The health of the school child / by W. Leslie Mackenzie.

  • Leslie Mackenzie
Date:
1906
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Credit: The health of the school child / by W. Leslie Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SOME PRESS OPINIONS Saturday Review.—“ We agree with the authors of this admirable text-book in the necessity for compulsory and regularised medical inspection in all State schools. . . . What strikes us most in the book is the immense aid such school inspection as is here described would render to sociological inquiries and vital statistics ; and hardly less than this, the vast unlooked for extension of State action which is implied in the existence of compulsory education. In all its phases* whether social or political or medical, the subject is as interesting as it is important.” Dundee Advertiser.—“A valuable work. . . . Should be in the hands of everyone who is interested in the welfare of school children, and especially of those who are particularly concerned with their education.” Education.—“ This important work, which deals with the subject in a broad and statesmanlike manner. . . . We must for the present content ourselves with heartily recommending it to the serious con- sideration of the various education authorities and their officers. It contains a vast amount of valuable and authoritative information.” The Lancet.—“ Will be valued as one of the few standard works that have appeared on this subject.” The Scottish Medical and Surgical Journal.—“This book is a very useful and practical one, and the authors are to be congratulated on having produced a work which can be so cordially commended to those to whom it is addressed.” The British Medical Journal.—“This book can be commended to all who are interested in medical knowledge as a sociological factor.” The Sanitary Record.—“ The time has come for a systematic medical inspection of school children being undertaken, and Dr. Mackenzie’s work is intended to lay the foundations for such a system. The endeavour to present a complete system of the character indicated is breaking new ground, and Dr. Mackenzie has accomplished the task in a manner that leaves little to be desired.” The County and Municipal Record.—“ For Dr. Mackenzie’s book we have nothing but praise. It is extremely well written, and is full of mature thoughts and reflections. After reading it carefully, one will at once conclude that Dr. Mackenzie has cleared a way through a forest of difficulties. One can see daylight beyond, and the subject of medical inspection of school children has had a great and even alluring interest added to it by his excellent work.” Internationales Archiv fur Schulhygiene.—“ The most important book of the year on subjects of school hygiene.” From La Lutte contre la Dighieresccnce en Angleterre, issued by VInstitut de Sociologie, Brussels.—“ La traits . . . est un livre vraiment neuf sur l’hygiene scolaire . . . il contient d’id^es fort interessantes, originates et genereuse . . . nous pensons que tout medecin-inspecteur y trouvera un guide precieux et une veritable mine de renseignements.