Are Mediums Sane?

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

Are Mediums Sane? is an article published in the Daily Express on 17 september 1919.


Are Mediums Sane?

Daily Express (17 september 1919, p. 5)

The Rev. Dr. F. B. Meyer stated to a "Daily Express" representative last night that he is still awaiting the challenge which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is reported to have promised to send him in respect of a statement that mediums are insane.

"I cannot discuss a challenge I have not yet received," said Dr. Meyer, "but I have frequently expressed doubt as to the sanity of mediums and quoted a statement by the late Dr. Forbes Winslow to the effect that seven-tenths of the cases of lunacy are attributable to spiritualistic practices."