26 AUGUST 1938, Page 18

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]

SIR,—Your issue of August 12th contains a contribution entitled " Where can Heinrich go?" in which the statement is made, " before the Nazi invasion Vienna was Europe's best medical centre." It would be interesting to ktiow on what grounds such a statement is made and what contributions to positive medical science have emanated from Vienna at all comparable to the work of such doctors as Jenner, Harvey, Lister, Ross, Simpson, Bruce, Mott and many others of

British nationality.—Yours, &c., B. H. SHAW. St. Mawes, Cornwall.