The Senile Patient
Authors: Lewellys F. Barker
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 March 1933The Senile PatientLEWELLYS F. BARKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.LEWELLYS F. BARKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-9-1125 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSome of you may be wondering how anyone connected with the Johns Hopkins Hospital dare say anything in public about the later life of man in view of the commotion aroused by our great internist, the late Dr. Osler, some years ago through his semi-serious, semi-jocular remarks upon the ages of forty and sixty; but the chairman .of our Program Committee, Dr. George W. Crile, whose word is law, has assigned to me as a topic "The Senile Patient", and I must take the risk!PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL SENILITYWith your permission, I shall interpret the term "senile patient" as...References BARKERSPRUNT LFTP: Degenerative diseases; their causes and prevention, 1925, Harper Bros., New York. Google Scholar BAUER J: Die konstitutionelle Disposition zu inneren Krankheiten, 3 ed., 1924, J. Springer, Berlin. CrossrefGoogle Scholar COUNCILMAN WT: The conditions presented in the heart and kidneys of old people. Contributions to medical and biological research dedicated to Sir William Osler, New York, 1919, ii, 918-928. Google Scholar CRITCHLEY M: The neurology of old age (Goulstonian lecture), Lancet, 1931, i, 1119-1127; 1221; 1331. CrossrefGoogle Scholar FERGUSON J: Problems of old age, Trans. Royal Med. Chir. Soc., Glasgow, 1930, xxiv, 1-26. Google Scholar HALL GS: Senescence, the last half of life, 1922, D. Appleton and Co., New York. CrossrefGoogle Scholar JENNINGS HS: Life and death, heredity and evolution in unicellular organisms, 1920, Badger, Boston. CrossrefGoogle Scholar LOEB J: Natural death and the duration of life, Sci. Monthly, 1919, ix, 578-585. Google Scholar NASCHER IL: Geriatrics, 2 ed., 1916, Blakiston, Philadelphia. Google Scholar PEARL R: Span of life and average duration of life, Nat. Hist., 1926, xxvi, 26-30. Google Scholar PEARLRAENKHAM RT: Studies on human longevity; constitutional factors in mortality at advanced ages, Human Biol., 1932, iv, 30-118. Google Scholar LONGCOPE WT: Methods and medicine, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1932, 1, 4-20. Google Scholar ROLLESTON H: Some medical aspects of old age, 1922, Macmillan, New York. Google Scholar RUNGE W: Die Geistesstörungen des Greisenalters. In: BUMKE'S Handbuch der Geisteskrankheiten, Berlin, 1930, 8:Spez. Teil 4, 597-664. Google Scholar SCHLESINGER H: Die Krankheiten des höheren Alters und ihre Heilung, 2 vol., Wien u. Leipzig, 1914-1915, A Hölder. Google Scholar THEWLIS MW: Geriatrics, 1924, C. V. Mosby, St. Louis. Google Scholar WARTHIN AS: Old age; the major involution, 1930, Hoeber, New York. Google Scholar WILLIAMS C: Opportunities for improving the health of the aged in the administration of the Massachusetts old age assistance law, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1931, ccv, 955-963. CrossrefGoogle Scholar WILLIUS FA: The heart in old age; a study of 700 patients seventy-five years of age and older, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1931, clxxxii, 1-12. CrossrefGoogle Scholar WORCESTER A: The care of the dying, Jr. Med., 1932, xiii, 62-70. Also in: South. Med. & Surg., 1932, xciv, 497-499. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Address to the Interstate Postgraduate Assembly, Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 25, 1932. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 March 1933Volume 6, Issue 9Page: 1125-1135 ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...