The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-08
WOULD CUT UP DR.. RUSSELL.
rynsT THING WOULD BE TO TAKE
oTJT HIS BRAIN AND WEIGH 1T.
- ,a... NJ q Hospital Doctor on the
Brookiyn vi,isectionist's Oner-Also
DR.. RusseIi's Ideas and Those OF His
v,,.-TbeD Doctors Experiences In Pain

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vr,.-Tbe Doctors Experiences In Pain
n. y.res Edwin Russell, the Brooklyn
,-.,t.n who has offered himself through
ptLon.vsnaper. as a subject for vivisection,
a, nrohablv never be called upon to sub
-, - the knife. His wife Is all u up
-s, The affair. she said yesterday, and
49,. about the only result that anybody
1900. 10 come of tho doctors remarkable
~, DIR. George Everson and several
81, r,rqeons connected with tho Bush
~ Centrai Hospital pretended to take
~. na,ter seriously. DIR. Everson got
na.sare from District Attorney Clark
r,no. county TO the effect that any sur
IN who touched a knife to DIR. Russell
-ould be Immediately arrested. DR.. Ever
-.r, word back to the District Attorney
not to worry.
Tn h;s published offer DR.. Russell had
t.red 10 calling for volunteers. The
ali wa. needed, and by 10 O'Clock yester-
d.v mornins eight men out Of jobs had
asilad AZ the doctors home on Bedford
sv,nue and offered themselves for vivi-
s.ction by the week, month OF year. BY
that time the doctor had gone out to make
nj, professional morning calls and Mrs.
Russell made the volunteers wait outside
for him TO come back. When the doctor
returned at noon there were eleven volun-
tsere lined UP against the fence waiting
for him. They all agreed in wanting their
nav In advance and right then and there.
but differed as TO just what parts of their
several anatomies should be cut into first.
Rome of them had the notion that they would
be paid by the pound;
sSay, doc said the first man In line.
could YOU AXE a thin slice OF of me chest
dollaref- They all offered special bargains,
but DR.. Russell told them that he wasn't
ready.
somebody with sympathy asked Mrs.
Ruseell through the crack Of the door OF a
nan who called about noon.
only q reporter, Madam he replied.
swell, then, o can come in h said.
opening the door. The doctor isn't back
vet. But l can say that this whole thing is
absurd: To think Of a man in the prime OF
BE, with q family n a good practice,
Offering himself for vivisection. Won't
the Trays tell them all they need 70 know
without their numbering q mann But
nothing viii ever come Of II: won't have
Il. The law against suicide will prevent
law against homicide will prevent anybody
from accepting his offer. l don't believe
in yiyisecton In any form, not even in IN
imals. ! think It Is a brutal outrage, h
doctor knows that. He didn't tell me
what he was going to do; was surpris' q
this morning when the doctor got severn
calls from new patients
Or. Russell came in then. Mrs. Russell
looked at him and h left the room.
The doctor Is q very thin man with a
lonR, thin neck. His favorite pastime Is
chess. and his chess men are made OF bones;
NJ A-.- 49, ttArxtou nv reading aloud
his offer published In the morning papers,
and he seemed to enjoy il, particularly
those passages referring to his willingness
to sacrifice his life to his love for science
md humanity.
Of the Bushwick Central Hospital have
admitted their willingness to accept your
offer. VIII you submit to vivisection by
them7'
well, now replied DR.. Russell. .the
Bushwick hospital is all right and does good
work. but it's a small institution. My idea
was to be a subject Of vivisection In some
great laboratory, such as tina at Columbia
or Johns Hopkins.
'As / nave said. there are no strings TO
my offer. l stand by il. But the oner
has not been taken up yet.
do you hope that II will beH'
swell, ! amt say that l would welcome
~vivisection, but i wouldn't shrink from II.
Wben ] wrote my letter TO the newspaper
I did so In reply TO a man who had unjustly
accused yivisectors. To show my absolute
faith in this form OF research | offered my
self. That's really all there u TO it.
do you think you could stand a year OF
Il don't know. think So
Have you ever suffered much physical
Yes said the doctor. at %infrequent
inter walls i have had toothache. Now
lot me think a minute Oh, when was
q lad was jumping with others from the
end OF a spring board and did very well
at II until ! stubbed my toe on the end Of
the board and fell full length. face down.
on the ground. A projecting cobble stone
In the road came In contact with my solar
plexus and ] wa completely knocked out
for the moment: After that ! pursued
i EsSss fall from the spring board when
mo- said the doctor renectively, rub
binG the noss scar. that " the result Of
involuntary vaccination. After ~Vaocinating
q patient several years ~ unoonsciously
picked my moss with the virus point and
v~aocinatsd myself
The Involuntary vaccination, the tooth
ache and tbs solar plenus blow Of the oOh-
biz stone were tbs only Instances 81 physlcal
pain Ia his career of forty d years which
The dorsor could r,cal
'If your Oher IL aoo-pted In tsrnls salts
fAnLorY to you vii you have 70 stay VA
the laboratory all tho time VI viii you
oome home nightsf'
sOh, should stay IN the laboratory
Ill tho time The 0p-mtions and the obs
esr, stions you'd he continuous, and I
should toll the surgeons from time a. time
ko~ felt
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