INTRODUCTION. RECOLLECTIONS OF MY GRANDFATHER. CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE, 1788-1820. CHAPTER II. FIRST YEARS IN LONDON-DAWN OF THE SCIENCE OF MODERN HYGIENE, 1820-1834. CHAPTER III. LONDON CONTINUED LITERARY AND OTHER WORK, 1820-1834. CHAPTER IV. WORK ON THE FACTORY COMMISSION, 1833. CHAPTER V. RISE OF THE SANITARY MOVEMENT, 1837. CHAPTER VI. PHILANTHROPIC AND MEDICAL WORK, 1840-1848. CHAPTER VIII. OFFICIAL LIFE GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH, 1848-1854. CHAPTER IX. RETIREMENT FROM PUBLIC LIFE ST GEORGE'S HILL, WEYBRIDGE, 1854-1860. CHAPTER X. THE SUNSET OF LIFE ITALY, 1861. Footnotes have been collected at the end of the text, and are linked for ease of reference. Dr Southwood Smith, A RetrospectFrontispiece Frontispiece DR SOUTHWOOD SMITH A RETROSPECT BY HIS GRANDDAUGHTER MRS C. L. LEWES WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCXCVIII TO MY MOTHER, CAROLINE SOUTHWOOD HILL, I DEDICATE THIS MEMOIR OF HER FATHER. |