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It is a singular fact that from England, perhaps the most conservative of modern occidental countries, emanate some of the most radical propositions for reform. The present volume is a case in point. Written by a physician who has grasped the concept that civilization to-day is hampered by numerous inherited traditions and fallacies, this book outlines, on a foundation of fact, a superstructure of exaggerated description of some of these fallacies that persist in the relations of the medical profession and the public to each other and to the problems of disease. The remedy for these conditions it finds in the establishment of a national Health Service, with absolute and unmitigated powers, well enough in theory, but inconsistent with the deep-rooted Anglo-Saxon instinct for the practicable. There is a good deal of truth in much that Mr. Moore says, but it is hysterically overstated. Nevertheless, the conviction with which he writes is impressive and illustrates the earnestness of purpose which is one of the most enduring characteristics of the English mind. —The New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 165 [1911]