John Thomas Perceval (1803–1876) Patient and Reformer

Almost a Legend – John Fry, Leading Reformer of General Practice

The title of this book would suggest that the reader would need to be in London and have a strong pair of walking boots at the ready. However while the book does provide a walking guide, it also makes an excellent read in its own right. This is because the author provides a fascinating insight into the historical development of healthcare which is relevant not only in London but in the country ...

The Trial of John Thomas Straffen

mind. In fact Straffen, after his escape, when charged with a third murder in identical circumstances, was found fit to plead, although all six medical witnesses, all with expert knowledge in the fields of psychiatry and delinquency agreed that he was a feeble-minded mental defective. None the less the legal authorities found in this case that mental defect could not be regarded as an excuse fo...

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John Thomas Arlidge (1822-99) and the Potteries.

Thackrah opened his The Effects ofArts, Trades and Professions (1831) with the words 'Man in his several relations is assuredly the most interesting subject for examination and reflection'. J. T. Arlidge warrants both examination and reflection because, in contrast to Thackrah, he has not yet taken his deserved place in the history of medicine. Thackrah found his first biographer only one year ...

Dr John Thomas Arlidge and Victorian occupational medicine.

In 1892 Dr John Thomas Arlidge, physician at the North Staffordshire Infirmary, published The hygiene, diseases and mortality of occupations.' This lengthy volumeover 550 pages-was the first significant British publication on occupational diseases since Charles Turner Thackrah's The effects of the principal arts, trades and professions, ... on health and longevity, published in 1831.2 Hygiene m...