ABSTRACT
Continuing the chronological narrative, this chapter tells the story of the eventual demise of the Pioneer Health Centre in 1950. It shows how the experimenters increasingly lost support not only due to rising criticism by scientific commentators of methodical inconsistencies, but also due to the fact that the centre was spiralling into bankruptcy. After tracing failed attempts by its members to prevent the closure of the PHC, as well as describing the organizational changes it underwent after being purchased by the London County Council, the chapter concludes with a close reading of the increasingly eccentric hypotheses that Scott Williamson put forward before his death in 1953. It argues that, tragically, the centre had become a kind of echo chamber for his thoughts.
