Walter Hadwen
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Walter Robert Hadwen
Biography
Walter Robert Hadwen was born in Woolwich on 3 August 1854.
He later became a member of the Plymouth Brethren and married Alice Harral in 1878; they had three children.[3] Hadwen was a frequent speaker for the National Anti-Vaccination League. He was also a member of the London Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial (founded in 1896). Hadwen stated that the "modern germ theory is all bosh".[4]
Hadwen was active in general practice until he died from a severe heart attack in 1932, age 78.
Vegetarianism
Hadwen became a vegetarian in his early twenties when taking a bet from a fellow student that he could live six months without eating meat. His bet was successful and he stated that "For my part I am quite satisfied with my trial of vegetarianism, and it would take more than mortal power to persuade me once again to make my stomach a graveyard for the purpose of burying dead bodies in."[5]
Manslaughter trial
In 1924, having applied his rejection of the germ theory of disease, and his refusal to use diphtheria anti-serum produced by inoculation of animals to the treatment of Nellie Burnham, a young girl, she died and he was tried for manslaughter by criminal medical negligence.[6] He was acquitted of all charges.[7][8]
Selected publications
- Is Flesh-Eating Harmful?, 1895
- The Case Against Vaccination, 1896
- Smallpox at Gloucester: A Reply to Dr. Coupland’s Report, 1902. Reprinted from "The Reformer," National Anti-Vaccination League: Gloucester.
- Vivisection: Its Follies and Cruelties, 1905
- A Debate on Should Vivisection be Abolished?, 1907
- A Correspondence in "The Daily mail" Between Sir Victor Horsley and Walter R. Hadwen, on Vivisection (1908)
- A Debate on Is Vivisection Immoral, Cruel, Useless and Unscientific? (1908)
- Dr. Walter Robert Hadwen's Works, 1908
- A Vivisection Controversy, 1911
- Experiments on Living Animals, Useless and Cruel, 1914
- The Difficulties of Dr. Deguerre, 1926 (illustrated by Arthur Moreland)
See also
References
- ^ Alternatives to Laboratory Animals: ATLA. Vol. 37. Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments. 2009. p. 43.
- ISBN 0-8139-2271-2
- ^ "Dr Walter Robert Hadwen". brethrenarchive.org. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- Journal of the American Medical Association. 83 (14): 1090. 1924.
- ^ ISBN 9780851997247
- ^ The Times up to and including 30 October 1924.
- Journal of the American Medical Association. 83 (20): 1601. 1924.
- ^ "Topics of the Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
Further reading
- Who Was Dr Hadwen Biography at Dr Hadwen Trust.
- Walter Hadwen Biography by Walter Hawkins.
- Bodily Matters: The Anti-Vaccination Movement in England, 1853-1907, Nadja Durbach, 2005, Duke University Press, ISBN 0-8223-3423-2
- Hadwen of Gloucester: Man, Medico, Martyr, by Beatrice E. Kidd and M. Edith Richards, 1933, John Murray, London.
- Obituary, The Times, Saturday, 25 February 1933 John Murray, London, 1933.