The Idolatry of Science 



left to guess whether he himself succeeded 

 where the twenty-one ordinary doctors 

 failed, or whether the rich man died in spite 

 of all the twenty-two of them. 



Rumour credits Sir Almroth Wright with 

 having visited our army in France, where one 

 pictures him wringing his hands over the 

 warm baths and the terrible amount of fresh 

 air to which our troops were subjected. 



It only remains for Sir Almroth to be 

 elevated to the House of Lords for his 

 beneficent and glorious scientific discovery 

 that cleanliness and fresh air are inimical to 

 health. 



Meanwhile I must confess that these 

 wonders of Science will indeed remain ever 

 incomprehensible to one "ordinary man." 



I am not aware whether a pamphlet 



issued by a Scientific Society that once had 



its office in Ladbroke Square was prepared 



by Sir Almroth Wright or not. It certainly 



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