The evils of England : social and economical / by a London physician.

  • London physician.
Date:
1865
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Credit: The evils of England : social and economical / by a London physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    TO THE SECOND EDITION. This book was first published in 1848, when France, tired of the dull life she was leading under Louis Philippe, indignant at his pre- ference of family to national interests, and ready to run the risk of any change which •should give her a chance of glory after the old homicidal fashion, with the pleasure of disturbing and perplexing the nations, and the profit of adding to her territories, drove out the Orleans dynasty. True to her own precedents, she must needs proclaim some new and startling theory; and this time it