IT is refreshing to note that the
American Association of Obstetri-

cians and Gynecologists is "opposed to needless cruelty and experiments upon animals in the public schools." From this it may be inferred that vivisection does entail needless cruelty, and that nothing can be learnt from experiments upon animals at public schools—facts about which there has never been any doubt in our mind.

We might be more thankful for this concession on the part of our friends the vivisectors, if it were not accompanied by the Association's protest against the restriction of animal experimentation, which it qualifies as "humane work."