The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07
ANIMALS CUT UP ALIVE.
VISIT TO THE WORK ROOM OF
THE VIVIsECTIoNIsT
1t Does Not Hurt to Take Out Half

~ V ~ ~ AASAN@AAs
| 1t Does Not Hurt to Take Out Half
! the Bratr-Tubes in Live Flesh a
Joy-Exper,msnts on Animals in
Search of a Cure for Epilepsy-Prof.
! Horsely's Scientific Talk.
From the st. louis ReDubhc.
LONDON, Oct. 29.-The intense interest
aroused throughout England by the contro-
versy over vivisection started at the church
congress has made the subject Of expert
mental research on living animals an ALL
/ absorbing topic. During the current week
| every newspaper has treated the question
more or less extensively and the chief con-
/ tending parties have daily filled the cor
respondence journals with constant stream
Of reiterated assertion. False statements
on one side have been followed by contra
| diction and refutation of these statements
on the other. The journals themselves have
taken sides editorially in the matter, and
| for the most part have taken the same
| side.
Two editors of prominent and old-estab-
lshed periodicals of world wide reputation
have said in the course of the past week in
answer to my question: Eyes, wa SYM
pathize with vivisectionists, but dare not
say 90. We are afraid of the old ladies and
parsons" This unquestionably is the con-
dition of public opinion on the vexed ques-
tion of vlvisectiou. At the present moment
really old ladies and bigoted clergy, loud
mouthed, sonorous aud irrational.
are doing their best to arrest the
development Of the greatest dis
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the public mind of this country moved by
| hifalutiug sentimentalism that is by no
means improbable they may succeed. The
courses persued by bigotry have been ever
the same IN all ages and all countries-mis-
representation, Justification, suppreSsio yeri
and these Infamous expedients have had
| unvarying success. In the present case there
is already talk Of royal commission to in
duire into the actual practice of vivisection
and the suggestion, though probably 1t will
come to naught, is loudly acclaimed by a
| large and influential section of the commu.
nifty.
| SCIENCE HAD THE BEST OF IT.
And yet the scientist party, /. g., the par
tisans Of experimental research, have had
| In every way the best of the argument.
! They refuted with circumstances every
proposition of their opponents They have
| dissected misleading statements, have de-
| nOuuCbu duu ulShE Ll6u bdCu DhlDhDlo ldlb6~
hood. They have endeavored by every
logical reasonable means to wean the eyre
gious multitude whose education is the
penny press, from this sentimental contem-
| plation of bogy, for that outcry is nothing
more than bogy, the Loupgarou of our
| childhood.
hope to be able Immediately TO demon
strate the fact that to experiments made on
| living animals by an American dental sur
| QaOn the world ovgea the VvOnderfu1 main
saving discovery of ether. at once the most
powerful and harmless of an8sthetics. 1t
| will serve as a fitting introduction to an in
| terview | had Yesterday with Prof Victor
Horsely, the most prominent figure In this
emblttered controversy. 1t was altogether
accidental and unprecedented. had met
| by chance Frederick Villiers the we'll
known war artist, and learning be was on his
| way TO visit surgeon at University College
| whom we both had known in the Balkans
during the Russo Turkish war, agreed 90
| accompany him. Arrived at the college,
we were directed to the pathological labor
atory, where our friend was studying BAG
teriology under Prof. Boyce. whose name is
Eknown throughout the scientific world
rive knocked at big door, and being invited
| by a shout from within, pushed it open and
found ourselves at once in the presence of
| one Of these operations designated by Miss
| Cobbe and the Bishops Barry and Moor
house as instances of inhuman cruelty.
There was, however, no mystery, no secrecy
surrounding this muoh-maligned experi-
| ment.
| NO CRUELTY IN vIvIsKCTIoN.
Upon little operating table especially
1 contrived with view to the size of the pa
| tient lay stretched a cat anRsthetized
whose soft regular breathing and gently
| undulaUin0 movement of sides clearly
showed an absent of all discomfort. The
| operator, whom subsequently identified as
Prof. Horsely, though for reasons Of pro-
fessional etiquette ought not to mention
the fact, at once welcomed us without paus-
ing in his work.
~ am delighted" be said, ito afford the
public any opportunity to Judge for them
selves the cruelty of our methods. We In
| vite criticism. but of our open acousers no
one comes near as. They dare not gauge
| for themselves the extent Of the lies they
| spread concerning our work.
"At the presept moment | am engaged, as
| you see, IN removing one-half of the great
brain of this cat. 1t is evident to you that
| the animal does not suffer under the opera
| tion."
mo doubt" said, "the action OF the
| anRsthetic is at present perfect, but what
about afterwards Admitting that the ami
malrecovers, it has lost half its brain and
has a severe wound which must cause 1t
great pain during Inc process OF meaning"
| The professor smiled. Come with me :"
he said: 81 will show you the sick baby
convalescent ward and menagerie, and you
shall judge for yourself"
A HOSPITAL OF SICK ANIMALs.
| At one end of the laboratory was small
room, against whose walls numerous cages
were ranged upon rows of hot water pipes.
Here" said the professor, ARE our latest
experiments. This cat operated on an hour
and half ago, is still under the anasthetic
| This other, half OF whose brain was removed
two days ago, is as you see, strong, healthy
| happy and purring, ready to lap all the
milk we give it. Here III the menagerie are
our convalescents. With the exception of a
shaven patch on the skull. a partial blind
ness in one eye and an altogether abnormal
appetite, which necessitates feed,
ing them four times in day
these cats are to all intents and purposes
the same as others. As to removal of the
brain, mean so far as pain is concerned,
the brain is the least sensitiye organ of the
human frame, and we have no reason tc
| suppose that IL is otherwise with animals,
| while as regards the wound healing, the
! antiseptic treatment now employed is so
rapid and efficacious that | have known
cases OF the amputation OF a. man's leg where
!