" WHO IS GORDON MALET ? "
SIR,—Who is Gordon Malet? I have read this gentleman's articles in your issues of June 16th, July 7th and September 29th with increasing surprise that you saw fit to publish anything quite so obviously biassed and partisan. My surprise was increased when (on July 7th) he made use of the words " us doctors " though I was unable to find his name, in the columns of the Medical Directory. Apparently Mr. Rugg-Gunn has been equally unsuccessful. If " Gordon Malet " is a pseudonym for some shy medico it should have been shown as such, and one would have thought more of his courage if he had chosen to put his real name to the articles you published. If, on the other hand, he is not a doctor at all, how did he come to make use of the phrase quoted above'? Before I renew my subscription to your journal I shall be glad to have your elucidation of this riddle.—Yours faithfully, E. L. MARTYN LOBB. " Draycott," 1o6 Tonbridge Road, Maidstone.
[Gordon Malet is a doctor. Like so many contributors to this and other papers at the present time, he holds a temporary official position (totally unconnected with any question arising out of the National Health Service White Paper) which makes it necessary for him to write under a pseudonym.—En., Spectator.]
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