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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: STATEMENT OF PROF. H. A. HARE, PROFESSOR OF THERAPEUTICS IN THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE, PHILADELPHIA. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee: I may say, in opening, that the chair of therapeutics, which I occupy in the Jefferson Medical College, is the chair which has to do with the treatment of diseases. The technical title may not be so well understood. 1 have been asked to s-ay a few words to the Senate Committe on the District of Columbia in regard to the value of experiments on animals to mediciae in distinction from surgery. In doing so, it is proper for me to state that I represent the practically unanimous opinion of the medical profession when I assert that the value is beyond computation; and I think it is worthy of note that you have had sent to you a large number of protests against this bill from incorporated medical bodies, and not a smgle set of resolutions in favor of this bill from any regularly organized medical association. This bespeaks a singularly unanimous view. Another point which is worthy of u6te is that most of the medical men who appear before you to-day are not those whose work will be directly obstructed if this bill becomes a law, but in many instances are men of large practice, who appreciate the value of the labors of their more scientific brethren and desire still greater beneficial information. The advocates of this bill have quoted from the writings of several men well known to the profession at large as being opposed to vivisection. Single instances of opposition to anything are not difficult to find in any walk of life, and they ought to be of no weight when they are practically unique. One of the men quoted was in his dotage when he spoke against vivisection. Another, while a dexterous surgeon, was a professional Ishmaelit...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217415972 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217415970 |
| Weight | 0.92 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 In |
| List Price | $21.70 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 280 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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