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germs, and they were dry and elastic, he would be glad to 

 use them as a dressing for his wounds." 



I said also, in regard to Dr. Bigelow, the other eminent 

 surgeon depended upon by the petitioners, " that with 

 all my association with him during the last years of his 

 life, I never heard him say a word against animal experi- 

 mentation." 



Another fact about Lawson Tait that I did not mention 

 is that he refused his patients morphia after his operations, 

 even at the expense of great pain. 



Very truly yours, 



ARTHUR T. CABOT, M.D. 



