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still doubtful, although, the tide of battle was 

 flowing strongly in our favor. Necessarily, 

 therefore, it gave precedence to industries en- 

 gaged primarily in the service of war. The 

 present exhibition, on the other hand, is meant 

 to show the triumphs of British industry in the 

 arts of peace, and to bring home to the general 

 public the importance of the relationship be- 

 tween science and industry, and also between 

 education and research. 



In this connection Lord Crewe dwelt on the 

 desirability of introducing definite industrial 

 courses for university students in technology, 

 such courses to be taken in vacations at suit- 

 able works connected with the particular study 

 the student is undertaking. Such an arrange- 

 ment has worked with great success in the 

 United States. The institution of industrial 

 fellowships for post-graduate students attached 

 to one or other of the universities would also 

 have an important influence in keeping in- 

 dustries in touch with modern scientific devel- 

 opments, and, in addition, provide the country 

 with highly trained technologists. The De- 

 partment of Scientific and Industrial Eesearcli 

 is endeavoring to do soinething on these lines 

 by urging the establishment of industrial man- 

 ufacturing associations which will carry on 

 research in some particular technical branch. 



The exhibits themselves are almost bewild- 

 ering in "their comprehensiveness. Practically 

 every phase of British industi-y is represented, 

 the various exhibits being divided into the fol- 

 lowing eleven 'sections: Mechanical Science, 

 Physics, Textiles, Electrical Appliances, Medi- 

 cine and Surgery, Paper and Illustration, 

 Agriculture, Chemistry, Aircraft, Fuels and 

 Metallurgy. 



THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT AND MEDICAL 

 RESEARCH 



The " Dogs' Protection " Bill, which was 

 introduced by Sir Frederick Banbury and was 

 greatly altered on report at the instance of 

 the government, came up for third reading in 

 the House of Commons on June 27. The 

 third reading was formally proposed by Sir 

 F. Banbury. 



According to the report in the British Med- 



ical Journal Sir Watson Cheyne asked the 

 House to say that it declined to proceed fur- 

 ther with the measure, which would impose 

 an unnecessary and vexatious obstacle to med- 

 ical research. While recognizing the value of 

 the amendment carried by the government as 

 an alternative to the bill itself, he held that it 

 introduced a very great obstacle to research. 

 The task of getting the additional certificate 

 which was required as the bill now stood 

 ought not to be imposed. Another reason' 

 why he objected to the bill was that it in- 

 volved a very grave censure upon a large body 

 of honorable men and on a great profession; 

 for this censure there was no justification. 

 The bill in its present form implied that 

 cruelty was being practised, and that the med- 

 ical profession delighted in torture and could 

 not be trusted to deal with animals. At one 

 time he had certificates and licenses, and later 

 he became one of those responsible for signing 

 certificates. At the time that he sought 

 licenses he found it difiicult to get the second 

 signature, and when the certificates were ob- 

 tained they had to be taken to the Home 

 Office, and used to lie there for some consider- 

 able time before they were gone through. 

 Under the bill it was proposed to have further 

 restrictions and another certificate, which was 

 to be got in order to show that no other 

 animal was possible for the experiment except 

 a dog. It would be necessary not only to i)er- 

 suade the informed people but also the Home 

 Secretary, who perhaps knew little about this 

 particular department of science, that the ex- 

 periment was necessary. Thus a very great 

 difiiculty would be added to many existing 

 difiiculties, and delay would be caused. In 

 maintaining that the fresh restrictions were 

 unnecessary. Sir Watson urged that those in 

 responsible positions as to these matters lived 

 up to their responsibility. He had known the 

 danger of delay, and had tried to make the 

 decision the same day; but he had more than 

 once refused certificates, either that he thought 

 the research was not a good one, or because 

 he thought the man seeking to undertake it 

 had not had sufiicient preliminary education 

 for such important work. The suggestion of 



