The times., 1898-12-15


the Endorsement of the professor of ma
terra medica. medical Jurisprudence or
surgery in some well known school or co.
lege before the certificate or license can
be issued.
The licenses are to be granted for any
length of time that the Commissioners see
fit to prescribe. 1t Is also provided in the
bill that inspectors from among the Off
GERS of the local humane society shall BE-
appointed by the Commissioners, whose
duty it shall be to visit such schools. col
leges or hospitals where the experiments
are taking place, at unexpected intervals.
and see for themselves whether the law
Is being violated. If such is the fact, the
license may he revoked.
Accompanying the bill are the indorse-
ments of almost all the prominent anti
vivisectionists in the country. There arc
also the accounts of numerous exper.-
ments in vivisection which are introduced
to illustrate the cruelty OF the system and
the manner in which its wrongs can be
remedied. The bill. when first pres entei
to Congress. was accompanied by a petit
ton. attached to which are the names Of
almost all the prominent Government Of
ficials,. including the members of the
United States Supreme Court. the Dis
trict Supreme Court the United States
Court of Claims, and many persons prom
inent in church and phi.anthrOpic work
throughout the country.
The bill was presented to the convention
of the Humane Association last night for
general discussion. and also formed the
main topic during the afternoon. The
first speaker was Mrs. Caroline Earle
White, president of the -Woman's Sccisty
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anirna's
of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Whites talk was principally upon
the alleged benefits derived from vivisec-
ton. The Connecticut Medical Society
passed resolutions extoliing the practice
several months ago, Mrs. White sa d. and
from their report 1t would appear that
vivisection had prolonged human life
about ten years. This recent acqu sition
of longevity by the human race was gem
orally ascribed to the use of rubber shoes
and other inventions which keep tie
dampness from the body and enable the
human being to maintain Il healthy tenn
perature. 1t had also been assigned to
the skillful dentistry of the age. which so
assisted in the proper mast:cation of food
that Indigestion was gradually dying ut
Several other statements In the res lu-
tions of the Connecticut society were crit
icised by Mrs. White in her paper. and a
number of new ideas on vivisectlon were
expressed.
some Caustic Remarks.
At the evening session, Chairman shor-
tall announced that the bill was open for
general discussion and a number of ad-
dresses were made on the subject. The
most important was delivered by Dr. AL
bert Lefiingwell, who had spoken on the
subject at the afternoon session.
Referring TO the arguments made in
defense of free vivisection in memorials
of various scientific societies which he
quoted DR.. Leffingwell claimed that
statements equivocal in intent and capa-
BILE OF n double meaning were to be
found, indorsed by some of the most en-
inent scientists. regarding first. the i'm
piled harmlessnesS of innoculation exper-
| iments; second. the "habitual use of
anesthetics, and. third, the meaning of
the word Cruelty DIR. Lefiingweil
| quoted the famous experiment Of DIR. G.
| n. Sternberg now surgeon general of the
| army. upon twenty-five rabbits, whereby
| he discovered that his saliva, injected
| under the skin OF rabbit. invariably
caused death within forty-eight hours.
| The utility of these experiments might
be questioned, he said, but there could be
no doubt of the relation of such expert
ments to Santiago and elsewhere.
| Addresses were also made by the Rev.
| Alexander Mackay-Smith. d. D.. Cram
mond Kennedy. and r. Ross Perry, all OF
this city, and President Shortall, of Chi
! cago.
! One OF the features OF the present con-
vention is the amount of literature which
| is being distributed by the various de'ega-
tons The Rhode Island delegation leads,
| having displayed at least twenty differ
| ent papers. The society from that State
| has published book entitled Songs Of 4
| Happy Life" which relate to a great
extent to the good to be derived from the
proper treatment OF dumb beasts.
The Delegates.
| The delegates registered are: Mrs. NJ. L.
| Schanter, New Orleans. La; Adria L.
Blaisdell, Milwaukee. Wis. E. F. Jenkins
and wife. New York; Robert ]. Wilkin.
Brooklyn: Charles Thurber. Rhode Island;
Joseph H. Snow, Maine; John G. Shortall
! Illinois: w. a. Fuller, Illinois; Mr.. and
| Mrs. Charles r. Frazer Ohio; Miss Fra
zer Ohio: James II. Deerlng. Rochester.
| n. Y; William K. Lord, Baltimore; Frank
! B. Jackson, Columbus. o.; ]. 4. Brady,
| Columbus O.: Edwin N. Truell District
| of Columbia; Mrs Mary +. Lowell, Bryn
| Mawar. Pa; Mrs. y. II. Brady. Ailwau- =
| kee Wis; Mrs. c. E. White Philadelphia,
| Pa: Miss Elizabeth W. Olney. Rhode ISL
| and; Mrs. \. L. Barber. Washington, D.
| c.: George W. Parker. Baltimore; Rufus
Saxton, Washington. d. c.: E. C. Parme-
| lee and wife. Cleveland, o.; Mrs. James
| NJ Tucker Cleveland, o.; Sarah ]. Eddy.
| Providence, r. l.: George r. Tippett, Bal
| timore; George l.. Arps, Norfolk, Va:
James NJ Brown. Toledo, O.; Sydney r.
| Taber Lake Forest, ILL.,: T. NJ. Porter.
| Pittsburg, Pa: Frank B. Fay. Boston.