New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-17
DR.. KEEN ASSAILED
His Claims of Benefits from Vivlsec-
ton Are Denied by Mrs. White.

To the Editor 81 The Tribune.
Sir. / have seen in your paper Of sun
DAY. December :. an article by Dr.. Keen.
most OF the contents OF which an
swcred IN a letter 70 The Boston Medical
and Surgical Journal last summer but
AZ iu this ebulItou ~ enthusiasm ! per-
colyr one or two new points ~ attack. |
shall ask FOR little spac" Zoo your col
umus.
II does not look very well for Dr Keen
10 say that any statement made by the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Is n detestable false
hood when he persists I'm his misrepre-
sensations as % the beneficial effects Of
ur FleXners serum upon ccrebro-spinal
meningitis. writing that by its means
the mortality Of this disease has been re-
duaed from - or 90 To 20 per cent.
have answered him again and again
showing that We have obtained the stalls
tics OF the disease from the Board OF
Health iu New York. and that instead OF
tho mortality decreasing. IL has risen not
only 90 ~. but 90 nearly 10 per cent I
have also shown in regard 10 his state
mcut that Pastcur's prophylaCuc has
benefited the human race In the matter
OF hydrophobIa. that Or. Wilson, one 81
the members 81 the Royal Commission.
has made the most thorough Investigation
of the treatment, corresponding with the
heads of the Pasteur Institutes and is
satisfied that there are more deaths from
It's effects than from the lack Of H.
could answer more of DR.. Keen's
fairy tale" claims as to the benefits OF
viviscctiou were II not that am obliged
10 make my letter short. Not only does
he refuse To correct his misstatemcnts,
hut me goes further by denying that eX-
Fermentation upon animals is accom-
panied by cruelty. lie admits that IL was
very cruel before anpsthetics were dis
covered, but that now there IL no suffer
ing TO speak of. entirely ignoring the
dreadful experiments I'm starvation and
fatigue and drowning whore no angs-
thctcs can be administered. and. wonder
OF wonders, he never speaks Of the misery
and agony that are the result of certain
experiments even when an@sthctics are
given in the initial operation AS an in
stance of this. IT was told before the
Royal Commission that Or. Klein in
jectcd diphtheria poison into the eyes OF
cats. and they became great running
ulcers Any ono who knows what il is
to get even spark in the eye and the
pain caused thereby may have some idea
Of the cruelty OF this experiment.
other experiments were described before
the Royal Commission, and We can de-
pend upon their reliability. as, if not true,
they would be AZ once coutradictcd, and
We have also the testimony OF sworn
Witnesses to the horrible suffering OF the
animals, particularly dogs after Or. Car
rel's experiments, yet Or. Keen claims
publicly that yiviscction at the present
day is not accompanied 10y cruelty.
I'm reply 10 Or. Kccns statement that
not a single life has been saved by the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. / will say that Pro-
fessor Lawson TAFT tells I'm his writings Of
a great number OF womcn's lives that he
had saved through his showing the mis-
taken deductions made by German vivi-
sector from his experiments upon animals.
Lawson TAFT mentions it as one of the
instances of the evil effects of vivisection
As TO not a single disease having been
abated or abolished by us, we think we
have lcssencd the mortality of a great
many, through showing the evil conse-
quences OF the serum treatment
CAROLINE EARL WHITE.
Corresponding Secretary. American Anti
Nivisoction Society.
Philadelphia, Jan. TO- 1918.