Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: Wallace and other scientists who defended spiritualism , notably William Crookes , were subject to much criticism from the press , with The Lancet as the leading English medical journal of the time being particularly harsh .
Simplified: Wallace and other scientists who defended spiritualism were subject to much criticism from the press , with The Lancet , the leading English medical journal , being particularly harsh .