WCP3654

Letter (WCP3654.3557)

[1]1

Tyndale,

Teignmouth.

May 17th 1917

Dear Sir

Thank you for your letter, but may I be pardoned if I say that your statement appears too sweeping:- "His opinions upon Vaccination, Vivisection & such like matters were utterly (!) opposed to the whole body (!) of Scientific thought". Medical opinions (!) are so unsatisfactory, on almost every matter, that we may pretty well think what we like. Every re-issue of the Pharmacopeia2 discards some exploded remedy (?). Quite a respectable body of Scientific thought "reject utterly & on scientific grounds Vaccination & Vivisection["]. What a Volte face the medical Profession is making in regard to alcohol. Apart from this, is a journal devoted to "Geography"3, the place for a biased reference to Dr. Wallace's opinions on Vivisection etc.?

Yours, with esteem | S. John Thorpe. [signature]

A. R. Hinks4 Esq[ui]re

1
Page stamped "R. GEOG. SOC. Read. 18 MAY 1917" in top LH corner.
2
The Medical Act of 1858 required the General Medical Council to publish a book containing a list of medicines and compounds, to be called the British Pharmacopoeia. (Gk. Drug-making).
3
The Geographical Journal is a scholarly journal established in 1831, published by the Royal Geographical Society of London.
4
Hinks, Arthur Robert (1873-1945). British astronomer and geographer. As secretary of the RGS, he also acted as editor of The Geographical Journal, holding both posts until his death.

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-03-31] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-03-31] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP3654,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3654