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Frank R. Freemon, MD

JAMA. 1970;212(1):101-102.

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H.G. Wells (1866-1946) rose from the lower rungs of stratified Victorian English society to become an elder of science fiction, a remarkable predictor of developments in biology and warfare, and a great popularizer of history and science. Over the years, this extremely prolific writer offered several versions of the Utopia that he desired for mankind, and his extensive knowledge of biological science gave depth and emphasis to the medical aspects of his Utopia. If we review Wells' expectations of Utopian health care systems we may see in perspective the expectations of modern society.

Herbert George Wells, son of Joseph Wells, a shopkeeper and gardener, and Sarah Neals Wells, a lady's maid, was born in 1866 in Bromley, Kent, a country village that during Wells' childhood was absorbed into London suburbia. An avid reader as a child, Wells balked at the apprenticeship and drab working life that had swallowed his two . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis. Dr. Freemon is supported by US Public Health Service special fellowship 1F11NB205001 National Security Resources Board.

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