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Health, Work, and Play; Suggestions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Henry W. Acland
Affiliation:
Oxford: John Henry and James Parker. 1856. Pamphlet

Extract

A distinguished member of this Association opens the Sixteenth Annual Report ∗ of his quiet unobtrusive labours with the remark that the opinion that mental disease is becoming more prevalent has been universally adopted, and that it is confirmed by the experience of all who have to deal with the crimes, the misfortunes, the diseases of mankind, by the observation of all who watch the progress either of individuals or nations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1857 

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Sixteenth Annual Roport of the Crichton Royal Institution of Lunatics, Dumfries, 11th November, 1855.Google Scholar

Michel Levy: Hygiène Publique et Privée.Google Scholar

By this, of course, is intended practical, experimental study of practical, experimental subjects, as opposed to mere verbal, book knowledge. It is extraordinary how frequently the necessity of attention to this is overlooked by both students and examiners.Google Scholar