The morning call., 1892-08-28

demonstrated by vivsections as long ago as
1922 Experiments have also taught him
| that hemorrhage ls best prevented by tying
the artery tightly enough to secure the inner
/ coat and render coagulation more certain,
| and having done this he closes his incisions
| and is tolerably certain of good recovery.
In early days death under the knife. from
/ sheer pain, was Of. not infreQuent occur
renee, but In these later times have seen
! a surgeon, with cocaine alone as an Occluder0
| OF pain. open the abdomen Of woman suf-
lerlng from structure or the 9Sophagus,
ana insert into the stomach tube for sup
plying her With food, the ratient conscious
| all the time, yet complaining of little or no
| pain.
How much the medical world, and through
u the world at large, owes to the experiment
factor In physiological teaching is indicated
Dy certain words OF that great scientist who
introduced this method of instruction into
America and whose textbook on physiology.
is the Standard in most of our medical col
leges. He says that to take from the world
the knowledge that has been gained
by viyisection would blot out 0f
existence to-day all that we: know
IN regard e. to the circulation .of..the
blood, the absorption and movements of:
the lymph and chyle and TRANSMISSION: Of
blood as means of preserving life, the
mechanism OF respiration, the. interchange
Of oxygen and carbonicacid between the
DIood and the atmosphere, the respiration
OIL the tissues. the endowment of the mus
cuiar and nervous elements. the digestive
acton OF the intestinal fluids, the growth:
and regeneration of bone, the distinction of
motor aad sensitive nerves the direct and
reflex functions of the spinal cord the
HunteTian. operation for cure of aneurisrn
tne origin and prevention Of many parasitic
diseases, the nature and operation of
VenomouS poisons, the movements of the :
gio'tS IN respITatiOn, the influence of the .
laTyngeal nerves in the formation. of the
voice, me local action Of the neryous system
IN regulating the circulation. the physiOlug-
zeal chemistry OF the liver and other a D..
dominal organs, the centerS. of motion in
the hemisphereS OF the brain, the Influence
Of the pneumOgastrtc nerve on the hearts
movements, the production of. epilepsy.
the action of The semi-Iunar canals and the
communlcability Of certain contagious and
Infectious diseases" Take away all this
and we would be just about where we were
when William Harvey made his great dis
coVery regarding the circulation of the
blood. Yet there are a great many very
good and worthy people who are ready to =
claim that yiVisection experiments are use.
less cruelty, and who are aiming by legisla-
ton to render them as practically ,impOSsi-.
BILE 10 this country. as they are in England
Even the discoveries by EXPERIMENTATION Of
the last few years, to which we owe :6ur
knowledge OF the origin and nature:of-in-
fectlOuS diseases that. spring from wounds
ana injuries, pyemia and septicSemla, on:
which knowledge is based that triumph of
to stop these insane attempts at'prohibitorY
legislation. :
We have learned through modern expert
ments Of the infectye nature Of tuberculosis
and its dependence upon a living parasite.
New remedies have been advanced and are
still awaiting the final dictum of science
We have learned of the origin aud prevea-.
ton OF trichin8. of hydatids and other para
sites that infect the human body; of f'inocu-
latloa for hydrophoba ana much of our
knowledge regarding the physiology of tile
nervous system, which the popular mind so
little appreciates because il so little under:
stands. In fact, by recent discoveries net
only men but the lower animals as we'll
have benefited. The siikworm disease is
now controlled by the experimental dis.
coyeres of Pasteur. the smallpox of sheep
and anthrax Of cattle rendered harmless by
incubation, and our four-fO0ted friends
now derive much relief from eur new
knowledge regarding pleuro-pneumonia of
cattle, the foot and mouth disease. splenic
fever, farcy and glandeIs, to say nothing OF
the many improved surgical devices for re-
lieving the injuries and proionging the,use-
fulneSs and comfortable existence of the
horse
So long as singls disease threatens man-
kind and battles science, so long as there ia