The Red Cross and the Antivivisectionists 



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Kuicritus I'rol'i'N.'-or of Siirci'i'.v, .Ii'ft'iTMm Mrdicul Colli'i;!- ; Mnjor Mi'dical lii'M-rvr CorjiH, 



I'liid'd Sliilfs Ariiiv 



Fl liST of all let u\v make two I'ai-ts 

 1 . Tlii- |ia|tci' ha> Keen u rii ini 

 fuiin-ly on my (twn ri'spoiisihilily and 

 nut at the siiiiiTrstion (lircctly (»r in<li- 

 rcctlv of till" lu'il ("ro>>. I lia\r Ikth 

 inovctl lo write it solclv in the inlcrc>i 

 of our lira\o sol(lii'r>. and csprciallv Wc- 

 liuisi' tlu'ir suiTt'i'injrs and lives are in- 

 volved in the suit a<rainst the lied Cross 

 Ity the antivivisectionists to prevent 

 tile use of $1()(),()()0 of the Red Cross 

 funds in sueli heni'liei'nt life-savini; re- 

 searches. 



2. The Ked Cross as an or^^anization 

 is neither an opponent, nor an atlvocate, 

 nor a defender, of vivisection. It states 

 oHieially that the supreme aim of the 

 Ked Cross is to relieve human suffering 

 [and it might well have added ''and to 

 save thousands of human lives" |. 



"Ttic War ('(Hiiicil was aiivisod from tlif 

 al'li'st sources available that an iniiiiediatc 

 appropriation for nieilical research wouhl 

 eontriliute to that end. The War (nuiicil 

 couM not disregard such advice." 



They then refer to the manv un- 

 solved medical and suri:ieal |ii-olilciiis 

 that have arisen frttm wholly new con- 

 ditions and methods of warfare. Let- 

 ters from a nund)er of my own surgical 

 friends in France emphasize and the 

 medical journals teem with papers on 

 these new prol)lems. They relate to the 

 treatment of the horrihly infected 

 wounds — and practically all wounds are 

 of this kind — never met with in civil 

 surgery: to the treatment of "trench 

 fever"- a peculiar form of fever never 



' Quoted from Hcience, February 2 



liefoi-e M'cn : (d" "I rem-li lieart" : of 

 "trench fool." ulicii followed liv lock- 

 jaw : of "li-ciich ncplirili>" (intlaiiima- 

 lion of ilic kidneys); gas gangrene; 

 tetann>: .-licll -hock; |)oisonous ga.^^cs ; 

 fearful compound fractures, especially 

 of I lie iliigli. cic. I-Acry man enahled 

 to rclui-ii to ;icl i\c duly a> a I'c-ult of 

 solving tlu'se ]>rolilems helj)s to win the 

 war. livery man who dies, or is per- 

 manently disahled hecause nl' our igno- 

 iMHcc. Iiiiidcr> our winning the war. 



ll nm.-t lie icniemtiered that our sur- 

 geons. ])hysicians. and ])hysiologists 

 over there are the very flower of the 

 American medical profession. These 

 fine men, under the supervision of the 

 -Medical Stalf of the rnite<l States 

 Army, supei-intemi all the work, \otli- 

 ing is done that has not the direct ap- 

 ]>i'o\al of l>rigadier General A. E. 

 Bradley. ^ledical Corps, U. S. Army. 



Kx))eriments on animals form a nec- 

 essary hut a nnnor feature of the re- 

 searches. 



"The animals used are princijially >,Miiiiea 

 I'igs, rabbits and white rats. If operations 

 cjiusing pain to animals are performed, 

 anesthesia is used." 



This certaiidy does not suggest "cru- 

 elty" or "toi-ture." 



1 ajipeal to the common sense of the 

 American peoj)le and especially to the 

 families and friends of our hrave sol- 

 dier hoys: Which do you jmdV'r, (1) 

 'J'hat our soldiers shall he i)rotecte(l 

 from attacks of these new (as well as 

 of the familiar) disea.>ies, their suffer- 

 ings les.^eiied or even prevented, and 



1918. with slight aildilioiis \<\ Or K. .11 



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