New-York tribune., 1880-06-28
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1nupy Is ise wenih from an anuip 4. f,sl
"a sssos of high pesitsn as Rny'oiTS;;s.S y;s -
We nave seen that 1t was 80 IN Magenale. t;a nt5 ~
;se Rszrpaue Of the IHp0rt on vigisecrion 10 Nicn
= 'stfsclssd Siae name of Professor Huxley.
AMI tie tact which, in my own mtnd- constisnteo
ns = pss 4 sir esnsrnl wortblessMess IN
., u TO theraDrutics. Rr0bably moet Ieeusfsla la.o
ysolcsy ss sass scspss sSc &c MsSa
a and the crrcufatiDn OF the Blood whtie lit
IS Is that drpaffmcEit oi medicae Malem s,';asor
+ lssss<z Now venture 10 asxert that, during the
= S 01srteF of century. inbiction OF I,,,s,
ess1 ~ aas a, mt resulted in the discovery Cd q
s. <z{- 3enady OF acknowledged and generaiiy nc.
& ssas ~: - ,rs,,erai p,ifc bns 1t is fact esaen-
81 ary insssd ssdecision regarding tine expasnsehcS @
hosrsy o. tas yasne to fharaPeitcs
- a 5-Enosgn physiological facts aequired TINS IN
for instance as the more o
!; {;.<<t{iScd nr the distinction be5ween motor anu
1ss;Ss,rT nerves nor original Investigation ee
~ >re,sced absolutely yalueless as respects feIote
s <<sik;j;fv of future gain. What ths public mas
5cfl Is ask of those who w0d fnsicnuiteIs l.oons @
7fsse tperiuisnis without etste m ~
<5sess. esbed during the past thirty yeafs-noL ~
facts physioiogy OF causes Oh IL rae i
- selsrable complaints. but in the d1scpT OF ih
;St tSs s'eaus cnrs Of Of disease usual answer to
1nnairy Is to bring forward facts IN physioogy
,n,red IN the past in place of facts IN thera-
hI Tn .nrpin9 the utiity of practice so
with danger the utmost precans,on aeaiSS y, ;r,
q sII,ty Even SO distinguished scientst rs
IN Ls,bbock once rashly asserted IN Parila-
~ Should s1,ens nessr .ye ad tile use of
~ every american schooI-boy 1nows ssas ~, 1ne,
S = <stl,e graHtlest discovery of modern times
- 1s5 ~ origin IN the torture of animals.
4herapeutica results OF nearly hau century
49, I'M ts-we seek them III vain. DO
~ 49, surgery Sir William Fergnsson, surEeon
tells us; b o1Hsr an, IoS Sn;mas
Aafsys lad TO the mitgatIon OF pain or TO improve
ment Us regards surgical details" Lave sntlu9aes pre-
TayIor. lecturer toxicology for nearly half cen
frry ir the chief London Medical School "a writer
NJ hose work ON posons rs recognized autborlly]:
~ a,yet know that we have as vet learned auything
40 far as treatment il concerned from our expert
snts with them T. e. pos1nsl als on anneriments
eays: al never gained one Single 1act Oy seeing
these cruel experiments IN Paris. knoM % nobning %
sioooists admrt the paucity OF therapeutic results
sir William Gnll NJ. d.. was questioned before the
commission whether he could enumerate any tneTa-
@sntic remedies which have sbeen discovered by
vivisectiun. Bnd he replied, with 1erg9r Ine cases
a,risfie around us everywhe9eW Yet, excepting
HIPS .xperimelits on the system, he could
,ynumerafe only various forms Of dlscase ohr
know ledge OF winch is que 10 marVeys Sisc3Uey csay
and so brought to the necessity or deuIte reply,
. he answered: Il do not say ut present our thera-
peutlcs are much. but there are lines OF EXPERIMENT
tv,cb seem 10 promise great.help in therapeutics"
srhe results of two centuries of experiments, 50 far
as therapeutics are concerned rsdncea 10 seeming
On two points then. the evidence of the highest
nieiItic authorities IN Great Britain seems cOhcl-
s;vs-irst that experiments upon living animals
.,nsupe chiefly to the benefit of tie science of
hysiology and little If at all, at the present day,
the OF disease y oT ths a Fension of Of
painful experiments 1or cfHSs.teacnng IN % medeai %
seoois y sosn s,Ss aa c practice Of VITsscto1
in this couutryf Is it true that experiments ore
hatuaiiy performed III soue OF our fnenlcaI ssnOos
often causina extreme pnin toilnstrate well.known
and aceepted facts-experiments which English
pbvsioloqlsts pronounce s1Ilfninous" and afro
ciousn which English phSslcans anu surgeons stig-
WHICH even Huxley regards as uniting lor teaching
purposes and Darwin denounces as worthy OF aetes
for apy over-delicsfe 'fetieenee IN this matter
Science needs no secrecy either for her methods or
fsilfs; her function is to reveal not to hide facts
rbe reiy to these questions must be in the afirna
rive in this country our physlo0gists are rather
followers of Magendie and Ba.naTd, after ;the
s.,sti,ods in vogue at Paris aDd Leipsic, than
poverned by the cauti0us aud sensitive
Conservatism in this respect which generally
3 and Oxford. Every medical student Ill New-iork
kpows that experiments fnv0 wing pam ure repeat
/ ediy performed TO illustrate ieacning. III Is no
kiuus of our later tcxt-boOks on physiology lor
abundant proof, not sily of this, buJ of the extent
Z 70 which experimentation Is now carried IN this
3 es,,ntry. I'VE have long been IN the habit, In
class demonstrations, o! removing tle opne lobe on
side from says IN s eeeeD ra ut
work ON Physiology. The experiment OF diyidmg
fhc syapataetIc IN the neck especially IN rabbits
IS 10 easily performed that the pifenomena obSerVe'
lig Bernard and Brown-Scquard hsyc been repeat
ely verified. We have often done this in class
sienianstrations.n " The cersbral lObes were re-
moved from q yOung pigeon IN the usual way, an
operation which we practice yearly as
!. : class demoustrationD Referring to the removal
,ssf fte cerebeium the authority states: Our
8 own experiments, ,yhich have been xsry MINER
ous during the last fifteen yeGrs are simply repetl-
liz same st without exception We have freqnontly
removed both kifueys ffom dogs, nnd when the
operation is carstgly 3. g The ba6 sss ays ys
taksa pIace with symptoms of blood poisoning
<yer .0 clapscterization of English scientists is
especially applicable, from The pam necessarily at
fendinc it Numerous investigations have long
Z the head mud faco is,endowed with anexquiste de-
cree OF senaTbiIity More than half . century ago
6ssh Mscrridie and SIR Charles Bell poInted ont
fnat pasrriy exposing and touching this fifth
gave signs OF most acute pain. " All who hHye de
Sdedsthis root IN living animals mast have Teoog-
ncrvoas frunk in the body" !" The fifth pair,'
Ia.s Professor John C. Dalton, "is the most acuely
ecnsfive nerve in the whole body. hsirritatiUn by
mechanical means aiways causes intense pam. and
even Though the animil ne nearly cnsciousfrom
the influences of ether any injury TO its large
root IS almost invariably followed by cries Testi-
aDony on chs point is uniform anu abundant. IL
rrgard to the pguiserties OF this nerve. Yet every
yHar the expsfiineut is repeated befUBe medical
glasses simply 10 demenstrat9 accepted faCts. fhis
is an cprzsfIoyl says Professor Flint, referring 20
the division Of this nerves THAT we have frequently
yeFfofnlcd with success Hc ACIDS that " IL - dii-
ruif from the fact that is working the dark.
aud II requires cerin aincnnt OF dexterity, to bo
acquired only by prsctite.n Minute dreeticns are
flere1oro laid down iort the operative procedure
and illustrations given both OF the instrument to
Besl,ssa ard OF the head OF rabbit with the blade
3 af The instrument In ats DrsIial cavity. Holding
s. the head Of our rabbit firmly in the left hand we
ere <tirsc od 90 penetrate tine cranum in particular
1na,luer soon tne operator feels at q certain
deDfh that tne bany Iesstanee cezses ne Is then
OH the fth pair and tue cries OF the animal give