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relates with a degree of pride and pleasure, some of 

 bis experiments on animals which he defines as 

 " demonstrations in physiological science." He 

 speaks of how he tormented a dog by sticking it 

 with needles placed in the end of a rod, and at the 

 same time scolding and shouting at it to arouse its 

 anger. He would retire for a short time and then 

 return and repeat the experiment until, as he says, 

 " The animal became furious whenever it saw me, 

 so I put out its eyes. I could then appear before it 

 without the manifestation of any aversion. I spoke 

 and immediately its anger was renewed. I then 

 disorganized the internal ear as much as I could 

 and when intense inflammation made it deaf, then 

 I went to its side, spoke aloud and even caressed it 

 without its falling into a rage." 



Now this " demonstration in physiological sci- 

 ence " can be made to demonstrate several impor- 

 tant facts not intended by Brachet. In the first 

 place, no doubt, the dog had been, up to this time, 

 as kind and affectionate as a child. It had been 

 the household pet of some kind family and the 

 loving and trustful companion of some devoted 

 child, but was caught away from home and un- 

 fortunately fell into the hands of an inhuman mon- 



