The very oldest early moderns probably reached ages not see very different to the oldest old in our own times but there were very very many fewer of them relative tot he population. Nevertheless, a range of books instructed readers on how to manage themselves and their environment so as to ensure living to a ripe old age.
Last Name Sort ascending | First Name | Title | Date |
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Lessius | Leonardus | Hygiasticon: Or, The right course of preserving life and health unto extream old age: together… | 1634 |
Helmont | Jean Baptiste van | Oriatrike or, Physick refined. The common errors therein refuted, and the whole art reformed & rectified… | 1662 |
Harvey | Gideon | The vanities of philosophy & physick: Together with directions and medicines easily prepared by any of… | 1699 |
Harvey | Gideon | The vanities of philosophy and physick: together with directions and medicines easily prepared by any… | 1700 |
Harvey | Gideon | The vanities of philosophy & physick | 1699 |
Gayton | Edmund | The art of longevity, or, A diæteticall institution. Written by Edmund Gayton, Bachelor in Physick… | 1659 |
Bacon | Roger | The cure of old age, and preservation of youth | 1683 |