The modern rack; papers on vivisection.

  • Frances Power Cobbe
Date:
1889
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Credit: The modern rack; papers on vivisection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    think it equally becoming for a Philosopher to steal and lie and cheat, as well as to be cruel, for sake of knowledge ? French Physiologist. Quel tracasserie apropos de quelques malheureux chiens! Enfin—we are the strongest, and that is the long and the short of the matter. Raphael. Perfectly true, Monsieur ! You have hit the nail on the head. Your argument is unanswerable, and of course you will acquiesce cheerfully in our application of it to the present case. We Cherubim are stronger than you men, and we mean to treat you precisely as you treated the dogs. \_Physiologists are silent and stand, with chattering teeth, looki?ig at the apparatus and at the Cherubim, who are tucking up their sleeves.] Eloa (sinking on lier knees). Oh, my beloved Archangel, have mercy upon them ! Raphael. Tut-tut! Eloa, you are really too weak, I cannot let these creatures escape. The slight resemblances which exist between their nature and ours make them (as they have said of dogs) u creatures which it would be a pity to withdraw from research ; and in the sacred interests of Science All the Cherubim. Oh, yes ! The sacred interests of Science ! The sacred interests of Science ! Physiologists (unanimously). D—n Science ! Raphael. Come, come ; we have no time to lose. Just hand me that curly-haired one, Sandalphon, and I'll begin by paralys- ing him with curare ! Physiologists (screaming). O mercy, mercy ! not curare ! Raphael. What a miserable cur it is, whining and crying be- fore he is hurt ! We can have no more of this. Let the assist- ants secure the whole pack as fast as possible on the operating troughs. Where are their books ? Attendant Cherub. Here, your Grace. Here is the Hand- book of the Physiological Laboratory, and the lUzioni di Fisiologia Speri?nentale, and the Lemons sur le Systeme Nerveux, and the Physiologic Operatoire, and the Pression Barometrique, and the