Watson, Frederick — Civilization and the Cripple

London John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd. First edition pp. xi, 120. 8vo. Full red cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Dedicated to Sir Robert Jones with a black and white photographic frontispiece of him. Black and white photographs, illustrations, tables and charts etc. Light edgewear, bookplate affixed to front pastedown with an inscription and signature dated June 4, 1969 from Thomas Ormiston Smith dedicating this book to the Thomas Crane Memorial Library. Overall, very good+. An early examination of the of the care of the disabled from the very earliest times with a particular focus on the effects of the [The First World] War upon the crippled and a close examination of the care of crippled children. Unique and scarce.