nimals
higher in the scale than turtles or frogs.

Two institutions refused to give any information whatever. An
official connected with Rush Medical College of Chicago wrote:

"The statement that your society is not opposed to vivisection may
deceive the uninitiated. Either vivisection is a good thing and hence
should not be interfered with, or it is a nefarious business and
should be stopped.... You and your society are either honestly
misinformed, suffer from delusions, or are lying bigots. In my
opinion, mainly the latter. You are my enemy, and the enemy of every
man of intelligence interested in the well fare (sic) of mankind and
animals. I will give no information to wilfull (sic) falsifiers, the
insane, or those too lazy or stupid to inform themselves of facts."

Some further study of a primary spelling-book might be recommended to
this representative of an institution of learning.

The institutions making no reply of any kind numbered eighty-eight, or
about 83 per cent. of those addressed.

The inquiry resulted in confirming previous impressions. It was not
believed that information concerning the number of animals used would
be generally given. The experiment of courteous inquiry, however, was
deemed worthy of a trial. The result would seem to demonstrate that
even the simplest facts concerning the practice of animal
experimentation in the United States cannot be obtained except through
inquiry instituted by the authority of the State.

AN ETHICAL PROBLEM
OR
SIDELIGHTS UPON SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTATION
UPON MAN AND ANIMALS
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PRESS NOTICES

"Dr. Leffingwell has probably done more than any other one man for the
education of the public to a right attitude on the vivisection
question."--Dallas News.

"The author has studied this question for forty years. He shows by
the material gathered in this volume and the interesting conclusions
reached, the careful consideration of long years of study."--Detroit
News Tribune.

"The author's moderation in discussing this burning question will
appeal to a much wider circle of scientific readers than a policy that
demands complete annihilation of all animal experimentation."--The
Open Door, New York.

"The volume deals with vivisection, and the author holds that it is to
preventive medicine that the world must lear