Treatise On The Diseases Of Advanced Life

Author : Malford W. Thewlis
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ISBN 13 : 9781331003816
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Geriatrics written by Malford W. Thewlis and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Geriatrics: A Treatise on Senile Conditions, Diseases of Advanced Life, and Care of the Aged In 1860, when Doctor Abraham Jacobi began his first systematic course in pediatrics, very little interest was taken by the medical profession in this specialty. It was a difficult matter to convince physicians that the ailments of children required special attention and treatment and Doctor Jacobi met many discouragements before he succeeded in firmly establishing pediatrics as a special branch of medicine. As public interest in child conservation increased, medical interest in pediatrics increased, and today this is one of the most important branches of medical science. For many years French and German physicians understood that the other extreme of life required special study and care; that the methods and measures successful in diseases in earlier life were often detrimental in the same diseases in old age; and that the natural tendency of pathologic processes was to spread, become more active, cause further disorganization, and lead to death. It seems to boas difficult to impress these truths upon American physicians today as it was difficult, half a century ago, to make physicians realize the importance and truth of pediatrics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.