Review of Reviews,  3 (1891), 358–59.

Experimental Hospital for Cancer Cure. The Mattei Ward at St. Saviour's Hospital

Anon

Genre:

Editorial, Polemic

Relevant illustrations:

photo. [2]

Subjects:

Disease, Medical Treatment, Controversy, Heterodoxy, Boundary Formation, Professionalization, Medical Practitioners, Hospitals, Experiment, Observation


    Reports that 'a small committee' comprising Morell Mackenzie, George W Potter, and William T Stead will oversee the allocation of Cesare Mattei's alleged remedies for cancer to patients at St Saviour's Hospital in order to ensure 'that the experiment is fairly tried' (358).



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