REPORTS RELATING TO THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY OF LONDON. BY JOHN SIMON, F. R. S. SURGEON TO ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL, AND OFFICER OF HEALTH TO THE CITY. LONDON: JOHN W. PARKER AND SON, WEST STRAND. MDCCC LIV. ΤΟ LOUIS MICHAEL SIMON, OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE, LONDON, AND OF THE PARAGON, BLACKHEATH, I DEDICATE THIS REPRINT OF MY REPORTS: LOOKING LESS TO WHAT LITTLE INTRINSIC MERIT THEY MAY HAVE, THAN TO THE YEARS OF ANXIOUS LABOUR THEY REPRESENT: DEEMING IT FIT TO ASSOCIATE MY FATHER'S NAME WITH A RECORD OF ENDEAVOURS TO DO MY DUTY: BECAUSE IN THIS HE HAS BEEN MY BEST EXAMPLE; AND BECAUSE I COUNT IT THE HAPPIEST INFLUENCE IN MY LOT, THAT, BOUND TO HIM BY EVERY TIE OF GRATEFUL AFFECTION, I HAVE LIKEWISE BEEN ABLE, FROM MY EARLIEST CHILDHOOD TILL NOW-THE EVENING OF HIS LIFE, TO REGARD HIM WITH UNQUALIFIED AND INCREASING RESPECT. |