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The Truth About Vivisection Reprinted from Woman's Home Companion for July, 1921 JULY 1921 PAGE 9 The man of whom John Burroughs said, "Ile is a sane and accurate naturalist;" the man of whom The Truth About Theodore Roosevelt said, "He has the highest re]YUtation in all forms of work for the care ofanimal life;" Vivisection the man who is known the country over as a lover of animals, has investigated the whole 13y ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES question of vivisection for the COMPANION. The result of WAS led to make a study of vivisec­ vivisection of his his investigation is here· tion because I discovered that the day, when anes­ hearts of many kindly, humane people thetics were un­ published. were being wrung by stories of brutali­ known, it would ty and torture practiced upon animals no t necessarily in the interest of so-called science. mean that he would I made a careful and thorough study have been opposed of the literature prepared and circu­ to modern vivisec­ lated by the opponents of vivisection, tion, which is a and I was struck with horror at the statements made of wanton, even demoniac cruelty on the part of the physicians, apparently of everyday occur­ rence in the experimental laboratories of the world. All my life I have been a lover of animals, and my work has been chieflyalong the line of caring for our dumb brothers and safeguarding their interests. Naturally, it was of the greatest moment to me to examine into these reports, and to use such influence as I possess in protecting the ani­ mals I loved from any such needless and terrible torture as was described in these circulars. If these statements could be proved true, vivisection should be abolished at · totally different thing. It would be like quoting Chris­ against vivisection by a recognized medical society or once and I, as a lover of animals, would be among the first topher Columbus in an attempt to prove that modern any other scientific body. to throw off my coat and work for its abolition. ocean travel is slow, uncomfortable, and dangerous.· But, What could the pamphlet mean by stating that only -:::, Iam going to take my readers along with me in my in­ as a matter of fact, Sir Charles Bell's fame is based on twenty-five per cent of the medical fraternity were in vestigation and let them decide for themselves the merits vivisection. He is chiefly known for his discovery of the favor of vivisection? of the case. distinct functions of the dorsal and ventral roots of spinal The opponents of vivisection base their whole cam- 0 ,1e of the circulars I examined was a pamphlet of sixty­ nerves, and for his study of the functions of certain other paign on two propositions: three pages, recently issued by the New York Anti­ nerves: His final proofs were secured through experiments 1. That animals are ruthlessly tortured in the Vivisection Society. It is entitled "Medical Opinions on animals, and it is difficult to understand why his name laboratories to gratify the curiosity of heartless doctors A'?,'ainst Vivisection," and claims to voice the sentiment was used as an opponent of vivisection. who gloat over the agony of their helpless victims. of over 250 medical men "of the highest intelligence and (This is not an exaggerated statement of their case.) honor." Of course, it is not possible in the space of a 2. That no benefit to mankind or to animals has ever magazine article to s)Jeak of every one of these men; but What Doctor Treves Really Said been derived from vivisection. let us take, say, nine fairly representative ones. I will give IR FREDERICK TREVES is another of the famous Again, if these propositions are true-if they are even them all the titles with which the pamphlet credits them. S men quotei in the circular. This surgeon felt that approximately true-you and I, and all the decent Elliotson, John, M. D., Author "Elliotson's Human certain experiments he had performed on the intestines people we know, should join hands in driving vivisection Physiology," "Practice of Medicine," Edinburgh, of dogs had done little but unfit him to deal with the from every state in the Union. Scotland. intestines of men. Here at last was something definite. Let us see if they are true. Let me take them up one Clay, Charles, M. D., Manchester, England. I decided to look further into his statements, and I found at a time. 1 Berdoe, Edward, F. R. C. S., L. S. A., L. R. C. P., in the London "Times" of April 18th, 1902, the follow­ Before 1846, practically all surgery, whether on human etc., London, England. ing statement by Sir Frelerick Treves: beings or animals, was painful, because no effective Townsend, Stephen, M. D., F. R. C. S., London, anesthetic was known. Vivisection was done in those England. .;) Those who are familiar with the controversial methods of days, and of course the animals suffered. But even then Tait, R. Lawson, LL. D., L. R. C. P., L. R. C. S., the anti-vivisection party, will not be surprised that certain the surgeons were not trying to torture animals, they· of my remarks have been cunningly isolated from the context, F. R. D. C., Former Vivisector, Birmingham, England. and have been used in advertisements, pamphlets, and were seeking newer and safer ways of performing opera­ Bell, Sir Charles, F. R. C. S., F. R. S., Prof. Surgery, speeches, to condemn all vivisection experiments as useless. tions-more light on the functions of the various organs University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The fallacy of vivisection can hardly be said to be established of the body, with a view to advancing medical science for Treves, Sir Frederick, Bart., M. D., G. G. V., 0. C. B., by the failure of a solitary series of operations dealing with one the benefit of man. And that they did so advance their LL. D., F. R. C. S., Sergeant-Surgeon to King George V., small branch of practical surgery. No one is more keenly science is a matter of history. To mention only one etc., etc., London, England. aware than I am of the great benefits conferred on suffering advance they made, Harvey, according to .his own testi­ Editor, "Medical Times and Gazette." humanity by certain researches carried out by means of vivisection. mony, discovered the . circulation of the blood through Editor, "Edinburgh Report," Scotland. vivisection. Now we come to the editors of ''The Medical Times and Gazette," and "The Edinburgh Report,'' respec­ Who Are These Eminent Doctors? tively. An Occasional Heartless Doctor HE array of medical opinion, of which the above is a fair The first of these journals was published in "the dark OW there have been a very few surgeons, before and Tsample, certainly looks very formidable. The average ages " of medicine, and was dead and buried long before N since the discovery of anesthetics, who have not had reader would naturally exclaim, "Why, there must be the birth of modern methods. The second I can find no proper consideration for the animals they used in their something wrong about vivisection, or all those eminent trace of. No such journal is listed in the Index Catalogue experiments. Just as we occasionally find a reckless doctors would not be so violently opposed to it." Just of the Library of the Surgeon General's office in Washing­ chauffeur who drives his car at high speed through a as in any court of law the reliability of witnesses must be ton. This is the most complete list in the world, and in­ crowded thoroughfare, so occasionally we find a heartless established before their testimony can be accepted, so I cludes every medical journal of the least value. doctor who seems indifferent to the pain he inflicts on thought I would look into the records of.these physicians, I went through the entire list in the same way and animals. One such man was Mantegazza, an Italian and also read exactly what they themselves had to say on found to my amazement that most of the testimony was surgeon whose book "The Physiology of Pain " was the subject of vivisection. of the same unconvincing character. Space does not per­ published forty years ago. Another was Dr. B. A. I found that Dr. John Elliotson was not an eminent mit my going into the list in greater detail in this article. Watson, of Jersey City, who performed some very cruel physician; he was a mesmerist, and founded a mesmeric But let us go just a little further before we leave experiments in studying the effect of "shock." Both hospital. He was born one hundred and thirty years ago, "Medical Opinions against Vivisection." On page 2 we these men have long been dead. No one attempts to and knew nothing whatever of modern methods. are informed that only twenty-five per cent of the medical defend the cruelties they were guilty of; they have been 0 Dr. Charles Clay was born one hundred and twenty fraternity favor vivisection. If that could be proved true severely censured by the medical fraternity. ..-, years ago, and knew nothing of modern methods. His it would be a significant fact. I determined to look into The other vivisectors whom the anti-vivisectionists specialties were geology and archeology. this statement. often refer to are Magendie, Brachet, and Claude Dr. Edward Berdoe was born eighty-four years ago. The only way we have of determining the attitude of Bernard. Magendie died in 1856; Brachet in 1858, and He is the author of "Browning and the Christian.Faith," medical men as a body is through their recorded actions Claude Bernard in 1878; but I found that the literature "A Browning Primer," "The Browning Encyclopedia," at their great meetings, where sometimes several thou­ usually mentioned them as if they were still living, and as "The Biographical and Historical Notes of Browning's sands of individuals are represented.
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