The New York herald., 1879-09-21
SCIENCE, INDEED~
MR.. BERGH's APrEAL TO MAroR coogkE TO
PREVENT THE vrvrsEcrIox oF Doos CAR

ME. BERGHs APPEAL 10 MAYOR cooFkh 10
PREVENT THE vrvrsEcuox on DOCS CAR
TURED IL THE STREETS.
The following vigorous protest against the "dis-
gusting aud inhuman" practlee of visiacction has
been addressed by President Dsrgh. Of the soeisty
for the Prevention OF Cruelty 30 Animals. 20 the
Chief Magistrate of the eitys--
FoURTH AVENUE. CoRsrn rwESrs srnSNrt
SEw yoEK. sept ~. lisa
To HIS HoSoR MANOR CooTFR;--
SIR--lt has 20 nay knO~iodEe that Zoe noins
time past dogs captured In the stresta aEd takcn -
the Pound for destruction afa sold 10 the medical
faculty tor ,ho purpose ~ vislsectioo.
In n building near the Pound ~ thia time ihare
mr. are |h,n, s,s',, a ~ nolls =. H''.,., y, .,S
jected to u terrible and lingering death IN orer
provide the students OF thai instisnion vita an af
1 am aware that these disgusting and inhuhtah
butcheries OF unoffeniing IrFfsirals1
ton Of statute OF this state bat thsr 10 90 aaahnr
ity for the APPROPRIATION OF these 4ntinaAs ~
such purpose by the cay empioye. aud Ne rhoaii
be severely dealt with for this cruel ylnlation of
duty. II Is u disgrace 10 civilization that the-r
useless repetions OF an ancient and bartarous rfac
tce should be tolerated here. while other nations.
and notably Great Britain. have taken measures 20
stop the atrocious tortures TO which raierence is
made.
1t is hardly probable that Your Honor can be eng
infant of tho awful sufferings which result from
these experiments, the A9onles OF which often
prolonged for days at u time ON the same animal.
end justihes the means. and Tor an iiaaginaole
good myriads Of crucltles are parpctFaied a. dis
criminal in the sight OF that Great Being whose
tender mercies over all His works" OFTEN they
torture innumerablo animals without end or ann
further than hoping to get at something--like
child who breaks watch To pieces IN order to learn
why it ticks. Is 1t not amazing that Intelligent
men believe that an animal writhing in agony,
struck with and ts belly ripped
open and its bowels exposed to the atmosphere viii
exhibit itself perform its functions IL nothing
ha6h hnnnanad1 u "A n
animals who is so ignorant az not to know that
injury sustained by single wheel. nay. single
tooth of q wheel, i'll chrononicter any other
delicately constructed machine damages all its move
ments?
II screw be loose it turns all into confusion; a
single string II 1t be drawn too tight or be too much
relaxed turns the melodious sounds of the harp into
painful discord. How much more fallacious. then.
must be the revelations derived from creature.
while tied nailed down to dissecting table cut
by knife. mutiated by saw. cauterized with red
hot IRON its nerves and sinews stretched by pnchers
its brain laid bare by the ad Of the aet and the
chisel.
UNHALLowEp AND UNSATISFACTORY.
The opinion of DIR. Drummoud. Professor of Anat-
omy and Physiology In the College of Belfast is that
hundreds of other humane and learned men of the
present time. He says;."Experimenis OF this de-
always be in their results to the
rigid investigator OF truth.
Suffer me to cite one instance. which may
q sample for hundreds OF others. surgeon in his
own memoirs thus proclarns his claims to the dis
tinction Of being in sympathy with the benighted
II inspired dog says he with the greatest aversi IN
for me by pagunK ana n9aieng pain upon whenever
became furious ut the sight OF put out its eyos
could then appear before II without It's msnfsing
hatred OF spoke and Immediately its barkngs aud
furious Movements proved tho which animated
it. then destroyed tho drum OF Its and
the internal much as could, when intense Ia
Illumination ensued after which filled up It's ears with
1t could longer hear then to its side,
spoke aloud and even csrcsscd it, without Its falling into
rage. 1t seemed sensible OF my caresses."
Now what was oil this to prove? Why, simply
that il brute has aversion to another 1t does
not feel show that aversion when 1t has no
means of knowing that the other brute III present.
To the honor of several of the young students of
this city, whose souls callous enough to
dure the savage spectacles Of the dissectng room,
they have written to me. invoking my legal au-
thorty to put o stop to the barbarities practised
there. Will not the more conscientious of the
medical profession nterpose at once their command
and win for our country the proud distinction of
having been the first to completely end them? Can
any philanthropist or patriot unmoved behold the
youth of our land-mere boys. initiated into such
scenes, ana instructed by teachers whom they have
been taught to regard with respect and veneration,
thus perpetrate such revolving cruelties with the
specious idea that they are prosecuting science?
Science indeed The American savage, who puts
his enemy to death by all the torments he de-
vse has his passion of revenge at least. to plead in
defence Of his barbarity. Science no; her name
is dishonored aud prostituted by being even
toned in connection with scenes abhorrent from
her nature. HENRY BEisGH. President.