| Description | Correspondence from Sir Charles Scott Sherrington [1857-1952, physiologist], with copies of replies from Oliver Lodge.
/1 Letter from C. S. Sherrington to Oliver Lodge, written from 9 Chadlington Road, Oxford, dated 2 June 1924. Sherrington tells Lodge not to worry about finding a pamphlet. He sends thanks for the copy of Lodge's commentary on the surprising position taken by Charles Richet.
/2 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to C. S. Sherrington, dated 3 June 1924. Lodge hopes Sherrington will read his comments on Darwinism in last Saturday's Spectator.
/3 Letter from C. S. Sherrington to Oliver Lodge, written from 9 Chadlington Road, Oxford, dated 7 December 1926. Sherrington writes about Charles Richet's 'Le Savant' which Lodge is translating into English, and sends advice on medical terminology.
/4 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to C. S. Sherrington, dated 8 December 1926. Lodge writes about his translation of Charles Richet's 'Le Savant'.
/5 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to C. S. Sherrington, dated 12 April 1932. Lodge discusses Pavlov's experiments on conditioned reflexes and expresses reservations about Pavlov's conclusions, which form the basis of 'Behaviorism'.
/6 Letter from C. S. Sherrington to Oliver Lodge, written from the Great Western Royal Hotel, Paddington, London, dated 21 April 1932. Sherrington gives his opinion of Pavlov's work.
/7 Copy of letter from Oliver Lodge to C. S. Sherrington, dated 23 April 1932. Lodge is glad that Sherrington shares his view on Pavlov's 'reflexes' and the Behaviorist School of Psychology. |