Maurice Beddow Bayly

Maurice Beddow Bayly MRCS LRCP (26 March 1887 – 22 June 1961) was an English physician, anti-vivisection activist, and anti-vaccination campaigner.

Maurice Beddow Bayly
Born(1887-03-26)26 March 1887
Woolwich
Died22 June 1961(1961-06-22) (aged 74)
Occupation(s)Physician, anti-vivisection activist

Biography

Bayly was born in Woolwich. He was educated at St Dunstan's College, London University and Charing Cross Hospital.[1] He was one of the few prominent doctors advocating anti-vivisection in the post-war period.[2]

He was a member of the National Anti-Vaccination League, the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society, and the English section of the Theosophical Society.[3]

Selected publications
  • The Schick Inoculation Against Diphtheria (1927)
  • Cancer the Failure of Modern Research: A Survey (1936)
  • The Case AGAINST Vaccination (1936)
  • Diet in Relation to Health and Disease (1937)
  • The Taxpayer and Experiments on Living Animals: With Special Reference to the Work of the Medical Research Council (1938)
  • Inoculation Against Typhoid Fever - A Criticism of its Value and Scientific Basis (1941)
  • Spotlights on Vivisection (1946)
  • B.C.G. Vaccination (1952)
  • The Futility of Experiments on Animals (1956)
  • The Story of the Salk Anti-Poliomyelitis Vaccine (1958)
  • More Spotlights on Vivisection (1960)
  • Clinical Medical Discoveries (1961)
  • Vivisection: The Futility of Experiments on Living Animals (1962)

See also

References
  1. Anonymous. (1978). Who Was Who Among English and European Authors, 1931-1949. Volume 1. Gale Research Company. p. 111
  2. Bates, A. W. H. (2017). Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain: A Social History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-137-55696-7
  3. Sri Ram, N. Theosophist Magazine, January 1962-August 1962, p. 230.
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