Alexander Graham Bell tabulated! the length of life of 8,797 people. His tables have been available, but have never been widely known until they were recently made the subject of comment by the Medical Journal and Record. Some of the late Mr. Bell's conclusions were:
¶ 1) Apart from accident, longevity very closely follows heredity. The longevity of the male parent counts for more than that of the female.
¶ 2) Fertility usually means long life —fathers and mothers who had the most children live the longest....
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