THE CONQUEST OF DISEASE 



THROUGH 

 ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION 



THE STUDY OF LIVING ANIMALS 



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THERE is no knowledge so useful to Biologic 

 man as knowledge of himself. Health knowledge, 

 and happiness are promoted by it. 

 Before the advent of the modern 

 scientific spirit, biologic knowledge was re- 

 quired to conform to the dominant supersti- 

 tions of the time. The human body was re- 

 garded as a peculiar and awful thing, and not 

 amenable to the laws which govern the rest of 

 the universe. 



Then it was found that the mechanics of 

 the body are entirely reconcilable with the 



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