Arizona republican., 1908-06-08

its eyes by piercing and then draw
a thread through the cornea: inocu-
late the same sensitive organs with
virus until they rot, away in a put
relying sore; inoculate horrible dis
eases into the blood; create agoniz-
ing inflammations of tissue; inflict
the heightened horrible suffering of
rabies; make learned researches in
the paths of sensation and the ma
ture of pain-eXperiments that go on
often for hours and often require the
victim to be kept alive in its agony
for days and even months.
"Ofttimes when this topic is
preached the question is put to the
opponent: If some one very dear to
you were in danger of dying, would
you not eagerly welcome a cure, even
Ia possible cure, by means of vivisec-
tion?'
Il can only answer for myself, and
from suppositious case. We never
know what we would do under the
strain of great emotion until the
hour arrives. But l cannot imagine
myself, in a sane state. permitting
any one Of Gods creatures to be
tortured Gas the above extracts from
reliable publications described, to save
the life of another one of Gods crea-
lures. even a child of mine.
Il can imagine permitting an ami
NAL TO. be quietly and quickly put to
death to save human life. But were
my own life saved by means of tor
turing dumb creatures. l would feel
unfit to meet the Maker Of all life
when l did pass on"
Mona Card says: IF only men
and women could realize but for one
moment those tortures, I am con-
WINGED that the practice Of vivisection
would be swept away in a great burst
of national fury before another year
had passed. But alas, nothing can
reveal that he'll on earth to the
muItitudes of men and women. alb
sOrbed, perforce, in their business and
their own many griefs.
That which teaches us to torment
the weak for any purpose whatever.
and to inflict not swift death but
slow torture on any living thing. will
assuredly help to annul the efforts.
however earnest and however wise,
that may be made to establish justice
and peace on earth
In the editorial department Of the
March number of Health" we read:
The plea is made that the knowl-
edge thus gained is of the greatest
value to humanity. This might be
accepted in eXtenuation. if it were
true; but since some of the highest
authorities in the medical and surgi-
cal world, both in Europe and Amer
lea, have expressed themselves posi-
lively that no real good has ever
been accomplished by vivisection, we
fail to see how the plea can hold"
And now, i'm New York. a city sup
posed to be a center of advanced
thought, a temple is to be dedicated
to this monstrous and fiendish prac-
tice, An institute dedicated to the
this monstrous and fiendish practice,
An institute dedicated to the prac.
tice Of the most heartless cruelty, and
in memory of loving little child
who would have shrunk in horror
from the bare mention OF such deeds,
We are frequently told by the
champions of viviscction that the re-
ports of cruelty are exaggerated, if
not unfounded; but the testimony of
some of those who have been engaged
III AtiG III fltllNt SiibNo lliclls II any
thing the full extent of the horrors
has not been told. Can good come
out of evil? Would that the public
could be brought to see the vital
Importance of this matter to them;
to realize that no man, no matter
what his moral calibre may be- can
indulge in this brutal practice with
out bunting all his finer sensibilities
and rendering himself more or less
callous to human suffering.
That this is no extreme view, is
borne out by official reports of cases.
such as that on page 72S in the New
York Medical Record of December 10.
1887, relating how a New Jersey ply
stefan subjected a number of children
to infection by scarlet fever for the
purpose of testing a preventive meas
ure in which he was interested. One
little boy of eight was taken to the
home of a scarlet fever patient and
the pillow of the sufferer, which had
not been changed since the inception
of the disease, was placed over the
face of the visitor and he was made
to inhale the patients breath Think
of it, What if it had been your
child, dear reader? On pages 301-11,
volume SO, of THE American Jour
nal of American Science" will be
found an account of experiments up
on Mary Rafferty, in Cincinnati
hospital. 1t is related how insulated
needle electrodes" were inserted into
the brain substance of the unfortun-
ate woman, with an electric battery
connected. Could such fiendish pro-
lceedings be possible if the moral ma
lures of the perpetrators had not
been degraded by the Indifference to
physical suffering, which is the logi-
cal outcome of vivisectiOn? Is it to
be wondered at that those who be-
come hardened by the practice of
the brutalities upon helpless animals
should seek to pursue their fiendish
practice upon human beings? 1t is
pertinent in this connection to point
out that it is proposed to build a
hospital in connection with the insti-
tute. The inference is obvious, FOR
some of the high priests of the prac-
tice admit that the experiments made
upon animals cannot be regarded as
conclusive until confirmed by their
repetition upon human beings Car