Sanitary ramblings. Being sketches and illustrations of Bethnal Green. A type of the condition of the Metropolis and other large towns / [Hector Gavin].

  • Gavin, Hector.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Sanitary ramblings. Being sketches and illustrations of Bethnal Green. A type of the condition of the Metropolis and other large towns / [Hector Gavin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    From William Mortimer, M.D. late Surgeon to the Presidency General Hospital, and Superintendant of the Medical School, Madras. it 'j'he extent of research so apparent throughout this work is so creditable to Dr Gavin’s industry, and indicative of such a desire to render it, what I con- sider it to be, the best manual on the subject of which it treats, that I sincerely hope it may meet with the reception it, in my opinion, so well deserves. It is calculated to be of great use both to Military and Naval Surgeons, and I think that every Medical Officer in the Public Service ought to have a copy of it.” “ The work ought to he in every practitioner’s hands, more especially the Medical Staff of the Army and Navy. ...The rules laid down for determining the reality or otherwise of a disease are exceedingly good.. .. The work may be considered a standard one. We recommend it to such of our readers as desire to become acquainted with the impostures of MalingerersP-Medico-Chirurgical Review. “The general merits of Dr. Gavin’s book reflect much credit on his talent and industry. It contains an excellent compilation of all that has been written on the subject, and we can confidently recommend it as a work of reference.— British and Foreign Medical Review. “This work is now the best and most complete monograph on Feigned and Factitious Diseases which we possess, and bids fair to supersede all other works on the same subject.... The author has evidently taken up the subject con amove, and the work throughout bears abundant evidence of his zeal, industry, and laborious research in the task he has undertaken. Independent of its pro- fessional value, the volume is exceedingly entertaining, inasmuch as it contains numerous curious cases illustrative of the ingenious tricks and devices put in practice by Malingerers. The chapters which treat of Feigned Madness and Moral Insanity are particularly interesting, especially with reference to the opinions recently pronounced in a Court of Law on these important subjects. We can recommend them to the attention of our readers, as containing many useful and instructive hints for the purpose of guiding medical witnesses when called upon to deliver an opinion on suspicious cases before a legal tribunal.”— Provincial Medical Journal. “ No complete work, before the appearance of Dr. Gavin’s, existed upon this subject in our language. To the information on the topic which was common property, the author has added much derived from his own opportunities. Sir James M'Grigor, we understand, highly desired the production of such a work, candidates for the service being examined upon it, and recommends every Medical Officer of the army to provide himself with a copy, as a necessary part of his portable library.”—Lancet. “ The work indicates very extensive research on the part of the author We can recommend Dr. Gavin’s Essay as one which contains much useful in- formation, and as a valuable text-book for those who are engaged in the Military and Naval Services.”—Lancet.