The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-02

logical Laboratories I do not recall having
| seen one experiment of the last class.
| Regarding the second claim. among
| hundreds of similar cases that Of nitric
! Of amyl may be cited. Since 1866 this
| drug has been used to counteract the ter
| r.5le pain of angina pectoris. 1t does this
! by dlatng the blood vessels and thus re-
/ heving the heart of some Of it's work It's
! Introduction into medicine was due direct
| ,y 10 the vivisection experiments of Mr.
! Arthur Gamgec on its effects upon the
| pressure OF the blood in the arteries. BY
similar experiments upon animals nitro
! glycerine has teen found to act similarly
/ and ooth drugs are now commonly employ
! cd 10 relieve the pains of Brghts dis
| ease, neuralgia, hysteria asthma and the
! other painful Affections. Antipyrine and
| phenacetine were carefully tested upon
| animals by vivisection methods before they.
! became the common drugs that they now
| are. The vivisection history of antitoxin.
! the use OF which has greatly diminished.
! The mortality of diphthera has been too
| often to.d 10 De repeated. The "a me may
| be said Of the antiseptic method of surgt-
cal operations, which as the direct result
Of Listers vivisecttons has revolutionzed
surgery"
Or. J. Mount-Bleyer of New York city
has had much experience as an expert
menter on ANIMALS. He was asked TO state
specifically some of the good that has
been accomplished by vivisectionists.
PhysiOlOgy's Debt to VivisectiOn.
Well" he said, 'let me generaIize first
ly saying that nearly everything that has
heen learned OF physiology from the dis
ccvery Of the circulation of the hood to
our present knowledge of consciousness.
has resulted from vivisection. 1t was not
called by that name in the early days.
perhaps, but the results were obtained n
he same way. Going into the subject
specifically I mieht say that Ferier's dis
coveries concerning the localization of the
lenses were due 20 his operations on mon
keys; thar all we know of the functions
OF digestion was learned by Claude Bel
ard from his operations on dogs and other
animals; that the legation of arteries in
surgery that is, the ability to tie up A
severed artery so that 1t will take its
course through adjacent channeIs, result
ing in bloodless operation is a
trect result of vlvisection; that excelsior
operations on the stomach, where all or
part OF the organ is removed were first
performed only after they were tried sue
-essfully on animals; that Intestinal reese -
tion operations were first performed i'm the
same way; that the rate of the velocity
r tho blood was learned from tests ap-
pied 70 living ANIMALS as was also our
knowledge of the functions Of the thyroid
gland our ability to transplant tissue our
SIKH In plastic operations and our intl-
mate acquaintance with the functions OF
me liver, the salivary glands. the visual
centefs, the respiration, the hearts action
The psychological activities of the brain
and OF all the important nerves of the
oody. In short, as l said before. the whole
5clence OF physiology Is grounded on yivI-
section. Yet in the face of the truths ana
results which are apparent 70 every one
VINO mas any knowledge of the subject NJ
All, the u-Yivisectionsts turn up period
icaliy with their absurd claims and their
sweeping statements and proceed to clog
tee wheels Of progress. Many of their
Eumber have benefited by the facts
"hich nave been deduced by vivisection-
SIS; that is, they have been cured of dis
ease by a course of treatment which was
me result of what vivlsectionists have
learned This fact, however, is seldom,
recognized, or at best does not influence
them. So the shrek against legitimate
science goes ON as wildly as ever These
people are in our way and they should no
9us4ed aside. The most stringent meas
ures should be taken against them. for
!Hey are interfering with what in the end
IS the most humane outcome of science
me absolute knowledge of che causes and
hence the knowledge of how to cure. the
diseases of mankind"
Doctors Not BIOodthirstv
Or. W. Gilman Thompson, who has lee
tured on physiology in New York ITniver-
sty, and who is president of the Practi-
TONERS Society of New York, said
i do not think any danger is likely RI
result from the efforts of the National
humane Alliance. If the point of actual
legislation is reached, the doctors Of The
country will rise up and most effectuallv
protest, as they have done when their
rights were interfered with on certain
other occasions. After all. il really is of
no use getting into arguments with these
people. There is no common ground to 60
upon. They make sweeping statements
Wmch are highly absurd and unreason-
able. l have heard them state that
thousands of animals are slaughtered an
nualy in the United States for vivisection
purposes. Now, if you reckon up the
number of laboratories in the country and
think how few experimenters there are
consequently, you can get some idea of
the eXaggeration of such a statement
Medical students must not be included in
the number of vivisectionists. AS a mat
Ter OF fact, you cannot get them TO waste
valuable time on the subject. and their
attention to il is not demanded in any
curriculum that I have heard of. OF
course a few necessary object lessons are
o"'NA4 NA-NiAis b0t my ptllOAAl 10 expert
ments themselves
II seems to me that the most effective
argument you can use against these peo-
pie is to note the standing which doctors
have relatively in any community. 1t is
quite as hish as that of lawyers. Country
doctors especially are very often the guar
dams, not only of the physical, but of the
moral welfare of their patients. They are
looked up to as a kindly class of men.
whose humanity and good sense are to be
trusted on any occasion. Now il does not
seem possible that such a class of men.
with such a reputation for benevolence.
can be the blOodthrsty wreiches the an
tiVivisecuonists make them out to be.
Outside Of the universities. vivlsection is
practiced hardly at all, and these institu
uons are not likely 10 allow animals. 10
be mutilated unnecessarily. For instance
President Low of Columbia College is
looked upon as a rather respectable and
humane gentleman in the community. is
he not? Now, do you consider IL probable
that he would allow the professors under
MIN TO inhict unnecessary cruelty upon
helpless animals? In short The claims
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