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... performing that operation said ' to the spectators , " Observe , when I pass my scalpel ❝ “ over these nerves the dog will shut its eyes . " It did ' so . He then proceeded to operate upon those of taste and hearing . After he had ...
... performing that operation said ' to the spectators , " Observe , when I pass my scalpel ❝ “ over these nerves the dog will shut its eyes . " It did ' so . He then proceeded to operate upon those of taste and hearing . After he had ...
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... performing which display determined end or motive . " A hen was deprived of " the anterior part of the brain . " What was the result of this experiment ? The poor fowl , not having the 6 use of its faculties , as before the injury was ...
... performing which display determined end or motive . " A hen was deprived of " the anterior part of the brain . " What was the result of this experiment ? The poor fowl , not having the 6 use of its faculties , as before the injury was ...
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... performed in later times by a race of men who have practised torturing without pity , and are yet suffered to erect their heads among ' human beings . ' 6 So wrote Dr. Johnson ; and he himself could hardly have anticipated the ...
... performed in later times by a race of men who have practised torturing without pity , and are yet suffered to erect their heads among ' human beings . ' 6 So wrote Dr. Johnson ; and he himself could hardly have anticipated the ...
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... perform ; and that which it will eat we are ' satisfied to assert was destined to be its food . ' 6 I next quote from ' The Life of Sir Astley Cooper , ' Bart . , ' by Bransby Blake Cooper , Esq . , F.R.S. London : John W. Parker , 1843 ...
... perform ; and that which it will eat we are ' satisfied to assert was destined to be its food . ' 6 I next quote from ' The Life of Sir Astley Cooper , ' Bart . , ' by Bransby Blake Cooper , Esq . , F.R.S. London : John W. Parker , 1843 ...
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... performed a number of experiments on the effect of various sub- stances on the biliary secretion , ' and so on . ' Method of experiment . — All our experiments were performed on dogs that had , in nearly every instance , fasted ' about ...
... performed a number of experiments on the effect of various sub- stances on the biliary secretion , ' and so on . ' Method of experiment . — All our experiments were performed on dogs that had , in nearly every instance , fasted ' about ...
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Abolition of Vivisection agony Anatomy answer appear arteries asphyxia barking bile ducts blood Brachet brain brutes cause cerebral Chairman chloroform Commission on Vivisection cord creatures Crichton Browne cruelty David Ferrier death demoralising dissected Edinburgh Edition Erichsen ether or chloroform evidence experiments upon living fact funds GEORGE give given heart hemisphere Henbury Hospital human Huxley inflicted inquire irritation JESSE John Burgess Karslake JOHN ERIC ERICHSEN John Reid letter ligature living animals London Macclesfield Magendie medulla oblongata ments mind movements narcotised nature nerve obedient servant observed operation opinion pain passage perimental Physiology Professor Prospectuses pulsations question quote rabbits refer regard RICHARD HOLT HUTTON Royal Commission Royal Society side Sir Astley Sir Charles Bell statement stimulation suffering surgeon THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY tion torturing animals trusty and well-beloved Vivisectors W. E. FORSTER wish witness
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Page 101 - I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me...
Page 38 - Commission; and also to call for, have access to and examine all such books, documents, registers and records as may afford you the fullest information on the subject and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever...
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Page 48 - The heart is hard in nature, and unfit For human fellowship, as being void Of sympathy, and therefore dead alike To love and friendship both, that is not pleased With sight of animals enjoying life, Nor feels their happiness augment his own.
Page 57 - M. to my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance ; and thereto I give thee my troth.