The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-27
HORRORS OF VIYISECrIoN.
CHASTITY Scenes Behind Closed Doors by
Modern Scientists.
New York World

Modern Scientists.
New York World.
1t has been commonly believed that viyi-
section was not practiced to any consider
able extent in this country, but medical
records and the statements of those
whose Yeracity cannot be impeached
affirm the contrary. 1t might be
hoped that nothing so Extensively brutal
as takes place in tine French labora-
tories could be disclosed here, but those who
read the two following accounts will be able
to judge for themselves. The first is de-
scriptiOn of a visit made by a surgeon to
one of the veterinary schools in France, and
the other contains the particulars of a DEM
OnstratiOn given in the veterinary depart
ment OF the University Of Pennsylvania.
Upon entering into what appeared to be
place OF dissection, says the visitor to
the foreign school, Il found myself sur
rounded not by dead but living subjects.
1t was building open to the air on one
side, furnished by many strong pillars ris-
Ing from the floor 10 the roof. Here lay six
or seven living horses, fixed by every
mechanical device by the head aud
feet to these pillars, while the students
were engaged in performing differ
ent operations. The sight was truly hOr-
TibleI The operations had begun early in
the forenoon (it being o'clock il the after
the poor WretCheS had ceased being able to
make any violent struggles but the deep
heavlng OF the painting chest and hOrrid
look OF the eyes, when such were yet left in
the head-the head itself being lashed TO a
pillaT-WeTe narrowing beyond endurance.
The students had begun their days work
in the least vital parts of the animals; the
trunks were there, but they had lost their
tails hOOfs, ears, etc, and the OperatOrs.were
now engaged in the more important opera
ttons such as tying the arteries, trepannng
the Uranium, cutting down upon the sensitive
parts, as We were informed on expressing our
horror, that they might see the retrac lon
OF the muscles, by pinChing and irritating
the various nerves. One animal had the
side OF the head, including the eye and ear,
completely dissected, and other students
were laying open and caulerZlng the back
OF the same animal"
The eyewitness Of the experimentation
at the veterinary department of the UnlVer-
sity OF Pennsylvania is a competent judge
as we'll as person Of veTacity, and says
that he was ushered into a room with win
dOws far above the ground, to deDar the
curious from looking in.
The door was unlocked to permit him to
enter, and locked again when he was within.
lie supposed there was to U6 regular eX-
animation Of students, but to his surprise he
found there were TO be experiments Of the
most revolving description.
A horse was before him tied with q
halter. The first pupil was told to drive a
seton in the shoulder Of the horse, a most
painful operation; the second was asked
TO perform acheOtOmy-making an OPEN
ing into the windpipe-and a third to
drive a seton into the hind flank By
this time the horse had been "hOb-
bled," that is, so tied that it could not
move, and the next student was told to
disSect the nerves of the foot. No anes-
thetie Of any description was given to tie
horse, and when the demonstrations were
finished and the professor was asked by
the visitor what would he done with ths
animal, he replied: I'VE leave it here,
and if it is alive in the morning we 60 on
with other experiments"
That the word Of the eyewitness may be
the more readily believed, it should be said
that Professor Zuill is a graduate of Alfort,
near Paris, and that at this and similar
Institutions as many as twelve horses are
operated upon each week. and, if the horses
live to endure them. siXty-fOur operations
are performed on each