The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-19

reaction from the exotic growth of
the germ theory. the incubation OF
poison into the blood may have the
same fate as the tftecn-grain dose
OF calomel but not until the human
physique is still further weakened
Tor It's struggle with life. The ulti-
mate Fate of poison In the blood may
wen be the fate of the poison In tn.
stomach
IT The Judgment of the medical pro-
,esaion is by no means infalilble In it's
own province. what shall we say Of
mat Judgment when 1t involves not
only tho body, but all that Is highest
IN The humane nature of man. Hear
the great apostle OF the doctrine of
unity. John Stuart Mill: Granted that
any practice causes more pain TO AMI
mails than II gives pleasure to man. /.
ihat practice moral or immoral? And
II exactly in proportion Az human
beings raise their heads out of tina
slough Of seifshness they do not with
morality OF the principle OF utility DO
forever condemned."--Mill's Disserta-
tons. vol. H. page 1876.
In the age of Samuel Johnson, who
cannot be accused of sentfmentnlitv,
the gruff old doctor raised his voice
upon animals as follows: "Viylsectora
are race of wretches. who With
knives. poisons and many other devil
ish contrivanccs of torture, pretend
to get knowledge thereby at the en-
pensc of their own humanity"
Listen TO the voice OF the modern
viv;sector: .'If the abdomen of d dog.
perfectly quiet and not under the IN,
Iiuence of an anaesthetic, Is opened ana
a portion of the liver excised. rnsed In
cold water. and rapidly cut up into
boiling water, the extract. VIII show
no reaction with Feelings test for
susar."---Austin Flints Handbook OF
physiology, 1905. page. 373. Thirty 70
90. a u Ein n "a
average duration of life in dogs de-
prived entirely of food and water.'--
Ibid, page IL
For centuries the cNpcrlmenter upon
animals with and without anaesthetlcs.
has exercised absolute power In his
field. Can he. or can we. who in our
ignorance and seltishness have accented
his methods. show any results commen-
of our civilization? In
the profession which champions vivi-
section there are men who hope -
benefit tho race thereby. but how many
who seek only manual deNterity?
With regard to contagious diseases
may we not say that the treatment
of the germ is the experimental treat
ment of tho symptom, and that santa
ton and right living alone Will eradi-
cate the ultimate cause?
Is there no ultimate cause to deal
with? Has medical science no subject
to consider more vital to the human
race, that it makes the firlnest stand
in It's history for unrestricted expert
mentation upon animals?
The American Medical Association as
a body has declared against any sort
Of restriction, from without, It has
ro sen W ths here enn 81 NO
doubt that in this relation there ex-
lists a case of cruelty to animals far
transcending In Its refinement and in
It's horrors anything that has been
n "a IA let of Tharn
VIII come time when the world will
look back to modern vivisection In the
name of science as they now do to
na, Ming at IT,, the stake IN the namo OF
yisection. IT is the blood and suffer-
Ing. not the science, that rivets their
breathless ention."-Extracts from
"Anesthesia," addresses and other pa
pers.. DR.. Henry ]. Bigelow (the Lated,
member of the Massachusetts Medical
Society. emeritus professor OF surgery
IN Harvard University, ETC.: THE
rights of the helpless, even though
those. who have superior power. The
Individual vivisector must be held re-
sponsible to some authority which he
fearS. The medical and scientific men
their voices in opposition to all legal
prospects of regulation, know as we'll
as any one else does the unspeakahle
possibilities of callousness, wanton-
and their unanimity is the best exam
pie know of the power of club opin-
Ion to quell Independence Of mind, No
well-organized sect or corporation Of
men can ever be trusted to no truth
full or moral when under fire from the
outside. In this case the watchword is
to deny every alleged fact stoutly, to
eonoede no point of principle, and to
stand firmly on the right OF the indi-
entihc' must. In the eye OF the law, be
a sufficient guarantee that he can do
no wrong, William James. M D.
LII. ~. professor Of philosophy, Har.
ward University.