The Idiot: His Place in Creation, and His Claims on SocietyBateman, Frederick, Sir
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The Idiot: His Place in Creation, and His Claims on Society
Bateman, Frederick, Sir
Mental retardation; Stupidity
"While the whole work possesses great scientific interest, chapters v.
and x. are of peculiar value to general and legal readers. In the
latter, the Jurisprudence of Aphasia is dealt with. This question has
not hitherto been treated by any British author, although it involves
issues of such frequent occurrence and general importance as the
capacity of speechless persons to make a will and to manage their
affairs, and their civil and criminal responsibility. Having examined
this part of Dr. Bateman's treatise with the utmost care, we have no
hesitation in commending it heartily to our readers as an able
exposition of a difficult subject, enriched by illustrations from
Continental Jurisprudence."
From the _Norfolk Chronicle_.
"In the goodly volume of over 400 pages before us, we have substantial
proof of the perfection that may be attained by Theory and Practice,
walking and working hand in hand. An eminent physician, whose great
energies and rare knowledge of therapeutics are apparently absorbed in
the everyday exercise of his noble profession, has yet found time for
deep research and original speculation in one of the most fascinating
regions in the whole range of Neuro-pathology. The result is such as
only the well-directed devotion of a life-time could have produced.
Here, in one, we have a student's text-book, a scientist's guide and
companion, and, lastly, a psychological treatise certain to attract a
large share of attention at the hands of the intelligent general
reader. For the medical profession it possesses, without doubt, a
primary interest--yet, withal, it is replete with interest to the
general reader."
CONTINENTAL NOTICES.
_Les Archives de Neurologie_, Vol. xx.
"Ce livre est la deuxième édition considérablement augmentée du traité
publié il y a vingt ans et bien connu de nos lecteurs.
"N.B.--Ce livre est parfaitement au courant de la science actuelle."
_La Revue de l'Hypnotisme._
"L'ouvrage du docteur Bateman a déjà reçu un accueil favorable de
l'Académie des sciences et de l'Académie de médecine de Paris. En le
présentant à la Société de Biologie, le Président, M. Brown-Séquard, a
fait un éloge mérité de ce remarquable ouvrage aussi savant
qu'original.
"Le livre du docteur Bateman apporte une contribution précieuse à la
médecine psychologique. M. Bateman a compulsé toute la littérature
scientifique de l'Europe et de l'Amérique sur le sujet qu'il a traité,
et ses études faites pendant plus de vingt années sur les cas qu'il a
rencontrés à l'hôpital de Norwich et dans sa clientèle privée, lui ont
permis d'arriver a des conclusions véritablement pratiques."
_Annales d'Hygiène Publique et de Médecine Légale_,
Tome xxvi., p. 583.
"La première édition du traité de M. Bateman avait été très
favorablement accueillie du public médical. La seconde édition,
augmentée d'observations nouvelles, tenue au courant des progrès de la
science, n'aura pas moins de succès.
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