Miss M. Gillies. J.C. Armytage.
Published by Smith, Elder & Co., 65, Cornhill.
Stipple engraving on india. 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5¼") very large margins. Backing paper spotted.
Thomas Southwood Smith (1788-1861), physician and sanitary reformer. Despite his belief in the miasma theory his reports on quarantine (1845), cholera (1850), yellow fever (1852), and on the results of sanitary improvement (1854) were of international importance. However he is best known for his highly controversial public dissection of Jeremy Bentham in 1832 and his correspondence with Charles Dickens.
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