| Description | Informs Hardy that there has been a misunderstanding regarding Professor [Ivan] Pavlov coming to England, and that the Medical Research Council have 'no power to spend funds to relieve poverty, even for the most highly distinguished foreign men of science'. On the other hand, informs them that if Pavlov (despite his advanced age) can still do or direct research work of medical value, then the council could justify making him a grant and giving him facilities. Laments that 'this business of the Russian scientific men is a deplorable tragedy'. |