On the use of dogs in scientific experiments / by Ernest H. Starling.

  • Starling, Ernest Henry, 1866-1927.
Date:
[1908?]
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Credit: On the use of dogs in scientific experiments / by Ernest H. Starling. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Issued by The Research Defence Society. / ■ i . V / *)»r \ X' / ON THE USE OF DOGS IN SCIENTIEIO EXPERIMENTS By ERNEST H. STARLING. M.D., F.R.S. Professor of Physiology, University College For some thousands of years the dog has been bred and trained to help man in his avocations as hunter and herds- man, and has acquired, in the course of ages, a dependence on his master, and a consequent devotion to his interest, that well merit the affection with which the dog is re- garded by the great majority of civilised men. It is not surprising, therefore, that the ghastly accounts, which are sown broadcast throughout the country by the various Anti-vivisectionist Societies, of the cruelties alleged to be constantly perpetrated on dogs in the interests of Science, should excite opposition to the con- tinued use of this animal for experiment, at any rate in the minds of those who give credence to such reports. Even those members of the community who realise that the knowledge and control of our bodily functions required for the successful treatment of disease can only be gained on living animals, are tempted to enquire whether results cannot be equally or at any rate suffi- ciently well attained by experiments on animals lower in grade of intelligence or less endeared to man by tract- ability and service. The justification for the use of the dog must arise out