Term: geriatrics
Origin:
In an article headlined “Geriatrics” in the New York Medical Journal in 1909, Nascher wrote that the word geriatrics is from the Greek word “geras, meaning old man, and iatrikos, relating to the physician....” In Greek mythology, Geras is an old, man who represents the spirit of old age and he was son of goddess Nyx (Night) and grandson of Chaos.
In an article headlined “Geriatrics” in the New York Medical Journal in 1909, Nascher wrote that the word geriatrics is from the Greek word “geras, meaning old man, and iatrikos, relating to the physician....” In Greek mythology, Geras is an old, man who represents the spirit of old age and he was son of goddess Nyx (Night) and grandson of Chaos.
Coined:
by Ignatz Leo Nascher, who published in 1914 a 500-page textbook, Geriatrics: The Diseases of Old Age and Their Treatment, which included physiological home and institutional care and medical-legal relations.
Definition:
branch of medicine which is specialized in the medical care of individuals in old age (Senility)
Runon derivatives :
gerontology
comments:
the term of geriatric was coined on the idea of pediatrics
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