The Vivisectors' Directory

The Vivisectors' Directory - Being a list of the licensed vivisectors in the United Kingdom, together with the leading physiologists in foreign laboratories

It was reported at the time of the Franco-German war that the Prussian soldiers profited much by their general acquaintance with the geography of France, and by the possession of convenient pocket maps furnished to them of the invaded districts. To supply the combatants in the Anti-Vivisection Crusade with some such knowledge, and such cartes du pays of the physiologists ground, was the original purpose of the Vivisectors Directory, as prepared for The Zoophilist. It was recognised by those engaged in the thick of the fight against scientific cruelty that it was impossible to retain in the memory the names of all, even of the most notorious Vivisectors, or to attach to them their particular class of experiments; nor, in the case of English physiologists, was it practicable to recall without continual reference to the whole series of Parliamentary Returns what were the Licenses and Certificates wherewith they have been annually provided. These facts,so often needed in controversy,it was proposed to marshal in the compendious form of a Directory, so that each Zoophilist possessed of a copy should be enabled at a moments notice to tell in which province of the doloroso regno of Research each Vivisector might be found, what were his titles and address, and the books he had published; and (if he were a British subject) how many Licenses and Certificates he had received. It is hoped that this original purpose of the Directory has been fairly fulfilled, and that Anti-vivisectionists will universally find it to be a very serviceable book of reference. It is not pretended that it is a perfect work, that the names of all the Vivisectors in Europe have been ascertained, or their worst deeds always ferreted out. Great pains have been taken to make the list thus complete, and several able agents have been employed for the purpose abroad as well as at[iv] home, under the editors supervision. But years would have been needed for the exhaustive completion of the task, and the publication would have been indefinitely delayed. As it now appears, the Directory presents (it is confidently believed) a mass of reliable information in a convenient form, and at a moment when it is urgently needed for use in our sorrowful controversy. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 54233
Author: Cobbe, Frances Power
Release Date: Feb 25, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Bryan, Benjamin, 1840-