smooth. 



The organs of generation were healthy, the penis 

 neither retracted nor extenuated, nor the scrotum filled 

 with any serous infiltration, as happens so commonly 

 among the decrepid ; the testes, too, were sound and 

 large ; so that it seemed not improbable that the 

 common report was true, viz. that he did public 

 penance under a conviction for incontinence, after he 

 had passed his hundredth year; and his wife, whom 



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