THE CONQUEST OF DISEASE 



endure ; and the engines of war, commerce, and 

 transportation, with their mutilations of hu- 

 man beings, have made it unnecessary for the 

 scientist to perform such experiments. These 

 notions belong with the traditional horror of 

 the hospital and the mad house; they are the 

 product of ignorance and prejudice. Practi- 

 cally all experiments performed upon animals 

 are made by medical men or men allied with 

 the collateral sciences; and I know of no class 

 of men who have higher ideals of the humane 

 and who are prompted in their work by more 

 noble motives than they. Almost without ex- 

 ception these investigations are carried on 

 under the inspiration of helping humanity. 

 They require the best intellect of the trained 

 scientific mind. Money reward plays but a 

 small part as a motive in these studies. The 

 same amount of intelligence and zeal applied 

 in the getting of money would produce rich 

 pecuniary results. It has been perversely 

 intimated that biologic investigators are simply 

 working for glory. Would that we might say 

 as much of every one, for glory is no mean 

 ambition. 



