Fox of theLancet
New England Journal of Medicine · 1964
For nearly a century and a half, judging from frequent references to the Lancet in the paper of the Journal, its editors have looked to their colleagues overseas for information and inspiration. Practically everyone in the medical profession has some familiarity with the Lancet; many know of its establishment in 1823 by Thomas Wakley, of London (although Moscow may perhaps lay claim to the event); they know of Wakley's benign irascibility and his impatience with any of the customs and activities of his profession that might be to its discredit. The Lancet may have become more conservative under . . .