Establishment of sustainable health science for future generations: from a hundred years ago to a hundred years in the future

Geriatrics one hundred years ago.

JUST OVER A century ago, Daniel Maclachlan, Physician to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, published his book The Diseases and Infirmities of Advanced Life. This was based on his extensive experience among the Chelsea pensioners as well as patients seen in private practice. He begins by stating 'the diseases of advanced and declining life have been comparatively neglected ... they have nowhere recei...

Childhood and Society a Hundred Years Ago

Two Birthdays a Hundred Years Ago

As President, it is my great privilege and honour to propose the toast of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland. The Association has only once previously met in Belfast; in 1927, twenty-two years ago to this very day (3rd June, 1949). The dinner on that occasion, presided over by the late Professor James A. Lindsay, a great clinical teacher, philosopher and classic, was ren...

Psychiatry in Britain one hundred years ago.

Journal of Psychiatry) casually threw out) casually threw out the suggestion that I might write a column the suggestion that I might write a column for the journal similar to one entitled for the journal similar to one entitled 'One Hundred Years Ago', occasionally 'One Hundred Years Ago', occasionally published in the published in the BMJ BMJ. I was immediately in-. I was immediately intrigued...

Hundred Years of Teacher Training in Iran: Opportunities, Threats, and Future Outlook

Hundred Years of Teacher Training in Iran: Opportunities, Threats, and Future Outlook   A. Saafi*   The history of formal education in Iran shows that teacher training, in its contemporary meaning, started in 1918 when the first center for training male teachers (Daarolmo’allemin) along with Daarolmo’allemaat for female teachers was established. During the past one hundred years tremendous ...