My Dear Dr.,

I bow to your expertise and knowledge having you surely perused Mr. Brister's
works, which I have not.

I also tend to imagine that if he went to all that trouble -and his wife's- it was to
render an empirical explanation as near to reality as was possible in his time.

Thank you for your clarification.

JC smile

"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin