The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-02-19
0R, Russell ANXIOUS TO
FEEL SURGEONS KNIFE.
WANTS TO MAKE HIMSELF SUBJECT
eoR SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT.
-. ,v York Physicians Wife Mortified at
Idea of His Being vivlsected' and
;opAftornpv InterfereS.
district: attorney lnter1eres.

Man York dispatch says Dlstrlct
ttorney John F. Clark, OF BROOKLYN
AV'O "a1,on decided stand against the
Ia" oaosaI of DR.. James E. Russell, OF
tbat city, to offer himself as a subject
Vi ,;,,isaction. DR.. Russell, goaded
" tba sand taken by The antivivisec-
" .at0 offered himself to be operated
'lo n for one year in case provision
upO made for the care of his family
w." "''~iro the period of operations or in
ooae of his death under the knife.
TuI District Attorney Clark's atten-
Wv was called to this proposal he
said; H. p,oso,,
nv anv surgeon or any committee OF
.roons. I will arrest every person
oanoorned. Should they operate Sc
cretlv and DR.. Russell dies Will try
ond convict every man OF them Tor
manslaughter.
Momhers of the Board OF Directors
= tho Rushwick Central Hospital in
Rrooklvn offered to operate upon DR..
p,osnll in that institution. When
.hoir attention was called to the OBJ
ioo.ions of District Attorney Clarke
tbav at once assumed position of de-
6ance. DR.. George Eterson OF the
Ioon;to1 said.
"We have the right y examine the
organs of any patient who presents
himself. There is no law to prevent
surgical operations, AM II DR.. Russell
worts ms to examine lis heart or any
ether organ we have the legal right to
do So"
The startling proposition was made
that in order to prevent interference
with the law bactGlologlst should
frat inoculate DR.. Russell with the
germs of several diseases. then, it was
asserted, the surgeons would have the
right to step in and Use their knives
on him under the pretease OF operating
in hope of saving his life.
DR.. EversOn explaind this plan. He
was asked: "WhO wQld begin work
on your subject tirst?'
"First, the bacteriolgist. He could
Mace DR.. Russell in sch a condition
by experimental injections that GER
tain organs of his bodyWould call later
for surgical interference, thus keeping
within the bounds of he health law
and enabling us to slrgically inter-
fere.
when the surgeons got through
with him we could hoestly say that
DR.. Russell had died fir the want of
breath, and coroner 'sjury composed
of men of the most seSching and eX-
detrimental character would find no
evidence pointing to th contrary"
''How about DR.. Rusell's wife and
family?" he was asked.
Let some of our monyed men give
the hospital a few doLdions, anu the
doctors will look after he widow and
children personally. N DOCTORS wild
Ow has ever been in wau."
DR.. Russell has reiter.ted his offer.
In reply to questions he Iaid
Il still hold good to tfh offer to give
myself Voluntarily to he surgeons
knife in the interest of silence. If the
doctors will agree | viii submit to
hypnotic influence instead of anaes-
thetic. But before l slbject myself
for viYisection sum ofmoney which
cannot now name, although | have
settled in my mind, and which intend
for the maintenance If my family,
will have to be paid.
"My life is insured fol over $50, 900,
and, Of course. | would have to forfeit
this. But the fascinatitn of vivisec-
ton is so great within me that am
willing to make any sacrifice for it. "
When told that her husbands offer