, 1909-01-13

Charges Of q sensational nature, made
Yesterday against some Of the yiyIsectors
aud experimeuters at the Rockefeller Inst
tute for Medical Research and published in
the form OF an affidavit by Mrs. Mary L.
Kennedy, formerly II sweeper and an as
sistaut nurse at the institution, has brought
protests from many men of science who in
dorse the eXper ments on animals.
Mrs Kennedy Informed the New York
Anti Niyisection Society that many of the
animals experimented on at the Rockefeller
Institute we're needlessly tortured in the
experiments conducted under the direction
OF DR.. Alexis Carrel. She said that dogs
were beaten there with rubber tubing, and
that bits of metal were twisted into their
bones.
Although no denial Of Mrs. KeDnedy's
charges was forthcoming from the officials
of the institution itself, other yiyisecl ionists
OF note here said that they were not to be
taken seriously, but rather as the hystericaI
statements of a woman.
DR.. Simon FIexner, head Of the Rookie
Teller Institute, vas out Of town yesterday,
and his secretary sand that he would have
no reply to make to Mrs. Keunedy's atill-
Wit. DR.. Carrel was also away from tie
city, but the Superintendent OF the Rookie
Teller Institute said that probably no official
cognizauco Of Mrs. KouneJy's statements
would be taken.
DR.. William H. Pax, Director Of the
Research Laboratory of the Department of
Haolth, was inclined to ridicula Mrs. Ken
nedy's charges. He said that she could not
know the significance Of the experiments
conducted ut the Rockefeller Institute, and
that it Is not within the bounds Of reason to
SUI ose that the e~xperimenters there would
do any of the things she charged were done.
In fact, he said the charges were ridiculous.
DR.. Park is in close touch with affairs MT
+Le Rockefeller Institute, and he says that
from his own personal knowledge Mrs.
Kennedy is mistaken in many Of her asser-
tlons.
In the first place, out Of pure selfshness,
they would keep the ANIMALS in the best
Lygienic condition" said DR.. Park, and
would trent them in the very best way 10
insure the success of M operation. The
suffering Of an animal is not copauciye to
best results, SO all suffering is done away
with 50 far as possible. All the operations
are performed while the animals are uu4or
M aneSthetc.
'lIrss Kennedy says that one q the male
attendants did not mage ialtn IN the, opera
tlons. That is like a j%anitor at a bar not hny-
ing faith in some deal the bank President is
putting through She says, too, that DR.. Car
rel twists the leg which has been grated u
to an animal, thereby giving it great pniu
Every doctor does that, and it is not pain
full to the patient. 1t is perfectly natural
for a doctor to SEQ if the bones are beins
joined together properly after the operation
is over and the knitting process sets in.
One Result Of Experiments.
cas- for the results which have cone
through the experiments conducted by Dr..
Carroll, may cite an instance which hap
pened nearly two years ago. A baby OIL
physician was dying from he.4orrhages. Tho
only way to save its life was 10 put new 5looi
into it's vains. The baby was SO tiny that no
one but DR.. CarreI would dare to try the ex-
pertinent. He connected al artery of the
baby's father to a vein Of the baby. The
effect was wonderful. The baby is well to
day. And why could he do this? Because
DR.. Carrel had been conducting those ami
mol avparinanfc That iS only anb pOncreta