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New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 196, 5 January 1877, Page 7

A remarkable case of longevity, says the * British Medical Journal,' is reported in Vircnow'a " Archives," by Dr. Orrs ein, of Athens. The man, George Stravarides, died in Syuivna, at the aye of 132 years. Although this Methuselah had always lived an irregular life, and had consumed an average of more than a hundred drachms of brandy daily, he retained full possession of all his five senses, as also a complete set of teeth, up to the moment of his I death. He also continued to the last to attend to the duties of his avocation — a baker. This man was born in 1743, in the reign of 1 Mahouimcd L, aud lived during the reigns of vivo Sultaus.