A Text-Book on Mental Diseases

A Text Book of Mental Deficiency

handsome contribution. In Ireland's time the subject was still emerging from the anecdotal and even mythological stage. It is largely due to the efforts of Dr. Tredgold that the topographical outlines of mental deficiency have been filled in. I say topographical advisedly for, despite much revision and the addition of new and valuable material, the book still bears the imprint of having been wr...

A Text-Book of Mental Deficiency

This is very much a personal effort and a personal statement but, 40 years after the first edition, the author is entitled to write in that way and to expect his views to have attention. Some of the views may, perhaps, invite disagreement, but that is a healthy condition where knowledge is not yet complete or assured. The important thing is to have a full statement of the facts that are known, ...

A Text-book of Mental Deficiency

A Text-book of Mental Deficiency

A Text-Book of Diseases of Women

1898. This is an excellent work which goes straight to the mark, untrammelled by needless anatomical, pathological, and histological details. The recommendation of one plan of treatment for each disease is useful for didactic purposes, but is not without its drawbacks when we consider the various clinical modifications of disease. For example, the operation for vesico-vaginal fistula described ...