12 MAY 1961, page 15

Sir,—in His Review Of Arthur Christiansen's Book,...

Life. Brian Inglis says: Among the critics he [Christiansen] had to bully into being 'amenable' [in the context the term has the sinister ring of a brainwashing ex- periment]......

On The Matter Of The Drip Transfusion, I Seem Not

t i° have made myself clear. Obviously, as a layman, wouldn't have the faintest idea whether the drip should be continued for twelve hours at a time (as the consultant said he......

B Ook, I Much Enjoyed Brian Inglis's Review Of Chris's...

but suggest that he would have been nearer tne mark if in the sentence 'Among the critics he had to bully into being amenable' he had substituted tried for had.—Yours......

H Ospitals And Patients S Llt—no One Working In Hospitals...

or satisfied with things as they arc. I would, however, li ke Mrs. Catling to know that diagnosis is not al- W,aYs easy and that the right treatment must wait on diagnosis; this......

Ipsos Custodes

SIR,--Mr. R. A. Cline illustrates the negative manner (by non-disclosure of vital information) in which local bureaucrats and government departments may together confound the......