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From David Fulford-Brown

Histon, Cambridgeshire

So John Horgan thinks scientists have nothing left to discover (This Week, 28
September, p 12)? Well, the function of the spinal cord may have been
discovered, but the minor detail of how to repair a damaged one does seem to
have eluded the many scientists working on the concept.

This work might not seem “truly profound” to Horgan but, as someone whose
been stuck with a duff spine for almost thirty years, I have to say I’d be
pretty darned impressed if they succeeded.

Perhaps, if he has a lunch-break free, Horgan could provide me with an answer
to my minor problem? Until then, I’ll just have to keep reading of yet another
small step towards my goal (Â鶹´«Ã½, Science, p l8).

As Orwell once wrote: “The war . . . is within measurable distance of its
end.”