Sent G. Foster Barham to S.P. James, 20th Dec. 1923.
20 Dec 1923
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‘Dear Dr. James

Thank you for your letter of the 19th inst.,

I should be very pleased to make any experiments of the nature you suggest if it will forward the enquiry, and I can provide a couple of cases for the experiment over the weekend if you decide that you would like to try it.

I have consulted with Dr. Rudolf who would also like to try the effect of the “nature method”. Personally, however, I do not quite see what information you precisely gain by this method. There is presumably no question that the patient may be inoculated by the method suggested and it would certainly eliminate some undesirable possibilities such as other infections to which our present method is open. But as a practical question, inoculation by the “nature method” could never be a routine form of treating G.P.I’s – the majority of patients are not sufficiently manageable to treat in the way which I assume you are going to employ.

Notwithstanding my remarks if you feel at all inclined to carry this out will you kindly notify me and teh trial can take place at the end of this week if it suits you or the beginning of next week. The cases will be ready.

Yours sincerely,

G.F. Barham.’