The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-08
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Growing Revolt Against the Useless Cruetes Of Vvisecon

Are they doing good honest work free from
unnecessary erueltyf
wy So the, Ssy a6s 20 ss ss
prove IT.
We do not object to scientific research. Ne d.
object to any unnecessary cruelty or abuse Of thia
same old painful experiments simply 10 Illus
trate lecture We object also to schooiboy vivl-
section-although DIR. coakley. one OF the objec-
tors from New York. ut one Of these hearings
told the committee that he advocated vfvisection
by children-and vvisecton In back yards and
cellars. They say they will be accountable to no
one. they will permit neither knowledge nor In
auiry concerning this practice They say u ano
shali remain open alike TO the expert and the
incompetent. 70 the medical student the hospital
inferno. the quack and the charlatsn. and when
their one alignment appears 70 be you are anti
vivsectonists." which statement We say II false
hood.
They have admitted that there Is often neces-
sary suffering In this practice. that there 10 In
tense suffering. torture. hdeous sunering' out
fering is tustinable by law only when IL can be
shown to be surrounded by every possible safe
guard against license or abuse.
IL 80 surrounded by all who practice WV
sectionf
II so. let them prove the conditions. vita
them rests the burden Of proof. because suffer-
own admission OF necessary cruelty or suffering.
We say that the published records even OF the
which cali for inquiry We say that the unex-
planned ~ in vivisection. IL prima
face proof OF abuse.
Is what they hide unnecessary cruelty or SUI
fering7
Why do they oppose IT.
The medical journals. some OF their best ana
schools are grotssquely feeble and fatuous. The
Board OF Regents OF the State OF New York has
st now REUSED license 20 p'ae1ee meo .aheo,.
We object 20 a practice. necessary. difficult and
iustinably painful and In the sense cruel. being
open. our law. rather lack OF Law. leaves
vivisecton open 20 every member Of these and
other similarly inadequate medical schools and
70 every quack or impostor holding a medical
eertincate in this entire state We ask informa-
ton as TO the practice as II is carried on In such
places and by such incompetents They oppose
the giving OF any Information on this subject
Why do they oppose IL?
That there is a large amount Of this unprinci-
pied and untrustworthy animal experimentation
IN the State Is evident from the fact that there
for sale 10 the public with guarantees OF
their purity-o- safety-here to-day Il am ad-
vised by responsible druggists) between two and
three thousand different kinds OF serums. each
claimed TO be a cure for a different disease, and
each the result OF animal experimentation. most
Of them In private Laboratories and many OF them
BY irresponsible unprincipled vivisectors-
We are asking protection for the public against
such an outrage. vivisectors. why do you unite
20 oppose restrictions which are merely aimed Al
such abuse?
Once more. gentlemen OF the medical protes-
sion. why should you oppose the adoption here o.
something like the English law? Surely England
the country OF Charles Darwin. Thomas Huxley
TyndaII and Lord Lister. four of the greatest ex-
perts OF research OF the century-with It's IN
equalled medical colleges and hospitals. Is fa'
superior to You sent for an English surgeon
Sir Frederick Hallock. TO study and advise how
90 Improve the dsgraceful condition OF medical
education IN America. -Four times since 1880 the
$4,000 Nobel prize for some distinguishes as
eoverv In research has been awarded TO English
scientific men and physicians In England-oncs
only in this country. and then this last year q
our visiting Frenchman. DR.. Carrel. For thirty.
Eve wears England has had a regulative law.
royal commission sitting for six years. after hear
ing all the testimony. has recently upheld thai
law England favors vivsection duly saieguarded
By law faithfully administered. and so do we
Why should anyone oppose this law what q:
thew fearl Loss OF money. loss OF presuge
Surely not loss Of opportunity for unnecessary
crueltyi
Against unnecessary cruelty and against IN
necessary abuse and nothing else we work ~
prevent this abuse and this cruelty we ask IN
legislature 20 appoint a commission 90 invest
gate 10 the end that the truth may be made clea
and such abuse as may be found 70 be existn
may be corrected by reasonable laws which ma
be recommended BY the commission. We hope
secure r. We hope that some OF the great hall
of the Rockefeller Institute may be opened 10
ia meetings and that DIR. Flexner or other OF "
staff may be members OF the commission. W
hone for honest men with no axes TO grind.
facts to hide no money 20 secure, who VIII wor
together for the public good, 10 take vivtsecto
out Of the mire Of public distrust into which
has fallen By It's abuse. and 20 place II high anon
the resources Of honorable scientific research