A Text-book of Mental Deficiency
Seventh Edition. :Author: A. r. Iredgold. Bailliere, lindall <x Cox. iy4/.
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 full and vivid description of the various conditions with which we are concerned and a discussion of the theories which may explain them.
For these reasons this is still the best book on Amentia and a safe source to which anyone can refer for information. All the facts are here and, considering the present difficulties in the production of books, the facts are remarkably up to date. The latest syndromes are described and the references are given fully and are most useful.
The illustrations include many old friends but also a number of new ones and the whole book is up to the old standard in quality. This is the publishers’ contribution to a new edition which is also a new success. N.H.M.B.
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