The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-19


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vi'VlSEOTtON IN s. ENGLAN
Ho,v IL. s. ,.,,.,, =. t.t.,
Point. aror ara Ar.in.t. s3 ..s83
"a return Wa lately issued on shove
Ing the number Of experiments per
formed on living animals during the
wear 1890. un,ler licenses Granted sun- mn
der the act "a I ns q, Wet ~ It Ne
lates to Enp,and and Scotland. The
number 81 nerrnn,s Who held licenses
was 236. q - an ~ made no exneri-.
m,uee.nts. The - n,pa a All licensed places
are piyen II table and tabular eyi-
dence Il affnr,I a s. es+a hl;sh;nu these
points: IN Tint licences and certifi-
Gates have heen Granted only ON the
accommodation sc persons Of high scien-
tiflc standing: f2l that the licensees are
persons who. 10 their training and edu-
cation. ara f1tfed "a undertake. exDeri-
mental work and - nrofit bv il. and (3l.
that ali exner;,1noe n+al work has beer
conducted 81 suitable places. There is
nlso 4 table showing the number and
nature sc the Experiments ne.rformei.,
and specifvinp s neither these were done
under license alone ~ under anv sne-
cial certificate q +ha+ tho ,,r,hl;c NAV
Judge which exnar;ments ;f anv. were
If a nainfnl m tire From nrev;ons 70.
ports It has anneared that the only ex-
neriments nerformed without anaes-
thetics are az the nature Of inocula tons
or hynoderm;c IN iactions. These saws
the medical ;nsnector for the home Of
flee. Dr.. G. y. Poore, are now. in order
to lessen any chance of m1isapprehen-
sion. placed in a class bya themselves.
ACCORDING, to the renort. the process of
incubation Is inadeouately provided
for in the act Of nar,iament.
ut would be cruel rather than other
wise to anaesthetize an animal before
subiectinp it to the trivial operation of
a nricl< with a needle and vet the word
ing of the act is such that the admins
tration of anaethetics can in no case be
dispensed with except by certificate
(A) stating that 'tinsensibility cannot
be produced without necessarily frus-
trating the objects of such expert
ments. Notwithstanding that the
wording Of certificate A is not wholly
applicable to the circumstances, it is
nevertheless allowed for NEGOTIATIONS"
The large increase of NEGOTIATIONS and
allied experiments which has been no.
ticeable for the last few years is, SAYS
the report, likely to continue. The dis
covery Of antitoxins has necessitated a
large number Of incubation expert
ments, as these remedies cannot safe
ly and effectually be used upon human
beings without being previously tested
on rodents. In one class liable Az the
total number of experiments was 1876,
and in the other liable b. 1884. Near
~ all the latter were NEGOTIATIONS
(made, under anaesthetics, upon ro-
dents), with the object of diagnosing
rabies. The licensees have been loyal to
the spirit of the act, and there were
only two cases in which the letter of the
law was quoted as showing the difficult
ties of interpreting the act in relation
to inoculation: ssS
"The first case was that of licensee
who holds a certificate A dispensing
with anaesthetics) for the incubation
of guinea pigs with tuberculous mat
ter. In his annual return he reported
four NEGOTIATIONS (as performed under
Az, for which an anaesthetic was ad-
ministered.3 It was necessary to take
notice of this, because certificate A is
never allowed except for proceedings
80 slight as to cause no appreciable
pain. This gentleman has explained to
me that anaesthetics were used because
it was necessary to insure perfect tran
guilty while minute incision was
made in the skin, but that after the re-
covery from the anaesthetic the ami
mails never afforded any evidence of dis
comfort. This being the case, it is pos
heen narforme7 nnder tho license a1one
hit - clearly could not he allowed nm.
dor certificate A as used in relation to
NEGOTIATIONS. The second case was that
n a gentleman who holds license on1v
md who returned fonr experiments
which consisted in the attemnt (which
fa;ledl tn Give rinpworm to four mice
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