Professor Elizabeth Williams

I would like to add my voice to those of scholars around the world who protest the closing of the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine. This is one of the great centers of learning in the world, and it is dedicated to a field of inquiry essential to historical understanding of medical science, the advancement of medicine, and the well-being of patients. In company with countless others, I have gained immense benefit from use of the Centre library, the venue the Centre provided for valuable seminars and scholarly meetings, communications from the Centre on developments within medical humanities, and support from the knowledgeable and dedicated Centre staff. It is inexplicable to me that this outstanding institution of higher learning would be summarily closed with no opportunity for public discussion. I strongly urge reconsideration of this lamentable decision.

Elizabeth A. Williams
Professor, Department of History
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078-3054