Book Review: Mental Deficiency

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

Tredgold's Text Book of Mental Deficiency

Tredgold's Text Book of Mental Deficiency. Ninth Edition. By R. F. lredgold and K. Soddy. Bailliere, Tindall gt Cox. 40s. It is pleasing to welcome the new edition of Tredgold's Mental Deficiency". This textbook has acquired the status of a classic in the speciality and the joint authors are to be congratulated upon the substantial replanning of the text in the present edition, ^he extensive us...

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