Howell T H
Proc R Soc Med. 1976 Jun;69(6):445-9. doi: 10.1177/003591577606900619.
We may see from the foregoing account that British physicians have played a major part in the history of geriatric medicine. Other countries have no counterpart to J H Sheldon of Wolverhampton, whose work on the social medicine of old age was so fundamental, or George Adams of Belfast, to whom we owe such a debt of knowledge about cerebrovascular disease in the aged, or to Marjory Warren and the other pioneers mentioned above. Long may this tradition continue.
从上述叙述中我们可以看出,英国医生在老年医学史上发挥了重要作用。其他国家没有像伍尔弗汉普顿的J·H·谢尔登那样的人,他在老年社会医学方面的工作至关重要;也没有像贝尔法斯特的乔治·亚当斯那样的人,我们在老年人脑血管疾病知识方面对他感激不尽;更没有像玛乔丽·沃伦以及上述其他先驱者那样的人。愿这一传统长久延续。