The medical adviser in life assurance / by Edward Henry Sieveking.

  • Sieveking, Edward H. (Edward Henry), 1816-1904.
Date:
1882
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Credit: The medical adviser in life assurance / by Edward Henry Sieveking. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hie author wishes to record his obligations to the numerous friends who have most readily re¬ sponded to his request to be favoured with their views on the subjects discussed. Throughout the woik, he hopes that he has duly quoted the authori¬ ties from whom he has obtained information, whether previously published or not, as a convenience to the reader for further reference, or as an act of justice to his friendly adviser. He trusts that the present edition, though not materially enlarged, may be found moie useful than its predecessor, and especi- ally that the index to this volume may enable the practitioner more readily to find what lie is in search of. It is to be feared that the author has not found materials to meet one desideratum to which he alluded in his preface to the first edition; namely, that of rendering the decisions to be arrived at, in connection with the questions involved in the ex¬ pectation of life of an individual, more precise than they were a few years ago. He professes to have no actuarial knowledge, and it is not to be doubted that a talent for calculation would in many cases be an aid to the medical adviser in life insurance, which, witli his special professional knowledge, would materially assist him in solving certain questions,