title: The early problems of the NHS.
abstract: Sir Thomas commenced his address [delivered in 1960] with a brief description of the long history of medicine and hospitals and gave examples from old records dating back as far as the Babylonian empire and a code laid down in 2,000 BC. He then dealt with developments through the ages culminating in the milestone of the introduction of the Health Service in 1948.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harley
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom