Clinical lectures on neurasthenia / by Thomas Dixon Savill.

  • Thomas Dixon Savill
Date:
1908
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    PRESS NOTICES OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS These clinical lectures deal very exhaustively with the subject of neuras- thenia, and will be read with great interest. Dr. Savill is happy in his clinical descriptions, and goes very fully into the details of treatment. . . . The whole work is well written and wiU be found instructive and suggestive, and we can cordially recommend it to our readers.”—The Lancet. “ The standard English book on the subject written by one who has made a most thorough investigation into its various relationships. . . . Nowhere do we remember reading such a helpful account of the pathology of the dis- ease. It will be found helpful, to those in 'general ’practice who are too apt to grow weary of the hundred and one complaints of their neirrasthenic patients.”—Medical Times and Gazette. “ This book is a timely and valuable contribution to an important, though imperfectly understood, subject. . . . The subject is one which no conscien- tious practitioner can aSord to neglect, and it would be difficult to imagine a better or more lucid introduction to its study than the book which is now before us. . . . The explanation given of the reason for these diverse and often apparently contradictory manifestations is ingenious, interesting, and probably correct. At any rate, the theory reconciles the hitherto irreconcil- able, and must hold the field until our Imowledge of the subject has been improved by methods of investigation not yet open to us. . . . To every student of balneology and allied methods of treatment, especially to such as practice at health resorts. Dr. SaviH’s book will be almost indispensable ; to every thoughtful practitioner it will be immensely useful. We note with gratitude that the style rmd construction are infinitely superior to what, in these matters, is usually considered sufficient in a medical text-book.”—The Journal of Balneology and Climatology. “ The wealth of clinical material which was a feature of former editions has been further added to. Dr. Savill emphasises the auto-toxic origin— we may even definitely, say gastro-intestinal origin—of the large proportion of neurasthenic cases. This is very widely accepted now, and his careful and patient records do much to drive the point home. . . . The book is beauti- fully written and has proved to us a vast source not only of information but of pleasurable reading.”—Charing Cross Hospital Gazette. “ The author lays down certain rules for treatment, and throws out hints which are suggestive and of considerable practical value. He is evidently well versed in the literature of the subject, and illustrates his points by refer- ences to numerous cases which have from time to time been under his Ccne. The book is well and pleasantly written, and is deserving of study.”—British Medical Journal. “ It is a comprehensive, suggestive and reliable treatise which, while deal- ing with the subject in a thoroughly scientific manner, is also practiced and helpful. . . . The author gives his work the stamp of originality. ... It is emphatically a practical guide to the treatment of neurasthenia, based on a solid foundation of direct observation.”—Medical Press and Circular.