Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Geriatrics: The diseases of old age and their treatment, including physiological old age, home and institutional care, and medico-legal relations.

Publication Details

Philadelphia: P. Blakiston’s Sons, 1914 CE.

The first modern treatise on the subject. Nascher coined the term “geriatrics” in a paper of that name in N.Y. med. J., 1909, 90, 358-59.

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Entry Number	#1641.1
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External URL	geriatrics-the-diseases-of-old-age-and-their-treatment-including-physiological-old-age-home-and-institutional-care-and-medicolegal-relations

Publication place: Philadelphia