Medicine and the State: The Relation Between the Private and Official Practice of Medicine with Special Reference to Public Health.Arthur Newsholme

1. The question propounded.—The members of the Association under whose auspices the ‘Journal of Mental Science’ is published, having done me the honour to elect me an honorary member of their body, I think I cannot better express my strong sense of the compliment thus paid to me, than by a cordial co-operation with them in their labours for the advancement of mental science. The subject I have ventured with this object to bring under their notice, is one of the highest importance to their professional success; it is to determine how far a mental science in the true meaning of the term science is possible, and capable of practical application to mental pathology, therapeutics and hygiène, and the needs of society in general. For more than twenty-five years, I have carefully studied mental science in these its practical relations, and have from time to time made my views public. My friend Dr. J. S. Bushnan, has questioned the value and validity of those views in the journal, on two recent occasions', with special reference to two of my latest publications.* It appears from his last communication, (‘Journal of Mental Science,’ October, 1861), that he has come to the conclusion that my systematic views elaborated after so much labour and thought, and carefully applied, not only to the practice, but also to the teaching of both the practice of medicine in general, and of psychiatry in particular are, “in no sense practical.” This, to me, startling conclusion, has led me to examine into the mode by which my friend and critic came by the notion, and I find that either he or I must be under a singular misapprehension, both as to what is scientific and practical, and as to how it may be attained. I know of no other method for testing where the error lies, than a comparison of Dr. Bushnan's principles and method with mine, in reference to the objects for which the journal is established. Now Dr. Bushnan states his doctrine very explicitly at the outset.

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Recent Literature The Practice of Medicine . A Text Book for Practitioners and Students with Special Reference to Diagnosis and Treatment. By James Tyson, M.D., Professor of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania and Physician to the Hospital of the University; Physician to the Pennsylvania Hospital, etc. Third edition thoroughly revised and in parts rewritten. With 134 illustrations, including colored plates. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. 1903.

Boston Medical and Surgical Journal ◽

10.1056/nejm190409151511107 ◽

1904 ◽

Vol 151 (11) ◽

pp. 300-300

Keyword(s):

Special Reference ◽

Recent Literature ◽

Diagnosis And Treatment ◽

University Of Pennsylvania ◽

Text Book ◽

Practice Of Medicine ◽

Pennsylvania Hospital ◽

The University

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Studies in Roman Imperial Art, with special reference to the state reliefs of the second century. By Gustaf Hamberg. Pp. 202, with 44 plates. Uppsala, 1945. £3. 6s.

The Antiquaries Journal ◽

10.1017/s0003581500050034 ◽

1946 ◽

Vol 26 (3-4) ◽

pp. 198-199

Author(s):

J. M. C. Toynbee

Keyword(s):

Special Reference ◽

The State ◽

Second Century ◽

Imperial Art

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A Qualitative Study of E-Governance in Coimbatore Revenue Administration with Special Reference to “Tamil Nilam” and “Star” Projects in Tamilnadu, India

E-Government Service Maturity and Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-848-4.ch005 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 94-119

Author(s):

P. Senthil Priya ◽

N. Mathiyalagan

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Special Reference ◽

The State ◽

Record Data ◽

Revenue Administration ◽

Awareness Level

The study reveals that though the revenue earned by the projects grow every year, the awareness level of the projects remain relatively low. Findings also suggest that the land record data available in the website are obsolete, and to bring in more efficiency, the portal has to be constantly updated. Also, since there is no integration and interoperability between the revenue and registration department of the state, there is only sub-optimal utilization of the established infrastructure at present. The study recommends immediate integration of the projects to make it more effective.

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Die erkenning van die noodsaaklikheid van natuurbewaring ten opsigte van basiese grondgebruiksbeplanning in dierepubliek van Suid-Afrika

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v20i2.1276 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

Author(s):

J.J. la Grange La Grange

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Land Use ◽

Nature Conservation ◽

Special Reference ◽

Natural Resource ◽

Physical Development ◽

The State ◽

The Republic

The concept of a natural resource is explained and nature conservation as a form of land use is discussed in some detail. Special reference is made to the National Physical Development of Planning and the Environment on the role played by nature conservation in basic usage of the soil as planned by the state in the Republic of South Africa.

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