Of all the recommendations and comments regarding York's Millennium celebrations, the one made by William Dixon Smith gets my vote; namely that (Dr) John Snow could be honoured for the city's Millennium celebrations.
Dr Snow braved the fury of the theologians of the day in their long and vituperative argument when he administered chloroform anaesthesia to Queen Victoria when he attended her at the birth of her eighth child Prince Leopold on April 7, 1853.
The late Dr Snow deserves more than a wall plaque in his native York. He was good and gifted - words used by Mr Dixon Smith in his letter.
Mrs Ida Mary Goodrick,
Woodlands Avenue,
Tadcsater.
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