The History of Geriatric Medicine

BGS founding member and revolutionary geriatrician Marjory Warren was born on 28 October 189

Before the Second World War, Britain was not self-sufficient in many materials.

When Mr Chamberlain announced on September 3rd 1939 that this country was at war with Germany, th

Developments which led to the establishment of the NHS

The role of the King's Fund in the design of hospital beds and leading up to the formation of the

The chronicle of care of older people in Britainstretches back hundreds of years.

Michael Denham discusses the emergence of state hospitals - an improvement on the quackery and in

In 1941 Ernest Brown, presented the House of Commons with the general principles on which the gov

It is widely assumed that geriatric medicine was an invention of the twentieth century.

Notes on the inaugural meeting of the Medical Society for the Care of the Elderly (later the Brit

“Moving a patient relieves bedsores:” it sounds obvious today, but it took the work of an innovat

In medieval times, sick people were cared for in monasteries.

Early publications on geriatric medicine; the origin of the word 'geriatrics' and first mention o

Marjory Warren created the first geriatric unit in the UK.

Originally lodging houses were designed to accommodate younger labourers who came to town to find

“There is no doubt that the occasional scandal does an enormous amount for a social servi