CONCLUSIONS 



is a deeper and truer humanity than the hu- 

 manity which would save pain or death to 

 animals." 



As an evidence of the unenlightened sentiment 

 brought about in England by the opponents of 

 science, that country now has a law which 

 makes no objection to a boy trolling for fish 

 or setting lines baited with live frogs but 

 lays the teacher of the boy open to imprison- 

 ment and fine if he uses the same animal to 

 demonstrate to the boy the circulation in the 

 web of the foot without inflicting any pain and 

 only subjecting the frog to the annoyance of 

 being wrapped and restrained in a wet cloth. 

 Now English scientists are going to France 

 and Germany to carry on their studies. Some 

 of the most important biologic discoveries 

 which have been made by English scientists in 

 recent years have been made on the continent. 

 Lord Lister was compelled to go to France to 

 complete his studies of antisepsis. This great 

 benefactor said of the English law, 'It serves 

 no good purpose and interferes seriously with 

 inquiries which are of paramount importance 

 to mankind." Sir Michael Foster, the physiol- 

 ogist, wrote, "Men go out of England to do 

 particular experiments. The necessity of a re- 



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