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Dear Sirs
With this letter, I enclose two pictures of Dr Marjory Warren, when she was working with a haemoplegic patient at 01 Ward (West Middlesex Hospital. Isleworth – May 1960).

In those days, I was doing my training under her supervision and under Dr J Kaminski, her Assistant. Dr Marjory Warren was Vice-Superintendent Medical Director of the hospital and Chief of the Geriatric Unit. She was an extraordinary person and a great geriatrician with a huge humanistic feeling.

Through her I could meet Dr Trevor Howell and in that way, I was trained under his supervision as well. I am proud and happy to have worked alongside her in her daily work and even accompanying her on private domiciliary visits. The best thing that happened to me!

Because I took these pictures, I wish the British Geriatrics Society to keep them at Marjory Warren House. They are a good remembrance of a real pioneer of the modern geriatric world.

Happy Christmas and success in New Year 2009!

Sincerely yours,

Dr Rafael Basagoitia Aviles
Geriatria Gerontologia Y Rehabilitation
Medicina Interna Y Quimioterapia del Cancer
El Salvadore

BGS Newsletter, Dec 2008
Issue 19 ISSN 1748-6343 19

These photographs are rare finds and we are grateful to Dr Basagoitia Aviles for taking them and making them available to us. High resolution .tifs are available for download:
Marjory Warren1
Marjory Warren2