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interfered with the attainment of that object, and obscured 
his reasonings on the experiments.” 
Mr. Macilwain also quotes Longet, another eminent au¬ 
thority referred to in that Report, as approving of Sir Charles 
Bell’s views in favour of vivisection; whereas Longet’s 
written opinions were/ 4 That experiments on animals of differ¬ 
ent species, so far from leading to useful results as regarded 
human beings, had a tendency to mislead, and consequently 
that it was necessary to have recourse to pathological facts 
founded on experiments on human beings.” Longet further 
observed with regard to Magendie, who was more celebrated 
than any other man for that practice, 44 that the great import¬ 
ance attached bv him to experiments on the sacrificed 
bodies of living animals was an importance that only existed 
in his own imaginationor, in other words, that vivisection 
was regarded by him more as a trade for his personal ad¬ 
vantage than as a science for professional acquirements. 
This Report was also referred to Professor Owen, one of 
our first physiological authorities of the present day, who 
observed, with reference to the allegations as to the repeti¬ 
tion of such practices being necessary for the instruction of 
pupils, 44 That no teacher of physiology is justified in repeat¬ 
ing any vivisectional experiments merely to show its known 
results to his class or to others. It is the practice of vivi¬ 
section, in place of physiological induction, pursued for the 
same end, against which humanity , Christianity, and civiliza¬ 
tion should alike protest.” 
When we have the evidence of this eminent authority, as 
regards the abuses of that inhuman practice, in support of 
the opinions of Sir Charles Bell and Longet, quoted in that 
Report as favorable to it, you will, by affording your pro¬ 
fessional readers an opportunity of giving their opinions on 
this subject, be rendering a service to the cause of humanity, 
and to those dumb animals so useful to man, for whose ser¬ 
vices such ungrateful returns are so frequently made, more 
particularly in the case of horses, as will appear by the fol¬ 
lowing extract from a w r ork just published by Sir Francis 
Head, 4 The Horse and his Rider : ’ 
44 What a disgrace it is to France, and especially to her 
brave army, that while every cavalry soldier who distinguishes 
himself in action, covered with medals and glory , may proudly 
end his days in the Hotel des Invalides, the horse that car¬ 
ried him in all his brilliant charges, &c., when he is worn 
out and unfit for service, is liable to be led into an arena in 
the heart of 4 the empire,’ to be before the public, not ho¬ 
noured nor rewarded, but inch by inch, and bit and bit, to 
