New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-16

%ents which have demonstrstcd chi. truth are dOably
Slowing upon p @ss PORTIONS & &c p
ductio Of pain TO the animal BESIDES in these Of
experiment. on the nervous system che preliminary
parts may, in most instances at least be performed
under the influence OF ether, and the nna examination
his eherizaton This reduces tho actual nnlction OF
pain 70 very marrow limits. both 10 respect OF degree
Physicians have often endeavored 70 guess at the vital
properties OF the internal organs or to infer their tune
always failed Of their obeot and have often resulted IN
deception After ns sssS 81 tns
blood became heated IN through the , But
are not pesceptiby warmer than the other inter
nal organs; and Bernart many years aiterwas 70
ferent in the living ANIMAL showed that
In point OF fact the blood 10 little warmer on the
i becomes cooled rather than heated in its passage
through the lungs The chemical actions Also which 60
ton in the living body For the chemical reactions
which take place In the testtnee and craciele by the
Various innuences which surround them there;
win be, until we try the experiment directly on the
during o s Is To- be advanced a.
must be by means of experiment on living animals
since there is Other o ss qn what the
functions really than by seeing now tney Ake pace
while life te actually going on. we mlRhb 40 "eH ca
poet to learn the phenomena OF magnetism by expert
mentlng with substances not magnetic as 10 study the
phenomena of life anywhere but In the actions OF the
living body.
In experimenting upon living animals, there lie GER
tain caution observedtn comparing the results OF
the same experiment IN animals OF different species
Every experiment the living body has usually TWO
different results viz direct result, and an tndrect
result; the direct result being due to It's eject on
the particular organ interested, while sshe IN
direct result follows, in secondary manner,
upon the disturbance caused among seVera
associate organs and is due TO the relation existing be-
tween them This kind Of experiment has EXTENDED
over II centuries and is not too much TO that every
important discovery physiology has been directly que
to experiments on living animals aud that we owe
many Of in practical medicine, surgery ana ny
ene either directly indirectly 70 the same source
II It had not been for experiments living animals we
should this day be ignorant OF the circulation OF
the blood; ignorant Of the nature and mechanism
OF respiraton OF the properties and functions OF tne
nervous System; of the operation OF transfusion OF
artificial respiration OF the origin and pathology OF
parasitic Diseases Of the best treatment for serpent
bites aud other venomous wounds OF the once OF the
perosteum 10 the regeneration OF bone persps OF the
Hunerian operation for aneurism and 1or al tnat
appears to the contrary We should sti De cuttog sne
pair Of for the cure OF tic
Dr. Dalton said also. last evening" that Dr. Fhnt mao
lust completed valuable work on physiology In I'VE
Volumes after IL years hard work This Work, aadeo
Dr. Dalton, credit TO the country and the medical
profession. Ali OF DIR. Fnts work Is founded upon the
results Of his careful experiments upon hVng animals