Law for medical men : a book for practitioners containing extracts from acts of Parliament interesting to medical men / by Fred. J. Smith.

  • Smith, Fred. J. (Frederick John) 1857-1919.
Date:
1913
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Credit: Law for medical men : a book for practitioners containing extracts from acts of Parliament interesting to medical men / by Fred. J. Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    PREFACE I ADHERE to the usual custom of explaining briefly in a Preface the reasons for the pubhcation of a book. The following pages were written in response to a request of the publishers that I would produce a work on the extra-professional position, and duties, of medical men. They gave me an outline sketch of the subjects which they thought should be included, and one of the first of these was Notes on the Laws affecting Medical Men. On attempting to write such notes I soon found that the subject was so large as to deserve somewhat fuller treatment than could be given to it in an ordinary chapter, and I therefore attempted to expand the idea, and give as complete an exposition as I could of the laws that affect medical men. How far I have succeeded in my endeavours I must leave to my readers and critics to judge. On my own behalf I can only urge that I have spared no pains and trouble to make what I have written as accurate as possible. It would be e:!tpecting too much to hope that it is complete, and I shall be grateful for all suggestions to insert in a future edition, should such ever be required. The work has been some time in preparation, owing to the exigencies of a somewhat busy life, and, I fear, even in its final stage has a somewhat scrappy appearance in correspondence with the scraps of time I could devote to it. Inasmuch as the work consists very largely of quotations, I have felt compelled to describe myself occasionally as the editor and occasionally as the author; but I do not think any confusion has been caused thereby. May I once again beg any reader to make full use of the index when consulting my pages. To complete the scheme sketched out by Messrs. Churchill, I have a companion volume in hand containing ethics and business for medical men, a greater part of which is completed, and I hope may reach publication in due course. FRED. J. SMITH. Harley Street, W.