The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-08-18
Methods Of ana Reasons for The Practlee
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ef 'iyisectioa.
s.What iSsul Of docs are hest f,,. ,,;,,;
s,ctin9 pateosese'' ~
Most aig kin,fis goo1. but short.
haired animals are the easiest and clean
est 10 work en.''
do you place them under the influ-
ence of a'stiieticsg',
General g we do but occasionallv we
do moi tinsl = necessary. We strap them
in this rack and We've got em and can
10 any wofA on them We want to. .
Fhe rack referred TO is a atrough-shaped
box with rs sIstes perforated with holes
about hall an inch in size, and through
these holes sire bits OF rspe. The doc s
placed on back in the trough and then
by means sot. ropes its legs, body and
head are p'Isoned to the sides OF The
trough. rape loop around the nouth
is fastened sftlle end of the trough aud
the tte.y IS <sss74 to be operated ifpar.
.,Es--s. =. -lss' has issl<ssestss 'sz
humanity
..Wel. Won know yourself that while
the science of anatomy is a very correct
science. the science of physiology is con
stantly growing y
..Yes0-I know" said the reporter
-And the progress of the science OF
physiology is almost wholly due to ex-
periments in yiyisection.
And those experiments infallible in
their resultsg
almost invariably, and it has been
demonstrated beyond question by vivi-
section that the secret of the cause and
cure of consumption is found in the
germ theory"
..Then cure for consumption should
be easily found.
80 ii will be, l confidently believe,
and moreover believe you and I've
are neither of us old men-will live to
see the time when consumption viii be
prevented blythe process Of innoculation,
rs is smallpox.
..Well now about these dogs What
have YOU been doing with them?'
Come here. Whistlern' and black
dog. very lean and lazy, wa@gca Is tail
and walked toward the student, exhibit
ING a very red, meaty- looking cash in its
neck Now this chap has lad a sec
ton made in his tri-facial or fifth nerve
and he Is nearly well.
..What has been the effect OF the work
on that ncrveF'
..He has lost all sensation in one side
Of his head His vision is affected and
llt tAAtAitOA StiNfA ~ tNAA bAiN AN|tlAslAAAN-
..N ell. nov, what good has il done
you TO knowthis?"
1T was Just such an experiment rs this
that prompted a doctor. in the southern
part Of Michigan to treat a very critical
ease of neuSlgia BY making IN incision
in the patients neck and stretching a
certain nerre
..Nas thn new method of treating
neuralgia?'f
1T was. and a very successful one,
which would probably never have been
discovered had it not been for viyisec-
tion2''
..What other good things have been
discovered by viyisection2'
20, they are innamerable. Now,
here's a dog--.Come Caspar, come
upon which we have made a section OF
the pneGnIogastric nerve.
'.What for?''
ITO show the influence of the nervous
system upon the lungs, heart and stom-
ach''
Has it shown it?''
Yes. Now vou notice how rapidly
this dogs heart beats? That indicates
that the absence of the nerve takes away
the restraint upon the beating of the
heart and the heart runs away.
Then dog with big cash in its back
was brought forward and there was visi-
bic new growth of bone from the spine
This is n case Of bonc-grafting, the OBJ
ject being to graft new bone in the place
Of old aud diseased bone with q view to
discover cure for diseases of the back
bone for which no remedy IS known"
is the experiment succcss?
..Well, YOU can see for yourself that
there isa fine new growth of bone; that
the dog is feeling well and that the
wound is fast healing.
IF grating proved successful in
this case would you feel warranted in
making such an experiment on human
being?'
Possibly not on the strength of one
experiment, but l would after having
made several successful demonstrations
on inferior animals.
Would it not be bold and danger
Gus thing to do?"
Possibly, but just such bold research
disclose to us the theory of yaccina
tion''
.'Well that's a different thing
''Not at all, and 1t was just such study
of the functions of Il living human body
that has given 10 the world all that is
positively known Of the nervous system.
and all that is positively known about
the obscurer functions of the human
system"
perhaps so, but it's rather hard on
the dogs - Detroit Free Press.
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