Introduction 



THE following are the statements of various remonstrants to 

 proposed legislation to further restrict experimentation upon 

 animals for medical and biological purposes in the Common- 

 wealth of Massachusetts. They were called out at the legis- 

 lative hearings upon this subject in the spring of 1901. 



The agitation in favor of such further restriction has been 

 carried on for several years, and the views of the remonstrants 

 are nowhere to be found in print. Many of the friends of 

 research have expressed a wish to have some document to 

 which reference may be made for the facts in the case, and it 

 has therefore been decided to publish this book. 



It contains, not a shorthand report of what was said at 

 the hearings, but the main points of what was so said, with 

 additions from some who were not heard for lack of time, or 

 because of absence from the country. 



In each case the writer has corrected his manuscript before 

 publication. 



It is hoped that the statements that follow will be of value 

 in placing the matter of experimentation upon animals, for 

 purposes of teaching and investigation, in a clearer light before 

 those interested in the subject. 



HAROLD C. ERNST. 



