In this issue of the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Gerontological Society of America with reflections on articles from 1946, the inaugural year of the journal. The field of medical gerontology or geriatrics has its roots in the British National Health Service in the 1930s (1) and was first established in the United States in the 1940s. In spite of the needs engendered by the aging of the population, controversies continue today as to the role of the discipline in modern medicine. In reviewing the issue, I was struck by a number of articles...

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詹姆斯·埃德加·保林（James Edgar Paullin）：老年医学和老年医学的先驱。

在本期《老年医学杂志：医学》中，我们对美国老年医学学会成立75周年进行了回顾，并对1946年（该杂志的创立年份）的文章进行了反思。医学老年病学或老年医学领域起源于1930年代的英国国家卫生局（1），最早于1940年代在美国成立。尽管人口老龄化带来了需求，但如今该学科在现代医学中的作用仍存在争议。在审查该问题时，我被很多文章所震惊...