We meet in Thomas Beddoes an able chemist, engaged in a field where impor- tant new discoveries were being made; a good doctor eager to fmd experi- mentally soun. d ways of healing and to make known the principles of maintaining good health; a vigorous, independent man sharing the hope which the ideas of the French Revolution gave so many 9f his contemporaries. In his life he was a controversial figure and judgement and detached appreciation of his...