Don t worry. I ve done this procedure on a goat . Medical students should be made aware at every stage of the principles that motivated them to become doctors. By doing away with animals in medical college labs students will have their first clinical experiences in life affirming instead of life-taking, he added. Moreover, Vlasak argued, animal physiology is vastly different from that of humans and will misguide students.
Treatment of animals is nowhere near as careful and precise as the treatment of humans.
Students working repeatedly on animals may not learn to be as precise or careful as is required when they begin to treat human beings. In 1996 a study revealed that drug safety tests using human cells proved more accurate than tests using animal cells. It was the magnesium sulphate used to treat mothers with preeclampsia that protected the babies. Today more than half of the 126 medical colleges in the US make sure that their students are involved, as early as possible, in the work done in clinics and operating rooms. Students watch real-life surgical procedures, recommend courses of action, administer drugs and assist in light surgical tasks under strict supervision.