A History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life

A History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life is a book by Dr. Gerald J. Gruman on historical pursuits for longevity. It was originally published with the subtitle The Evolution of Prolongevity Hypotheses to 1800 in 1966 in the journal Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. The work covers attitudes toward longevity from Chinese, Islamic, and Western cultures before the 19th Century.

See also

• Longevism

External links

• Google Books
• JSTOR