The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04
Laboratory Near London Is the
Center for a Big Germ
Culture.
SOUNDED BY AMERICAN
Medical Establishment, and
One OF the Greatest Interest
The Making of Anti-Toxin
Described.

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1granted by the British government Tor
Ia private physiological laboratory for
experiment and research. In America
no license is necessary, but IN Eng
land people are very particular, n the
societies for the prevention Of cruelty TO
animals and anti-vivisection organ1-
cations have secured the enactment or
very rigid laws governing such matters.
Mr.. Welcome is a member OF the hfm
of Burrougs, Welcome & Co., manu-
featuring chemists, but his two labora-
tories for physiological and
research are both personal enterprises
~unconnected with his commercial bust
ness and intended for the advancement
of the science of medicine, the healing
of disease and the prolongation of life.
From his physiological laboratory the
British government obtains the greater
part Of its supplies of serum for the
hospitals of the army and navy, and he
ships large quantities to India, Austral-
ia and other British Dion
Dread Diseases.
: The laboratory is g. most interesting
place, although a visit is apt to give
"a sensitive person the horrors, because
a dozen or more chemists are engaged
in manufacturing the most dreadful
diseases known to mankind and expert
menting with remedies for their cure.
They will take you into a room in the
cellar. all walled up with bricks and
sealed, with two. doors, in which even
the air Is sterilized and show you long
racks supporting rows OF great bottles
full Of microbes and bacilli of all the
contagious diseases you can think Of,
from cancer to rheumatism. This room
ds kept at a temperature of blood heat,
and q most mysterious, soul-chilling
place 1t is. If the contents Of one Of
those big bottles should be scattered on
the ground, the doctors say, 1t might do
NO harm, but If they We're dumped into
the reservoir all London would be down
with an epidemic.
I remember reading a story some time
ago about a man who had sworn to de-
stroy society, to avenge some slight or
injury he had suffered, and, as he could
not kill people with ordinary weapons
fast enough to suit him, he established
d cholera nlicrobe factory, and, taking
a vast quantity up in a balloon, he
emptied them upon the roofs Of the city
with the most terrible consequences. I
couldn't help thinking of him as I
went through Mr.. Welcomes place yes
terday.
Animals for Experiment.
It is situated at the suburban station
of Herne Hill, about five miles from St.
Pauls Cathedral, where four years ago
Mr.. Welcome was fortunate enough to
NSNt kAiS ~ ia az
manor house and eleven acres of ground
surrounding it. This place he has in
closed with a high wall. and within has
provided every possible facility and
convenience for physiological research
under the direction of DR.. Walter Dow
son, an eminent British scientist. 1t is
called Brockwell Hall, and Is a fine old
mansion, surrounded by shade trees
and lawns, q garden and large stables,
which are necessary, for Mr.. Welcome
keeps sixty horses, fifty rabbits, a
thousand guinea pigs, a donkey, a pair
of monkeys and a lot of dogs and cats
for eXperinentive purposes. The ami
mails are we'll fed II cared for, and
l the smaller ones, particularly the rab-
4 bits and guinea pigs, are bred Upon the
Y place. The law limits physiological ex-
Il periments to rodents, such as rabbits,
4 rats, mice and guinea pigs, but the
4 latter are chiefly used in the study of
4 diseases, a. they are the most uniform
Il results. In order to secure accuracy 1t
\ Is necessary that the animals should
4 be absolutely free from disease, hence
4 the greatest care Is taken in breeding
4 md feeding them. There is a large
Il garden in which are cultivated cab
! bages, turnips and other suitable food,
4 a paddock in which the horses are x
Z ercised and a pasture in which they
a are allowed to run about.
4 The breeding pens are as perfect as
81 they can be made and everything is
d conducted pon scientific principles
q The horses are in charge of a skilfu,
Il veterinary surgeon. who Guys them in
4 the open markets, but picks them with
y the greatest care SO that they shall be
s. free from defects and diseases. Gu
II Fiously enough they sell for higher
q prices after a benevolent experience fol
a The benefit of science, because they are
"a supposed to be more healthy n IL
q better condition generally.
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d narimants raIa tinp n 1ifSarent disaase,
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important experiments now going o.
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