CONCLUSIONS 



fense. As to making a distinction between 

 useful and unnecessary experiments any one 

 who is familiar with the development of scien- 

 tific knowledge knows the futility of such dis- 

 tinction. None knows what knowledge may 

 become useful tomorrow. The demonstration 

 also of facts which have been proven is essential 

 for the training both of the student and the 

 expert. 



To place such experiments under the inspec- 

 tion of hostile or unenlightened inspectors has 

 been of no service to man or animal. In Eng- 

 land where animal experiments are inspected 

 no good has come from it ; but much harm has. 

 The inspections have been matters of unneces- 

 sary expense; the experimenters' attitude 

 towards the animals has not been changed, and 

 incriminations have continuously been aimed 

 against the inspectors by the "antivivisection- 

 ists" because they have not reported finding 

 cruelties. The inspectors have had no cruelties 

 to report, and the sentimental yearners for 

 revelations of horrible atrocities have accused 

 the inspectors of having been corrupted by the 

 experimenters. The compulsory reporting of 

 experiments results in promulgating the re- 

 sults of work before it is completed ; and every 



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