Publications of the Research Defence Society, March, 1908-March 1909.
- Research Defence Society.
- Date:
- 1909
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Publications of the Research Defence Society, March, 1908-March 1909. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![The animals were as follows :— Mice Guinea-pigs Rabbits... Dogs Goats Cat 57 50 45 3 2 1 No abuses of the Act, or irregularities in its application, were found in Ireland during 1907. Summary Of the total number of experiments made during 1907 in Great Britain and Ireland, the vast majority were ^iny^l^Jnoculations. No less than 96'5 per cent. of the animals used for experiment were subjected either to inoculation or to some similar treatment not involving any cutting operation. Many of them suffered no pain at all; the result was negative. The chief pur- pose of these iuoculations was for the study of cancer, and for that researchjblie animals used were mice. Of the remaining experiments, which are only 3'5 per cent, of the total number, the majority were made under a license alone, or under a license plus Certificate C. In all of them the animal was anaesthetised throughout the whole of the ex]3eriment. There remain only the experiments made under a license plus Certificate B, or B + EE, or B + F. These are only li^er cen^. of the total number. In all of them the animal was anaesthetised throughout the whole of the experiment, and was allowed to recover and to be kept for observation. The licensee was required to use antiseptic precautions, and, if these failed and suppura- tion occurred, the animal was required to be killed • and a condition was attached to the license forbiddino- further operation or painful stimulation except under an anajsthetic.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21509025_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
