WCP6713

Published letter (WCP6713.7764)

[[1] [p. 241]

He ridiculed, too, the notion of unhealthy places. "It is like," he wrote to Mr. Birch1, "the old idea that every child must have measles, and the sooner the better."

1
Birch, John (c. 1745-1815). British surgeon and anti-vaccinationist.

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Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP6713.7764)]

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Transcribed by Lo, Yen-Nyuk [2020-07-28]

Please cite as “WCP6713,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6713