securing immunization from bacterial diseases by the inoculation of vaccines made of their own bacteria." This remark of Shaw's is characteristically ironical. Wright was knighted shortly before the play was written, and Shaw was suspicious of Wright's high reputation (the latter was also known by the nickname Sir Almost Right). The two men met in 1905, and engaged in a long series of robust discussions, involving at one point a challenge from the medical audience that they had "too many patients on our hands already". Shaw's response was to ask what would be done if there was more demand from patients than could be satisfied, and Wright answered: "We should have to consider which life was worth saving." This became the "dilemma" of the play. Shaw also portrays him in his playlet How These Doctors Love One Another! and uses his theory of bacterial mutation in Too True to Be Good. Shaw, who campaigned for women's suffrage, strongly disagreed with Wright about women's brains and dismissed his views on the subject as absurd. Awards Wright had been honoured for his deeds a total of 29 times in his lifetime – a knighthood, 5 honorary doctorates, 5 honorary orders, 6 fellowships (2 honoraries), 4 prizes, 4 memberships, and 3 medals (Buchanan Medal, Fothergill Gold Medal and a special medal "for the best medical work in connection with the war"). He was nominated 14 times for the Nobel prize from 1906 to 1925. 1906 Knighthood 1906 Fellowship of the Royal Society of London 1906 Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland 1906 Honorary D.Sc., Dublin University 1908 The Fothergill Gold Medal, presented by the Medical Society of London 1912 The Freedom of the City of Belfast 1913 The Hungarian Prize, presented by the International Congress in London 1915 Companion of the Order of the Bath 1915 The Le Conte Prize (50,000 francs), presented by Institute of France 1915 The Belgian Ordre de la Couronne 1916 Associate Membership of the Paris Academie de Medicine 1917 The Buchanan Medal, presented by the Royal Society of London 1918 Elected a Corresponding Member of the Institute of France 1918 The Serbian Order of St. Sava (1st Class) 1919 Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1919 Honorary D.Sc., Leeds University 1919 Honorary Fellowship, Royal Society of Medicine, London 1920 A special medal awarded by the Royal Society of Medicine "for the best