Arthur Hill Hassall, physician & sanitary reformer : a short history of his work in public hygiene, and of movement against the adulteration of food and drugs / [Edwy Godwin Clayton].
- Clayton, Edwy Godwin.
- Date:
- 1908
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Arthur Hill Hassall, physician & sanitary reformer : a short history of his work in public hygiene, and of movement against the adulteration of food and drugs / [Edwy Godwin Clayton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![99 Chief Analyst of PJie Lciucet ‘ Commission,’ ” had to say some } ears ago on the subject. . . . He found . . . but all these abominations must be considered as ancient history. The Lancet Commission woke up the conscience of the manufacturer and the retail tradesman. . . .'—The Daily Telegraph, July 22, 1891. [Article on the adulteration of anchovies.] 10. He was the pioneer of food-analysts ; his exposures were, no doubt, the originating cause which led to the state of public opinion out of which the original Adulteration Act and the present Sale of Food and Drugs Act have grown. . . .’ —The Chemist and Druggist, October 28, 1893. II. ‘. . . We cannot but think that even the founding of the Hospital for Consumption at Ventnor, due to Dr. Hassall’s untiring efforts, was less beneficial to British humanity than his share in The Lancet's crusade against adulteration of food and drugs. . . . The Lancet ‘ Analytical Sanitary Commission ’ was organized by Dr. Hassall and Mr. Wakley for the systematic examination of foods, etc., with the publication of names and addresses, in full, of the sellers of the substances analyzed. . . . The dealers remonstrated—naturally ; but Mr. Wakley’s courage and public spirit did him no injury. “ A few lawyers’ letters were received, and in one or two cases actions were commenced, but only went as far as the delivery of the declaration.” This fact sufficiently proves the scientific accuracy of Dr. Hassall’s work. . . .'—Diiklin Journ. Med. Science, xcvii. (1894), 257 to 260. [Review of Dr. Hassall’s The Narrative of a Busy Life.'\ 12. ‘ In 1850 he took up the question of food adulteration, and made a series of analytical reports, which led to a Parlia- mentary inquiry into the pernicious and systematic adultera- tion that had been going on. He also assisted in the 7—2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28989995_0119.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
