New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-11

s. p. c. H. to Prosecute T1co Doe.
tors Who Se7oed Puppies Together

| The officials of the Society for the Prevent,o,
of Cruelty to Animals and Robert W. Hebna-,
! Commissioner of the Department of Pubp,
| Charities. will hold to-day in the Char;t;s,
| Building a rigid investigation into the reno-,
! that two physicians of the Kings County Hos,,-
| tai. in vivisection experiment, sewed two MN.
| pies together.
! The operation. which failed to prove succss,-
| full. was performed on June 2S at the Bradrors
| Street Hospital. Brooklyn. branch Of ,ba
/ Kings County Hospital. According 10 the NJ.
ficials yesterday. IL was one Of the worst essez
OF cruelty to animals which had come unds-
| their observation since the founding OF the So
| ciety.
! General Superintendent c. H. Hankinson =,
the society said that every effort would be n1asa
to prosecute the offenders to the full extent ~
the law. The evidence which the society has
been gathering for several days against tia
doctors is contained in a report completed YES
terday by one of its agents. NJ. J. Manton Ths
report reads in part as follows:
I learned from Or. Brown. superintendent OF m,
Bradford Street Hospital that June O. twa
physicians. whose names he refused 10 give re-
took from their nursing mother two puppies on.
open their sides and sewed their bodies togeths-
with ten stitches Then they were bound together
with linen gauge. and the mother nursed them
while in that condition.
The operation performed bsfore INDUCING
anasthesia or doing ANYTHING to relieve them
of their agony Four days later an examIns-
ton was made by two physicians. who found thar
the skin would NOT graft. The puppies were then
put to death by chloroform.
DIR. Brown said that the operation was performed
70 see if one circulation of blood could be induced
in the bodies Of two dogs. The physician said
further that he didn't consider the operation cruel
as the two dogs kept their eyes open the entire
time 7 ted him that 7 would get the names OF tbs
two experimenyers from higher authority.
then called ut ths Ktfgs County Hospital and
saw Or. Jones, deputy superintendent. and Supern-
tendent John +. Fitzgerald. They told me thew
couldn't get the names OF the physicians ard tbss
they performed the operation solely on their own
responsibility. DR.. Fitzgerald said that In the
Kings County Hospital the physicians only operated
on guinea PIGS for grating purposes. and never
tried 10 make artificial Siamese twins OF any
animals.
In my opinion" said NIr Hankinson yester-
day, "the physicians did not operate on the dogs
for the purpose of skin grating but simply TO
satisfy their curiosity in trying to make Siamess
twins Of them. If this brutality IS proved against
them according to tho law. they Will be SEN
fenced TO a year in the penitentiary or TO pay
fines Of $500. maybe both
The law distinctly says that no operation ot
that kind shall be performed except under the
direction of the faculty Of some regularly in
coTporatsd medical college attached TO the Uni
versity Of the state of New York
commissioner Febberd said yesterday that hs
would place no obstacles in the way of prosscu-
ton 81 the physicians by the society IL il vera
found tina. there had been a violation Of the law
While | believe in scientific experimentation
with animals To a certain extent. It must be car
ried on under proper restrictions and in a dgni-
fed manner" he said
While standing in front Of the societys head
quarters yesterday. G. z Jacobs special pO-
liceman, noticed that one Of two mules drawing
wagon in Madison avenue near 2Sth street
was bobbins his head UP and down as If in pain
re compelled the driver to drive back 10 the
society's Office.
uaIs neck was raw where the collar had chafed
IL. The driver was compelled 20 unhitch the
animals and send back to the stable for another
team. No arrest was made.