from a Lambeth.Correspondent, =
Rehabilitation of aume of Stalin's victing has been taking place on a email scale and in the field of medicine we are sesing the first eonsideration of their ideas. Ferhaps in time, this might extend to the political spectrum, Writing in the "Tritine de Goneve", under the namo of "ssculape", an eminent Swiss surgeon reveals how in 1950, Professor Bykov, who considered himself to be Pavlov's medical heir, was responsible for guiding Soviet medical research at this time, ordained that all research should be in the spirit of Pavlov and should "avoid any cosmopolitan or bourgeois taint", and that medical research co-operation with the West mist be curtailed, Under attack at this time, was Profossor Lina Siern, en original Soviet expert sn brain phyrsiology. Her orima was to conduct research in Switzerland that conflicted with Pavlov's views. lykov, desevibed by "Esoulape", as the"lickspittle saaministratcr of medicine e« la Stalin" - declared that: "Stern and Orbeli have gone cutside the classic investigations of Pavlov seeese ONG Can only stigmatise such behaviour by condemning it as an adeological deviation. It is characteristic", he went on" "cf eclectic cosmopolitaniam, of a lack of political principles ani of servility towards spuricus authorities abroad", (Medical Worker: July 6th 1950,) an.
4 fortnight later Stern and Orbeli were relieved of their pesta, and some were banished or imprisoned. But four years later Stern and Crbeli | reappeared on the scene and were restored to academic positions whilst their opponsnts lost ground. Now, some four yoars later Orbeli is dead ani Stern very old, The complete worka of the former have just bean published by the State Publishing House, mt, says "Iisculape", "seme passages of the original have been modificd and obhers falsified, so that the new generation shall remain ignorant of wiat happened between 1549 and 1954".