New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-11
"ENGLTSH TITTSECTION.'
THE RESULTS OF HYPODERMIC 1NJbC-
rInNs-AN ESTHETICs IN VIVIsECTION.

THE RESULTS OF HYPODERM1C INJb|-
oNs-ANEsTHETICs IN vIvrsEcT1oN
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: I suppose I ought to feel grateful TO your
correspondent. Albert Mathews. for 20 kindly TAX
ing up the gauntlet md exposing my Ignorance OF
physiology and English. / was not surprised 10
find him trying to controvert my statement re-
garding the number OF English vivisectors. and
can quite understand his anxiety to exclude from
the list those simple hypodermic injections
which In his opinion. "canse 70 more pain IMAM
4 tr.ninG prick"
If I had made such statement as THIS " mish.
have been attributed TO my active ignorance
but when Mr.. Mathews makes such deciarntioh
especially after spending some months N 'he
laboratories OF the Cambridge universities. ~ IS
objectionable II is nothing more nor less than
deliberate attempt TO mislead the people. Wha' Il
the object Of these "trlfng pricks? They are
made with a hollow needle fixed at the enh OF
syringe The object is TO introduce into the blood
and tissues OF the animal the virus or germ OF
such diseases as hydrophoba. anthrax cholera
yellow fever etc OF course. he Initial opera
tion may only he "trihrg prick but that Is not
the experiment.; that consists In watching the
development OF the disease or blood poisoning set
MP by the incubation. Then. again. IL must pe
understood that the virus Of rabies is Injected into
the exposed brain OF the living animal which Oh
course necessita,es trepannIng. No an@sthetic Is
used for this operation at the Paris Institute Inc
following taken from the report of the super
vising Surgeon-General OF the United states
Marine Hospital, is interesting. and VIII sno"
your readers at g.ance the patriness OF Albert
Mathewss statements;
The animal which lends Itself better than any
other to the production Of the anatomical ana
symptomatc manifestations OF experlmentai .tnn
should be intravenous The morbid process which
results manifests itself almost Immediately. anu
with such violence Of symptoms ana conplCd,i,o,,I1
of Lessons as to recall the clinical and anatom,,ca
features Of human yellow fever Inc nrst M 80
symptoms in the development Of experinental yer
low fever In the dog is the vomt when occurs as
the virus has reached the pl9od. anu 49,
tnues long time. as II the animal were u nni,
the influence Of strong emetic After inc v0nil'
come enterorrhagias urine Is signt anu - a ,,
lninous and soon manlfests the anuTia wncn o I'm,
mediatey precedes death The necropsy
shows extremely interesting LESSONS BENG h,,n o
Identical with those observed In human cadase'
he liver. Besides the liver. the renal tissue
ba soe, ST ar aciite parenchymatous nephritis:
which may be considered the immediate cause s Oa
the anuria and uremic poisoning. In lact,. Ine
blood Of dogs lead OF experlm 'ntal yellow FEVER
contains large gIantity OF urea ,Heced with
nephrits or in very grave cases Of human ye.o n,
fever The entire digestive apparatus is the
in aginabe character. only comparah 70 e"as
which is provoked by poisoning r wsn is
therefore perfectly ana OF )us 10 oul n,uc" ga In
than that which Is observed n as IN rompetey trans
formed 10 a fatty mass resembling wax ,o,-
All this. be 1t noted. the result OF a "trin'hs
prick ..
In regard to the example OF English vivisecuon'
which Mr. Mathews thinks I was particularly
unfortunate in selecting | may AT once INFORM
him that knew the full details just as well as ne
did. II your correspondent will turn up ne
paper again in The Journal Of Phyfi1losyi, oo me
ns careful 10 Ta.h n the living
animal" and also warns US that the experiment
Is iabor!ous and extremely apt to be iataL ,nis
ask Albert Mathews. What is the meaning Vi ss 4,
ianenage If the animals we're dead? How y y
possible for an operation or experiment vi ''
MI Mathews appears TO have unbounded talth
IN tho humanity OF vlvisectors. nave not. 49,
l probably know AS mqch a pop, repeat that
nnnsthetics are not and cannot be successIuii! I'm
pioyed in many classes OF the mos. ~ Iiyssction
have admitted this. AS matter OF .a ~, cen
are some classes OF experiments III ""'' WV
"g Po ge the Administration law OF England
- mon II as a total failure. II has not re-
strcted vvisection. 1t is. or appears 10 rner
of the easiest laws TO evade Men p pee they were
nnlv acting as an assistant TO so ana 30 A., VIZ -
happens TO hold one SO one nce ~ pT,tain and
cover me most brutal and useless expsriments;
= ~ course | know that Professor VI rstnised -
Ut 49, an si,ch a matter they have pecuniiay
interest az stake) complain OF the ,bsr nennie
placed upon them bui tnen 10 enable them TO
foIow certain pursuits knackars sweeps, o,,ld
keepers pawnbrokers, ETC. VINO a., ~ 80 H. law"
20 Woi ,Io, is NOT restricted In France Germany,
VI lsroerjca but where the great dscoveisss
resulting FROM the Pra Ssts from those twenty
Where are inT sTo sxperments performed by Al
bert Mathews while ne was ehJoy''s '''
ny no @ Feb. l. 1898 ARTHUR WbSlCol1